One time, it happened to be one of my managers, not Brother Baxter, but it was a man who was with us, one of the field managers. And a newspaper had made a very critical statement that was absolutely untrue. I can expect friendly criticism; but the criticism wasn’t due because it was untrue. As long as it’s truth, all right. But it wasn’t true. And this manager said, “Why don’t you go out there and kneel on your knees and tell God to burn that place down?” I said, “Oh, brother, don’t think…” He said, “What we need today is some more Elijahs.” Said, “Elijah would’ve called fire out of heaven.” Said, “he would—how he done to the fifty.” Well, the brother was just mistaken. See? Elijah did not call fire out of heaven, only but when God showed him. He said, “Oh, Brother Branham,” said, “Elijah just went out there and boldly challenged.” Said, “Come out and prove Who’s God.” I said, “No, he never.” God told him first. “Oh,” he said, “He never seen no vision.” I said, “Yes, he did.” I said, “When he said, when he put all the—his bullock and so forth on a altar, and had poured the water upon it, he walked out; and he said, ‘God, I have did this at Your command.’” Is that right? Then the fire begin to fall, after he had completed everything. See? First it must be shown.

The Beginning of Jesus' Fame, 1953-06-05, Connersville, IN, §27