A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

The Healing Revival and the Latter Rain
1951. William Upshaw, a U.S. congressman from
California who had been crippled for many years, was
healed in one of Branham’s campaigns. This notable
event catapulted Branham to international fame.
Branham had an unusual ability to discern people’s
illnesses. He would call them out of the audience, reveal
details about them, inspire their faith, and pray for their
healing. Many people were healed. Walter Hollenweger,
who later became the secretary of evangelism for the
World Council of Churches, gave the following description
and analysis: 273
The angel gave him signs to help him in his task.
The most important was Branham’s ability to name
with astonishing accuracy the sickness, and often also
the hidden sins, of people whom he had never seen.
The author, who knew Branham personally and interpreted
for him in Zurich, is not aware of any case in
which he was mistaken in the often detailed statements
he made. It was characteristic of Branham’s
kind-heartedness that he gave certain personal revelations
to those who were seeking healing in a whisper,
so that they were not picked up by the
microphone and revealed to the spectators. . . .
Much that was written about him in Pentecostal
journals seems to be exaggerated, but there are a number
of well-attested cases of miraculous healings. . . .
However generously he is judged, it must be
admitted that his sermons were not merely simple,
but often naïve as well, and that by contrast to what
he claimed, only a small percentage of those who
sought healing were in fact healed. The Pentecostal
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