Hattie Wright Testified Against William Branham
In 1989, shortly after Sarah Branham sent her letter, "Take It With You" to several leaders of William Branham's cult of personality exposing her brothers of what she claimed to be criminal activity, Hattie Wright Mosier testified against William Branham. Known in the "Message" as "Hattie Wright", she was a key figure in Branham's cult. According to her testimony and photo evidence, William Branham's claim to have "THUS SAITH THE LORD" for the healing of Edith Wright was a complete failure. New research pages added:
In 1989, shortly after Sarah Branham sent her letter, "Take It With You" to several leaders of William Branham's cult of personality exposing her brothers of what she claimed to be criminal activity, Hattie Wright Mosier testified against William Branham. Known in the "Message" as "Hattie Wright", she was a key figure in Branham's cult. According to her testimony and photo evidence, William Branham's claim to have "THUS SAITH THE LORD" for the healing of Edith Wright was a complete failure. New research pages added:
Milltown Baptist Church:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/milltown_baptist_church
Edith Wright:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/edith_wright
When William Branham re-invented his stage persona in 1959 starting with the sermon "My New Ministry", he used Edith Wright as an example of his healing power. According to Branham, he had a vision instructing him to travel to Milltown, Indiana, and Edith would be healed.[1] According to Hattie, this "vision" was incorrect, and she went to see him in Jeffersonville after meeting "Brother Roy" (likely Roy E. Davis).[2] Contrary to later versions of William Branham's stage persona, Hattie traveled to a dirt-floor building newly constructed in 1935,[3] (as opposed to Branham's claim of 1933[4] ) and she was asked by Branham to come three times for the healing of Edith.[5]
And this woman named Shutters told us to go to the Branham Tabernacle and take Edith. She said they was having special meetings, and a certain night would be the last meeting. So we went that last night. We took little Edith, and my, was that place full of people, singing and clapping their hands. And the music! There was a short, thin fellow that played the bass drum, and he could really hit it just right. And then that Brother Hornback and the sisters up there sung so beautiful. I remember that there was a dirt floor, and a big wood stove to one side. I don't rightly know whether to say it was something to see or to hear, because you could just do both, you see. When Brother Bill prayed for Edith, she took a few steps that night, the only ones she ever did take. He said to us, "I want you to come back, at least three more times."
- Hattie Wright Mosier[6]
Not only was this in full disagreement with Branham's alleged vision giving him instruction to travel to Milltown, but it was also a blatant rejection of his claim to have told them "THUS SAITH THE LORD" in the Wright home with Hattie in another room.[8] The most concerning thing about Hattie Wright Mosier's testimony, however, was the alleged "healing" itself. According to Hattie Wright Mosier, Branham's "THUS SAITH THE LORD" was a complete failure. Edith was never healed and required a great deal of care as she got older. Sadly, Edith Wright never got over her affliction, and could never take care of herself.
When Edith got a little older, she'd hit out at things. Just anything that got near her, she'd hit it. She just couldn't help herself that away. See, she couldn't even feed herself, and somebody had to lift and carry her. I carried her till I just couldn't do it no more. She never got over her affliction, not to walk and take care of herself.
- Hattie Wright Mosier[9]
Interestingly, when combined with the timeline we have established and the research concerning the "Pentecostal Baptist Church of God" sect that Davis was forming, having the headquarters in Jeffersonville, and eventually transitioning to the Billie Branham Pentecostal Tabernacle, there are some very eye-opening facts that emerge. The Milltown Baptist Church was a satellite church for the sect as late as 1953, and William Branham was the head pastor.[7] It was also the place where he met E. Howard Cadle,[10] whose church in Indianapolis was the headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan.[11]
References
[1] Branham, William. My New Ministry. 1959, Nov, 15. My New Ministry (59-1115). "1959/15/11 My New Ministry William Branham When He showed me, I said, 'I'd come right here, if that little, afflicted girl sitting there, and the Lord showed me she was going to be healed. I'd come right here and stand in the track, see if everything was just exactly the way He said. And then say, THUS SAITH THE LORD. Edith, rise up and walk.' I said, 'You'd see those little legs unfold, them little hands unfold. And she'd get up from there and walk, to the glory of God," I said, "if it would come like that.'"
[2] The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe. "We took Edith, my little sister, up to a meeting that a man called 'Brother Roy' was having nearby here, but she didn't seem to get none better.". "The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe. "We took Edith, my little sister, up to a meeting that a man called 'Brother Roy' was having nearby here, but she didn't seem to get none better."
[3] The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe. "That was in the fall of 1935. Shelby thinks it was around October, the last night of the meeting.". "The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe. "That was in the fall of 1935. Shelby thinks it was around October, the last night of the meeting."
[4] Branham, William. God Hiding Himself In Simplicity, Then Revealing Himself In The Same. 1963, Mar, 17. God Hiding Himself In Simplicity, Then Revealing Himself In The Same (63-0317M). "1963/17/03 God Hiding Himself In Simplicity, Then Revealing Himself In The Same The tabernacle itself has been dedicated in 1933 William Branham The tabernacle itself has been dedicated in 1933."
[5] The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe. "The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe."
[6] The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe. "The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe."
[7] Branham, William. Testimony. 1953, Nov, 29. Testimony (53-1129E). "1953/29/11 Testimony William Branham Now, Georgie Carter of Milltown, Indiana, which had been laying on her back nine years and eight months was healed with TB by a vision. I didn't even know where the place was and went down there, and there she was just as He said. She's my piano player in the Milltown Baptist Church where I'm still pastor down there, have an associate tonight"
[8] Branham, William. My New Ministry. 1959, Nov, 15. My New Ministry (59-1115). "1959/15/11 My New Ministry When I was sitting at the table, eating dinner, I had been explaining what faith was. I said, 'And faith is like this. If I'd see a vision of Brother Shelby sitting so-and-so, and each one the way they was.' And Sister Hattie was sitting way back out, toward another room. She didn't have much to say. Never does. And then while we were talking, I'd say, 'If the Lord showed me a vision that something was to take place, then I would, could say it. That's what raises my faith.' I said, 'When the Lord shows me what will take place, then I got confidence. It's going to be that way.' When He showed me, I said, 'I'd come right here, if that little, afflicted girl sitting there, and the Lord showed me she was going to be healed. I'd come right here and stand in the track, see if everything was just exactly the way He said. And then say, 'THUS SAITH THE LORD. Edith, rise up and walk.' I said, 'You'd see those little legs unfold, them little hands unfold. And she'd get up from there and walk, to the glory of God,' I said, 'If it would come like that.' I had been telling them about this experience William Branham When I was sitting at the table, eating dinner, I had been explaining what faith was. I said, 'And faith is like this. If I'd see a vision of Brother Shelby sitting so-and-so, and each one the way they was.' And Sister Hattie was sitting way back out, toward another room. She didn't have much to say. Never does. And then while we were talking, I'd say, 'If the Lord showed me a vision that something was to take place, then I would, could say it. That's what raises my faith.' I said, 'When the Lord shows me what will take place, then I got confidence. It's going to be that way.' When He showed me, I said, 'I'd come right here, if that little, afflicted girl sitting there, and the Lord showed me she was going to be healed. I'd come right here and stand in the track, see if everything was just exactly the way He said. And then say, 'THUS SAITH THE LORD. Edith, rise up and walk.' I said, 'You'd see those little legs unfold, them little hands unfold. And she'd get up from there and walk, to the glory of God,' I said, 'If it would come like that.' I had been telling them about this experience."
[9] The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe. "The testimony of Hattie Wright Mosier. 1989. Only Believe."
[10] Branham, William. What Think Ye Of Christ. 1953, Dec, 13. What Think Ye Of Christ? (53-1213M). "1953/13/12 What Think Ye Of Christ A bosom friend of mine down from Milltown, Indiana, where I pastored a little old Baptist Church down there. I'd say, 'Brother Cadle, I want you this morning, in the face of the Philadelphian church, tell me Who you think the Son of God is William Branham A bosom friend of mine down from Milltown, Indiana, where I pastored a little old Baptist Church down there. I'd say, 'Brother Cadle, I want you this morning, in the face of the Philadelphian church, tell me Who you think the Son of God is?"
[11] Rice, Tom. 2016. White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan. "Noting the 'very appropriate' sign outside the Building - 'The Traitors within' - it commented that 'the Cadle Tabernacle, being a Klan headquarters is the natural home of traitors'". "Rice, Tom. 2016. White Robes, Silver Screens: Movies and the Making of the Ku Klux Klan. "Noting the 'very appropriate' sign outside the Building - 'The Traitors within' - it commented that 'the Cadle Tabernacle, being a Klan headquarters is the natural home of traitors'"