The following Sunday we went 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 miles with a team and in a lumber wagon 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 was well-to-do, and could well afford to send it. I said to her,
"Did I not tell you that the Lord knew to whom 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
coming from Crookston, Minnesota to where he had been working, and was
nearing Wadena, Minnesota, the Spirit of the Lord told him to hurry to the
bank before it closed and send Brother Susag five dollars. In his letter he
said he thought I must be in great need and that he hurried and reached the
bank in time to get the money. He further said, "May the Lord bless you and
use you to His glory."
Wednesday morning I started for Saint Paul, Minnesota with thirteen dollars
in my pocket. Arriving there, I was looking for 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, "Samuelson Second Hand Clothing." Going 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 man before. He said it was an eighty 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
him the price. He said, "Aren't you going to take it." He took my coat off
and put the coat back on me. Then I prayed the Lord for courage 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 fit me?" I had to
have the silk facing taken 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 came to $4.50.
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