You know, someone told me a long—not long ago, said, “Brother Branham, music in the church is wrong.” I said, “It is?” I said, “Do you think God changes in nature?” “No.” I said, “Then, when the prophet got all stewed up and they said, ‘Bring a minstrel,’ and when the minstrel begin to play, the hand of the Lord come upon the prophet. And if—if music brought the power of God then, it’ll bring the power of God now.” That’s just exactly. God’s still same God. See? And the prophet…Now, you might not be the prophet, but you could be the minstrel or you can be part of it anyhow, to bring the power of God. And you…and just…

Make the Valley Full of Ditches, 1952-07-19, Hammond, IN, §9