Then I asked the attendant whether there was a man in the place by the name
of John Lukesen of Irving, Minnesota, and he told me there was such a man
there. I told him we had ten minutes to spare and asked him whether we
could go in and see him without first having to go to the superintendent's
office for permission. The man lifted his hands and said, "You can see
anyone in this institution since this one man has received help from you."
He then proceeded to give us information about the one we wanted to see. He
said, "When Mr. Lukesen first came here we had to have him in a padded cell
and he got so bad that we had to tie him to his cot and now he is like a
wild cat and nothing but skin and bones; he won't be long for this world."
When he opened the door to the cell, there I saw my neighbor lying on his
cot and he surely did look like a wild cat, as the man had said! The
compassion of the Lord Jesus came upon me and I lifted my hands toward
heaven and called aloud to him, "John Lukesen, the Lord Jesus Christ, whom
I serve, makes you well!" And he was well! Shortly after this, he was sent
home.
We planned to go from there to Hereford, Minnesota. At Evansville where we
had to change trains, we inquired of the station agent when the train for
Hereford would be leaving. We were informed that there would be no train
leaving for that place before Thursday at three o'clock. We were told that
only two trains a week went from there to Hereford and this was Tuesday--a
long time to wait!
Brother Peterson said, "Let us go out and pray." After we had prayed we
returned to the depot and asked the agent when the train for Hereford would
be leaving. He answered gruffly, "I told you Thursday afternoon at three
o'clock." "All right," said Brother Peterson, "Let us go out and pray."
After praying we went back the second time and asked the agent the same
question; and this time he was really gruff. And he surely informed us that
there would be no train leaving before Thursday afternoon at three o'clock.
Again, Brother Peterson said, "All right, let us go out and pray."
We went out once more into the grove to pray and Brother Peterson did the
praying: "Lord, the President can get a special pullman train any time he
wants it and he is only the president of the United States; and here are
we, Brother Susag and I, Thy ambassadors. We are not asking Thee for a
pullman car--we will be satisfied with an old caboose--the distance is only
30 miles; so Lord, won't you please talk to the agent?" We both said AMEN.
On returning to the agent for the third time, Brother Peterson said to him,
"When will that train be ready for Hereford?" In a very mild tone he
replied, "I have been thinking about it and I will shove a few box cars and
a caboose together and send you fellows out." And we both said, "Thank you,
sir." And so the Lord answered prayer and sent us home on a special train!
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