When I was pastor in Grand Forks we had in the congregation a mother in
Israel, a German sister who could not speak English. One Sunday evening the
Lord had blessed in a spiritual way. Mother Calm said to Brother Shave, "I
can preach Bro. Susag's sermon in German now." (I had preached in English.)
Bro. Shave said, "You can't do it." But she said, "I can." At that, Brother
Shave raised his voice and said, "Everybody wait a little while." And, sure
enough, Sister Calm preached my sermon, the Germans said, "almost to a
word."
* * * * *
At the St. Paul Camp meeting one time, Sister Aamot came to me telling me
she had lost a five dollar bill, over which she was feeling very badly. Her
husband was not saved. She wanted me to pray that the Lord would help her
find it. She told me she thought she had lost it on her way coming from the
Old People's Home to the tabernacle. It had been blowing pretty hard that
day and she had the bill in her handkerchief.
I went out into the timber to pray, and how the wind did blow! After I had
been earnestly praying that the Lord would help me to find the bill for her
and was getting up from my knees, on looking down into the leaves, lo,
there, between my knees, was the five dollar bill! And the sister had no
difficulty in proving that it was her five dollar bill.
* * * * *
While still in Denmark, one time Brother Morris Johnson and I were holding
a meeting on a farm. As we saw a large, fine looking man coming toward the
meeting place, Morris said, "Let's go behind the barn and pray God Almighty
to convict and save that man this afternoon." And the Lord honored our
faith and really saved the man that afternoon.
* * * * *
I was holding a meeting in Albert Lee, Minnesota and from there was
intending to go to Greenwood, Wisconsin. I looked at my time-table to find
out what the railroad fare would be and I figured it to be thirteen
dollars, so asked the Lord to give me thirteen dollars that evening. At the
close of the service someone put some money in my pocket and I began to
thank the Lord for thirteen dollars. The devil said, "You haven't got
thirteen dollars in your pocket," but I said I had. He said, "Just feel in
your pocket and you will find there is hardly anything there, or take it
out and count it and you will see." I told him that I would neither feel in
my pocket nor count the money for him, and that I had thirteen dollars.
When I got to my room I knelt down and thanked the Lord for thirteen
dollars, and then took the money out of my pocket and counted it and found
I had $13.05. On buying my ticket the next day it cost $13.05! I had made a
mistake in my figuring, but the Lord knew the exact fare.
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