Brother George W. Green and I once came from Pit, a little town in northern
Minnesota. On our way to Grand Forks we stopped at a town by the name of
Steiner, the home of the Koglin family. Quite a number of people were in
the house when we arrived. Grandma had had several strokes and the family
had been looking for my address, as they were expecting she would die and
wanted me to come and conduct her funeral services. We asked if we might
see her and they told us we could. We went into the bedroom and prayed for
her and the Lord healed her. If I remember correctly, she lived for over
ten years longer.
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At one time I was holding a meeting in a school house near Warren,
Minnesota. I was staying with a family named Keutzer, three miles from the
school house. In the afternoon previous to the evening service I was
praying, and wrestling with the devil. I asked the brother to start at
least an hour ahead of time to go to the meeting or else give me a lantern
and I would walk over. He asked me why, and I told him that the devil was
mad at me and will not let me ride--that when I get in the car, it will
stop.
The brother laughed at me and said, "I have a new Oldsmobile car," and they
would not let me have a lantern, but when they were ready to go I got the
lantern and told them to go on and tell the folks that I would be coming as
fast as I could. But the brother said, "Get in the car." I didn't want to,
but he took hold of me and almost forced me into the car. I got in and it
ran for a rod or two and then stopped. I jumped out of the car, took the
lantern and ran. After a while they caught up with me and stopped for me to
get in, saying that if I didn't, they would not go. This happened several
times. I would get in the car, it would run a rod or two and stop. Finally
I ran away from them and walked all the way to the school house and they
arrived after I got there. We were so late the people were just getting
ready to leave, as it was nearly nine o'clock.
We all went into the school house and went on with the service. We found
afterwards why the devil opposed me and did not want me there. There was a
bootlegger in the audience, who, when hearing me relate the experience, got
to thinking about it, became convicted and got saved. When we were leaving
to go home, Brother Keutzer asked me how I was going to get home; was I
going to walk? "No," I said, "I am going to ride and we will have no
trouble with the car." The devil had lost his hold on that bootlegger and
we had no further trouble with the car.
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