At one time I was in great need of a fur coat, for the winters are very
cold in the northern states and Canada. So I set my heart on having a
fur-lined coat listed in the Sears Roebuck catalogue for $57.25. I asked
the Lord if I could have it and He answered, "Yes."
Shortly after this matter had been decided, a brother came to me and said,
"You need a fur coat and here are ten dollars to start toward it." Others
wrote sending money specifying that it was for a fur coat until I had
$36.50. Then a whole year passed and nothing came. The following November I
went to Rice Lake, Wisconsin to hold a meeting for Bro. E. G. Ahrendt. It
was very cold and there was lots of snow. On my arrival Brother Ahrendt
said to me, "Haven't you got a fur coat, Brother Susag?" I answered, "Yes."
He said, "Why don't you wear it this cold weather?" I answered, "I have it
by faith--have had it for a year and a half and have $36.50 laid by for it
that was given me towards buying a coat, but the price is $57.25." Then
Bro. Ahrendt went upstairs and was gone for a long time. When he came down
again, he said, "Brother Susag, before you leave here you are going to have
a fur coat." I said, "Is that faith or presumption?" To which he replied,
"If it isn't faith, I have never had faith." I said, "Praise the Lord; good
for you and good for me."
When the meeting was over Brother Ahrendt said, "Did you get the fur coat?"
I told him, "No." He then asked me where I was going tomorrow night from
here, and I told him that I was going ten miles out in the country to a
little meeting house for a service. He said, "I'll go with you."
After the service that night Brother Ahrendt again asked, "Did you get your
fur coat?" I said, "No." Upon, which he inquired where I was going that
evening. I told him that a family had invited me to their home and had
offered to take me to another railroad over which I would be able to reach
home sooner. Brother Ahrendt declared that he was going with me until he
saw my last foot safe in the train, "and," he said, "if you haven't got the
fur coat by then I'll not know what to think of myself or my faith." (By
way of explanation would say here, that the offerings I received went for
my general expenses; the money for my fur coat was to come from other
sources. The Lord had promised me the fur coat.)
That night I had a dream. I woke up about three o'clock in the morning, and
as I stirred a little, Brother Ahrendt whispered, "Are you awake?" I told
him I was. "Did you have a dream?" he asked. I answered, "Yes, a woman came
to me and gave me four bills!" "The fur coat! the fur coat!" he excitedly
said. We got so happy that we couldn't sleep any more and we shouted,
"Glory to God!" We made so much noise that we disturbed the folks down
stairs, and when we went down they said, "What is the matter with you
brethren making so much noise?" We told them we were so happy that we could
not help ourselves.
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