After I had told them how I happened to be going to Kelly, Brother Tubbs
turned to his wife and said, "Mary, you preach tomorrow; I want to go along
with Bro. Susag and see what is going on." His wife said, "Charles, I am
going along, too." Then to Bro. Newell he said, "You take the morning
service tomorrow," but he also declined as he, too, wanted to go with us.
And Bro. Shave made the same reply; he wanted to go to Kelly. But when Bro.
Niles was asked to preach at the morning service, he kindly consented to
take charge. In the morning I started out for Kelly with three ministers,
one deacon and one sister accompanying me.
I am generally quite talkative, but I did not do much talking those fifteen
miles, wondering what the people would think if, when getting there, we
should find nothing unusual the matter. When the train stopped at the
station I waited for all the folks to get off first. As I looked out of the
window I saw Brother Holman standing on the platform weeping, looking at
the people as they got off the train. Then I came. I went to him and asked
him why he was weeping. He said, "We have been praying the Lord to send you
to us and today I started for the station, confident that I would either
meet you in person or that I would get a letter," and taking the letter
from his pocket and holding it up, said, "and here I have both!" Then he
told me that his wife was very ill, possibly dying, and that they had been
praying the Lord to send me to them.
It was three miles out to their home in the country and Bro. Holman had
only a one-seated buggy, so the two sisters drove and we preachers walked.
The good Lord heard prayer and healed Sister Holman. Also, an old lady of
ninety years of age was baptized at this time.
* * * * *
On another occasion I was asked to come to Grand Forks to hold a revival
meeting. On my arrival there I found that the pastor was having trouble
with his eyes so that he had to stay at home in a dark room. Services
started Friday night and it seemed that the whole congregation had become
cooled off. This was made clear to me, so I preached three sermons--one on
Friday night and two on Saturday. But it looked as though the condition
grew worse instead of better as a result of my preaching.
Saturday night I had a dream. I dreamed that the Lord had sent me there to
gather the sheep back that had wandered into a man's field and were
tramping the grain down. Then I picked up one stone and threw it at them to
try to get them back. I picked up another stone, and then threw the third
one. They seemed now to be frightened worse than ever. This discouraged me
and I said to the Lord, "What shall I do?" He said, "Speak gently to them."
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