Part 8 (2/2)
After all were healed and it was tiirl came and sat on the altar bench I went to her and said, ”What do you want, Sophie?” In reply she said that she had seen how the Lord had healed the eyes of Sister Hobert and that now she wanted the Lord to heal her and set her eyes straight (Her eyes were badly crossed)
On returning to the city soht months later, I was invited to take supper with Brother and Sister Amondson, Sophie's parents They had a number of children who cairl hose eyes were crossed and for whoirl spoke up and said, ”Don't you know me? I a
She told ht, and the following Monday she was starting out to school without her glasses and her lasses, said, ”Sophie, don't forget to wear your glasses!” Sophie answered, ”Mother, I was prayed for at the revival lasses” Her lasses” But Sophie ran away to school!
That forenoon the teacher asked Sophie to read, and when she got up she said, ”Sophie, haven't you your glasses with you?” (She knew Sophie had not been able to read without her glasses) Sophie answered, lifting her hand, ”Teacher, I was prayed for at the revival lasses!” and her eyes were straight!
A nuirl She was a lovely looking wo a number of people in the North Sea, outside of Lokken, Den, from Tiste, whose eyes were so crossed that she could not help herself at all without wearing her glasses
A big croas there,sand at the saints I had just baptized Sister Swenborg, and as she was co up fro out of the water with lifted hands and looking up to heaven praising God, a halo of glory was shi+ning around her head--and her eyes were straightened and she was a changed wo this demonstration
After the service the next Sunday at Tiste, Sister Swenborg made the request that everybody meet her the next Tuesday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock at the boat landing as she had soathered on Tuesday afternoon, and the sister clilasses in her hand and said to the people, ”You all know me and my parents who live about six lasses it was necessary either for on or sleigh I was saved recently in aheld by Bro Morris C Johnson and last week I went to Lokken and was baptized, and as I cahtened
Here arewhat they had cost, ”Here they go! I don't need the her hand bag she took out a needle and said, ”This is the finest needle on the market,” and took thread and threaded it before the eyes of the astonished crowd
For a nu ain company with Bro Carl Arbeiter at Plum Coolie, Canada, I had a severe attack which lasted two days and two nights The third night I was so tired and worn out that I went to sleep in spite of the pain I woke up hearing myself say, ”Don't stick that knife into me” The appendix ollen to about the size of a s to burst There was no tiet anyone to come and pray so I laid hty, if you do not helpa noise like the shot froun I then turned over to my other side and went to sleep at once and have never experienced any bad effects nor had any attacks since In relating this experience to three doctors later, two of thehed and made fun of me, but the third one said, ”Hold on, hold on; this man has never lied to me yet” He said it could have burst into the intestines, the poison passing out the natural way And if not, the Lord God could take care of him!
Once I had a stroke Half the left side of my body down to my knees was affected I could not sit up, neither could I lie down I stood on my knees beside the sofa for teeks I was prayed for several ti at Hereford, Minn the Thursday of the second week that I was sick
Sister Hedricks came over often and prayed for me When on the second Friday she came and I was no better, she asked me whether I had sent to Anderson and to the Scandinavian Publishi+ng Co her I had not done so and explaining to her that I had no faith forif you were sick, but I have no faith for myself, and I have always preached that when folks were saved they should have faith to pray for their own healing, so I do not want to bother the folks to pray for h to tell theht, you pray for me and I will think it over” The next day I asked wife to write to these two places, and when she had written and sealed the two letters I was instantly healed!
Wife sent the letters
After getting healed I decided to go to the revivalthere until Monday and it was in the month of November and very cold And it was at the time when the autoation at Hereford had a Ford furnished with a top and side curtains, another faentleman's car), and it had no top nor even a windshi+eld on it
I found out later that the owning of these cars had caused soation In fact, some had said that nobody could have one of those machines and still be a Christian But they had decided to leave theshould co my home to drive to town to take the train for there, it was really cold I said to o back in the house and ask the Lord to send aa top on it and side curtains”--for I was still very weak On arriving at Elbow Lake I went to the post office and wrote a card hoe trains there if no one had come to meet me--and as I came out of the post office I saw a
He looked atacross the street and exclaimed, ”Now I knohy I ca I had leftto use it until after the ”
Then he went on to say, ”We live sixaround the barn the Lord said to et your car' My wife said, 'John, leave that car alone; don't go to town'
But I told her that the Lord said, 'You go and get the car' And I caet here”
He took , and when he had finished speaking he asked me to come to the pulpit and tell how the Lord had healed et to the service I related the whole story, telling how I had prayed for so a top to it and side curtains to keep out the cold I then added that I was so glad the Lord had lots of cars; that as for me, I never expected to have a car of my own for I did not think that I would ever be able to afford anything like that That settled the car difficulty in the congregation--and I was entirely ignorant of the fact of there having been any trouble! Today I a was a real success Brother Masters, for a nuhteen dollar Bible to any preacher, professor, presiding elder or bishop that could co the Bible He gave the to a certain denomination sent for their bishop and he came After the service was over and the family had taken the bishop to their hoet up and prove that ere not preaching the truth so as to get the Bible The goodthere was nothing to say They preached the Bible” Brother Masters spoke on the ”White Horse of Calvary”
and used the blackboard to illustrate his
Brother Peter Peterson of Hoboken, New Jersey and I held soether up in a newly settled district of northern Minnesota Our offering for teeks services was one round fifty-cent piece