Part 10 (1/2)

Bro Drysdale of Grand Forks, who had a stiff knee, was prayed for several ti his limb became so li ot his cane and went ho home he discovered he had left his cane behind and ran back to the chapel to get it, but when he got hold of his cane, his limb was as bad as ever

When I was in Minneapolis with Brother E G Masters, a lady ca with two canes She was prayed for and the Lord healed her And she got around like a young wo to take her two canes--and they were beautiful canes! She caot hold of the helped her

One tiation at Rice Lake, Wisconsin, to co for them And I felt that the Lord wanted me to do so I wrote the pastor there about it four times a year for two years, but he did not want o,” and I went On my arrival at Rice Lake, I found the pastor sick in bed

I said to him, ”Well, I'm here now; the Lord told me to coo ahead I started that ht to twelve school children and to on for teeks Many tiht the Lord sent you, didn't you? Now you see!”

The last Sunday night, to cap the climax, the children ca to close the services?” I asked, ”Do you want them to close?” They said they did I asked the so et so tired froht” Then I said to theood But what do you think of this proposition: that we announce services for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and if noand you tell your folks about it?” The children thought it would be fine

The next night, Monday, two ht too, and one of theot saved But what happened the next two evenings is erased fro when I came to open the door for the service, there were more people than there was room in the chapel to accommodate them So they stood around on boxes and ladders outside the s Fifty-tere at the altar for salvation in the last three weeks--I was there five weeks in all The last Saturday I went to the pastors hooing to get healed today so you can attend the service tomorrow But you will have to coet into your own pulpit” He broke down and cried and said, ”I haven't a pair of decent trousers to wear to stand before such a big audience” I said, ”I have two pairs, thank God, I will give you one pair” I prayed for him and he was healed

At a later ti there One evening a couple came in a little late and sat down in the back seat This was the first tiot under conviction, but they got out before we could get to speak to theain before we could get to thean to inquire around to find out their names and where they lived Yes, ere inforo to church anywhere We went to their home and had a fine visit with them one afternoon for about two hours They were nice folks Brother Masters said, ”We have not seen you out to the services any more since the second time you were there”

”Well,” they said, we are not in the habit of going to anyso ain the next evening We didn't want to be late, so I decided tohoht in the barn and hung it up on a nail on the studding and went to an to run I heard a noise like a shot and the lantern went out, leaving me in total darkness When I went to examine what had happened, it appeared that I had been so disturbed in my mind over what I heard at the services that I hadthe milk pail up instead of the lantern, and when the lobe and broke it”

”Well,” we said, ”you are coain?” But they answered, ”We surely are not If two services can affect us to such an extent as nearly cause us to lose our o to the funeral services of our neighbors”

At one time when I was in Denmark, I was in dire need of a considerable sum of money I prayed earnestly over the matter and one day as I went to put my hat on my head it seemed to be too small I took it off and looked on the inside of it to be sure it wasaround, on the inside of the sweat band I found the very amount of money I needed

While still in Den store and picked out one There were a few alterations to be et it in two or three days, but I had noThis was Friday and Sunday evening after service a number of saints went passed my door and one sister threw a folded bill on to , you need an overcoat Here is a little to help on it” I thanked her and looked at the bill and found it was a hundred crown bill--more than seven crowns over the cost of the overcoat

Once when I was in Grand Forks holding a , my oldest son wrote me that a man to whom I owed 2750 needed 2000 and that if I could pay the twenty he would give 750 Between the forenoon service and that of the afternoon, I stayed in the church to pray and just before the next service was to begin a nu themselves An elderly woman from South Dakota put out her hand toa crumpled bill into my hand, said, ”This is for you” I thanked her and went behind the pulpit and thanked the Lord for twenty dollars and when I looked at it, it enty dollars

The next day, betweenand afternoon services, I took a walk and on my way I passed a fruit stand As I looked into theof it I saw some delicious red apples, and Oh, hoished I had three of them I went back three times and looked at them, but I had no money I went back to the chapel and the saiven me the twenty dollars the day before, handedand in it, to my happy surprise, were three of those delicious apples that I had wanted

One ti to Lokkuainst a pillar in the station praying the Lord to send it As it was getting near train ti when suddenly a lady whom I knew--she was not saved--caht over to me and handed me a five crown bill This lady had heardprayer, but she did not believe that it was all true I took it hastily, ran for the ticket , purchased my ticket and was just in time to catch the train When I came back, this lady came to the services and when I saw her I asked her whether I had thanked her for the bill she had given me at the depot She said, ”No, you didn't have ti there, soive hiave it to you I saw tears in your eyes and when I got home I knelt down and asked the Lord to savefor carfare, weren't you?” I assured her I surely was ”God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perfor we held, I went to the bank and borrowed ten dollars to divide a the ministers, and one day the Lord said to me, ”Give Elihu Key five dollars”

I couldn't understand so went to wife and told her about it; she said, ”If the Lord told you to give Brother Key five dollars, you had better give it to hi it badly” So the next day I crumpled a five dollar bill up and stuck it in his hand He said, ”Thank you,” and into the brush he went--and I went after hi on my hands and knees so he would not seeand thanking the Lord for the five dollars and for thethe Lord to bless hi to His word Then down the hill he ran to the Post Office and sent it to his family This I learned later froreat need

On one occasion a payment of 24500 had to be made on the contracts on our ho I did not have the money I tried every possible way to borrow it froet it from some of the brethren The last one I approached surely capped the climax He assured me that he had the ht just as well throw the money on the manure pile, for, he said, ”You can never pay for the place anyhow, and the quicker you leave it the better”

I went ho for three days the Lord said the name ”Torp”

to me The only one I knew of that name was a banker in Willmer, our county seat, whom I had met once--he hardly knew me nor I him Anyway, I went to hi that he could not loan me any money; that I was out of the district for hiet it at Paynesville, Atwater or New London I told him that I had already applied at those places but could not obtain the loan Then Mr Torp asked ive, to which I replied that the security I had would not be worth fifty dollars, but that I had a strong back and two strong arood will and that ould like to stay on the hill a little longer if it were at all possible He said, ”Such things will go a long way” He sat there silent for a minute or two, then he said, ”I'll think the ot into my throat so that I could not even say, ”Thank you”

I walked down into the railroad yards, found a place between two box cars and prayed for nearly an hour and a half-back and forth I went praying that the Lord would ”speak to the dear man and make his heart tender toward this poor ood man met me

He invited me into his office, and ere seated he said, ”I have thought theto loan you the money; nohat security have you to offer?” I said, ”I have a bay colt, a couple of calves, an old wagon I paid seven dollars for, and soroill increase in price--good horses at that time were only worth about fifty dollars--and the calves also will increase in value How long a tiht e for such loans was 12, but that he would let me have it for 8