Then I went into the field myself and called "Sheep! Sheep!" to them, and
they began to gather together and it wasn't long before I had a nice bunch
of sheep up on the highway. I asked the Lord why it was I couldn't get them
together without my going into the field myself, for I preached His word to
them. "Yes," He said, "you preached My Word to them, but it was the way you
preached it." So Sunday I made my confession to the congregation and
weeping, asked their forgiveness, and every one was brought back to the
Lord, and a few sinners who were in the audience were also saved.
Through the week of services thirty-eight persons came from different
states and Canada for healing--and there were some very serious cases. The
night before the day we had set apart for the praying for the sick, I
prayed from eleven o'clock that night until four o'clock in the morning in
a dark room. When I got up from my knees the Lord stood before me and made
it clear to me that He was going to heal every one of those who had been
prayed for.
After all were healed and it was time for the services to close, a little
nine year old girl came and sat on the altar bench. I went to her and said,
"What do you want, Sophie?" In reply she said that she had seen how the
Lord had healed the eyes of Sister Hobert and that now she wanted the Lord
to heal her and set her eyes straight. (Her eyes were badly crossed).
On returning to the city some eight months later, I was invited to take
supper with Brother and Sister Amondson, Sophie's parents. They had a
number of children who came around me, and I wanted to know where the
little girl was whose eyes were crossed and for whom I prayed several
months before. A little girl spoke up and said, "Don't you know me? I am
Sophie." I then asked her to tell me about her healing.
She told me that she was prayed for on that Friday night, and the following
Monday she was starting out to school without her glasses and her mother,
who was not saved, seeing her without her glasses, said, "Sophie, don't
forget to wear your glasses!" Sophie answered, "Mother, I was prayed for at
the revival meeting Friday night and I do not need my glasses." Her mother
said, "Nonsense, come and get your glasses." But Sophie ran away to school!
That forenoon the teacher asked Sophie to read, and when she got up she
said, "Sophie, haven't you your glasses with you?" (She knew Sophie had not
been able to read without her glasses.) Sophie answered, lifting her hand,
"Teacher, I was prayed for at the revival meeting Friday night and I do not
need my glasses!" and her eyes were straight!
A number of years later I met Sophie with her little girl. She was a lovely
looking woman and was happily married.
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