25 Now, when they laid hands upon Timothy, and upon those brethren, they had noticed in them men was the gift. Remember, “Stir up that gift which was in you, come from your grandmother Lois.” And they seen this in Timothy, and therefore the elders laid hands upon him and ordaining him. Not put hands upon a man that nothing has ever been showed forth, you see. And they just asked the blessings. And we all believe that. So we don’t impart spiritual gifts; we only recognize them, and lay hands upon them, to sanction them, that we believe that God has done such things for the people.

63-0707M - The Indictment
Rev. William Marrion Branham