The next year just before the Minnesota State Camp Meeting at St. Paul
Park, I came home with another load of discouragement. It seemed to me I
was backslidden and that Brother Nelson and Brother Tubbs were going to
deal with me at the meeting and tell me so. I told wife to go on to the
meeting and I would stay home and rest a few days, as I was tired. She
objected and refused to go without me, telling me the saints would be
asking about me, and if I told them you were home they would be wondering
why and I would have no peace, so that was that. We went and I did not
attempt to preach neither Saturday, Sunday, nor Monday. I was waiting,
expecting the brethren to come and have a talk with me. Finally on Monday
afternoon Bro. Nelson came and said, "Let us go out into the timber. I want
to have a talk with you." Then he said, "Brother Susag, what is the matter
with you? You are holding up the meeting. Everyone is expecting you to
preach and you sit there and say nothing." I answered, "Yes, I know that
you know what it is." "Why I don't know anything," he said, "What do you
mean?" I said, "Aren't you and Bro. Tubbs going to deal with me? You know I
am backslidden." "Since when?" he asked. I told him I did not know. He then
said, "We surely do not know anything. It is just an imposition of the
devil. Rebuke him and get into the pulpit and preach." We had prayer, and
rebuked the devil and his accusations, and the spell was completely broken.
A year later at the Minnesota State Camp Meeting, Brother Nelson was not
feeling well, neither was I. One day, Brother Nelson said to me, "What do
you think is the trouble with us? Maybe we are bad boys." I told him, "No,
that is not the reason, however, we do not see many healings and miracles
now." As we stood there talking, we could not think of anything that had
taken place of late.
Just then a sister came up to where we were and said, "Praise the Lord,
brethren." We said, "Amen." "I do not suppose you know me?" "Yes, we know
you," we said, "But we have forgotten your name." "My name is Rasmussen,"
she said; "I haven't seen you, Brother Nelson, since you were down and
prayed for our youngest son who was down with double pneumonia." Brother
Nelson said, "The Lord healed the boy, didn't He?" "I should say He did,"
she answered. "He not only healed him, but changed him from a puny,
delicate child to a strong, husky child--the healhiest one we have." She
went away and we felt we had gotten a reproof, and yet an encouragement,
from the Lord.
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