One afternoon, about three o'clock, the renters on our place came running
in great excitement into wife's room and said, "Mrs. Susag, a cyclone is
coming." She went out with them and it was dark. There was a wood pile
about three or four rods south of our houses and parts of our neighbors
buildings south of us were blowing through our pasture and wood from the
wood pile began to go up in the air. Wife lifted her hands toward heaven
facing the storm and cried, "Lord God, don't let that storm strike our
dwelling." The cyclone turned right square to the east several rods and
then turned square again to the north-east of the buildings. When it got
beyond our buildings it turned west and when it got just in line with the
direction from which it came, it turned north again, rooting up big trees
and damaging the neighbor's buildings; but not a thing on our premises was
disturbed.
The spout of the cyclone dug a ditch several feet deep in some places. Once
more God's Word was verified: "Call and I will answer."
* * * * *
GLUTTONOUS MAN WITH DYSPEPSIA
At a meeting we were holding, Brother Tubbs, Brother Enos Key and myself
was asked to fast and pray for a man weighing from 250 to 260 pounds and
calling himself a saint!
We fasted, accordingly, and went after service Sunday noon to pray for him.
We were still fasting, but he sat up to the table and ate a big chicken
dinner and when he had finished eating he said, "Now you can pray for me."
Bro. Tubbs said, "No, we are not going to pray for you. We have been
fasting for you, and still haven't eaten, and you have sat up to the table
and eaten as much as we three preachers, together, could eat. Goodbye!" And
out we went.
* * * * *
CASTING OUT DEVILS
At a meeting in Chicago there was a woman possessed with devils, and wanted
to be delivered. Seven ministers, four men and three sisters, were working
with her for over an hour but without apparent success. We tried to lay our
hands on her but the devils in her would kick our hands away. Big knots
came out on her body, on her shoulders and neck the size of a good sized
apple. Then we ministers withdrew for a consultation among ourselves--to
see whether the hindering cause in casting these devils out, lay in us,
among ourselves--to be assured of complete unity and agreement in our
midst: And we found that there was perfect unity. That being the case, we
said, "We must have the victory, the evil spirits must go." We went back to
the woman and worked, prayed and rebuked the enemy for nearly three hours,
all to no avail.
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