Part 13 (2/2)
One ti services nine ood, but I was under a very severe trial, and it seemed very difficult for me to learn the will of the Lord as to whether at the close of the o ho I learned that my fare from Kerkhoven to Grand Forks would be 332 Then I went out into the grove three times, (I believe it was on Friday,) and asked the Lord that on Sunday forenoon at the close of the services He would put it in the o to Grand Forks No one but the Lord knewhands with the people, a brother put some money in my outside coat pocket When I left the house, I walked to the grove to the same spot where I had prayed and knelt down and thanked the Lord for 332 in my pocket, and when I had counted the money I found that it was the exact amount for which I had prayed He had not only supplied my carfare, but had in this way , the brethren had givento send to my family
THE SECOND INCIDENT
The second incident I desire to relate, occurred at the tio to a certain place in South Dakota to hold ain a new place This also was on Friday and I knew that the Lord was directingWednesday I was in need of a suit of clothes, as what I had was not fit to wear in public I was also in need of carfare An elderly sister was staying with us and together with reed that the Lord would supply these needs before WednesdayWhile ere in prayer the Lord rant our petition As we arose from our knees, I said, ”Thank God, I have the money by faith” The elderly sister said, ”Well, I suppose you will have to write to some of the well-to-do brethren and tell them your need” ”No,” I answered, ”The Lord will tell theht make a mistake if I undertake to write to any of them” ”You will not have the money then,” she said ”Yes,that I will have all I need” She doubted and said she would see
The following Sunday ent to Colfax, Minnesota and held a service and received one dollar, and I said, ”Thank God for one dollar” Then on Monday, I received a letter from a brother who lived near Sisseton, South Dakota which contained a check for seven dollars The check was from a man whom I did not know that I had ever seen, and he did not know my address, but drove fifteen on to another brother who knew my address He told him to send it to me immediately, as he was impressed that I was in need The old mother knew this brother and said he ell-to-do, and could well afford to send it I said to her, ”Did I not tell you that the Lord knehom to speak” She was very much astonished I also received another letter in which there was a check from a brother whom I had not seen for four years He wrote that while he was co, and was nearing Wadena, Minnesota, the Spirit of the Lord told hi five dollars In his letter he said he thought I reat need and that he hurried and reached the bank in tiet the money He further said, ”May the Lord bless you and use you to His glory”
WednesdayI started for Saint Paul, Minnesota with thirteen dollars infor a second hand clothing store I stood on the street praying for the Lord to direct me and He said, ”Samuelson, Samuelson” I walked around a few blocks and suddenly I looked up over a store and it said, ”Sa in, the merchant asked if he could help me I said, ”Have you a Prince Albert coat and vest that will fit me” He looked and said, ”Just your fit,” and walked over to a show case and brought the coat and vest and put it on me
It fit like it was made to order by a tailor You could not see that it had even been on a hty five dollar coat and vest, and it surely looked like it It had silk facing on the lapels I took off the coat, and put my own back on I felt that I did not dare ask hi to take it” He took my coat off and put the coat back on e to ask him the price, so I said ”What's your price?” He said, ”A dollar and a half” I caught my breath and said, ”What did you say?” He repeated, ”A dollar and a half” I said, ”Have you a pair of new trousers that will fittaken off, for fear I would be asked to the altar for too fine a suit
I not only bought the coat and vest, but one new and one second hand trousers, and all caton, I was dressed in the finest suit I had ever had inabout me One said, ”You can see that man has seen better days by the fine clothes he wears” I wore that coat and vest for ot too stout and then I gave it away
At one ti of the need in the Scandinavian countries, and wanted h they were unable to financebrethren of the Scandinavian Publishi+ng Coo I prayed and wept, and said to the Lord, ”Haven't you got any one else to go as you know I afor theot darker and darker for ot desperate, and going intowhere a penny of carfare would co I said, ”Listen, Lord, you know I am honest and earnest Do not let me be deceived I'll take one of these Bibles on the table, and close my eyes and throw it up in the air and catch it and the scripture my thumb is on when I catch it, I'll accept as an answer from you” I did so, and my thumb was on Mark 10:29-30 ”And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or fathers or ospels, but he shall receive an hundred fold now in this time, houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions, and in the world to coot a phonefor you Why don't you come?” My ansas, ”I have no money”
They said they had a check for thirteen dollars for ”
Froo to meet Brother E E Byrum as president of the Missionary Board He took me into a rooo e have no way to finance you, but the need is so urgent, and we know you have faith and the only thing I can do is to layand weeping, and e got through he took out his purse and eot there, I do not know
I spent so revival s From there I went on to Den the dear faithful workers in raising up eight new congregations,a total of thirteen In 1916 the Missionary Board sent 25 per month for seven and one halfDenations which were there at that tiave e size envelope, thick and fat and written on the outside, ”Not to be opened until on the North Sea or the Atlantic” When I opened theregation expressing their appreciation for the help and blessing I had been to them If I am not mistaken, there were 153 in all, and there was sufficient money in those letters to almost pay for my first car, a Ford The promise previously quoted in Mark 10:29-30 was verily fulfilled
Once I was in great need of at least one hundred dollars and I had calls for three s at the same date From one of these, I kneould receive a hundred and twenty five dollars, and another, one hundred, but I knew the third could not give more than fifty For three days I stayed hoo to the third, which I did
On arriving at the place, I found they were closing a unionday They told elist required the, also 300 at the close of his an our service in the Church of God One got saved
Tuesday night the crowd could not all get in the church The Presbyterian minister of the toas there and he said it was too bad the people could not get in and offered us the Presbyterian Church free of charge It was the largest church in town We accepted and announced our ht The church was packed and overflowing Many were outside who could not get in A 32nd degree Mason came to me and said, ”Have you ever preached in a Masonic Hall?” I said I had preached in the Masonic Teet the Masonic Hall for me I thanked hi was held there It was filled for every service
When the teeks ave me 5250 and the next day I was asked to coave a present to every evangelist who came to town Then he said, ”There is a present for you What do you need? My wife says you need a pair of shoes, so go over to the counter and pick out a pair They are fourteen dollars a pair” Then he said, ”Co his hand in his pocket he handed me a five dollar bill and said, ”That's from me” Then the man who let me use the Masonic Hall ca to persuade Mr Susag to go with you to Norway to fish?” The merchant answered, ”I wish I could” ”So do I,” he answered Then he continued, ”Mr M, you know that you and I are about as lon in the elist that co the hole deeper; but thisus out” The ht” Then the Mason handedhe said, ”When--” and he walked aith tears in his eyes Later on I understand he got saved and went to glory
As I left the station that day for my home, many people came to the station to seeot on the train, I counted the money and found I had 18700 instead of the fifty I had expected Again God proved Himself to be the God that He says He is and His promises are true
TRIP TO EUROPE IN 1939
The Lord ain I expected to stay four years When it was understood that I was to sail for Europe, a nuation requested s, so I did, thinking also that theyto help me on the way, but for some reason they failed to do so
The war broke out in Europe I was able only to visit the churches, and late in the fall of the same year I was ordered to leave these countries
After being home for some time, I met the wife of a ? We haven't seen you nor heard of you for so long” I told her I had been to Europe ”Why, no,” she explained, ”you were in such and such a congregation,” (nas to carry to Europe) Then she said, ”They said that you had not gotten any further than New York, as you did not have the o any farther” Then I told her, ”The Lord o, so I went”
After leaving this place for New York I was sitting on the train readingand said, ”Are you reading the good book?” After answering yes, he asked if I was aI told him I was on my way to Europe ”Do you have the finances supplied?” he asked I told hi?” he asked I told him, the Church of God So he explained, ”My pastor is Brother ----; What is your name?” When I told him, he said, ”Why, I have heard of you” As he left he said, ”Pardon ain before we come to our divisional point” Later on he came and handed me a sum of money, so my needs were nicely cared for