Then one brother said, "There must be someone in the chapel sympathizing
with her." We began a search looking everywhere to find where the trouble
was and behind some folding doors in the prayer room we found a man.
Brother Knight said to him, "What are you doing here?" He said, "Can't I
stay here?" But he was told to leave forthwith and he went. We then locked
the doors of the chapel and in a few minutes the woman was delivered.
She was obliged to go home as her husband went to work at four o'clock in
the morning, but he came back the next day and was gloriously saved.
Another case of demon possession happened in Grand Forks. During a meeting
we were holding there, a man came to the service who formerly had taken his
stand with the church, coming out of a certain denomination, but before
long he returned to it again. When he came to the meeting we were holding
he was possessed. In one of the services Brother Krutz and I attempted to
lay hands on him: He was kneeling at the altar with his back to the pulpit
and he was taken up bodily and thrown upon the rostrum against the wall
behind the pulpit. I ran after him and the devil said to me, "Now, it will
go with you as it did with the seven sons of Sceva." I rebuked the devil
and when I got to the man he turned over on his back and slid, head first,
off the rostrum toward the seats, knocking his head against the seats until
it seemed as though his skull would surely be broken.
I called for help. Eight brothers came and held him so that he would not
get hurt. We laid hands on him and commanded the evil spirits to come out
of him but they did not come. Then I asked them, "What is your name?" The
answer was, "Salvation Army devil." Then in the name of the Lord Jesus we
commanded the Salvation Army devil to come out of him. And when they went
out it was with such a horrible scream that many women jumped up on their
seats in fright and the man's shirt was torn and blood was running from his
mouth and he fell on the floor as though he were dead. We let him lie there
a little while, then, laying our hands on him, prayed and he came to. This
man repented, made his confession and was saved.
* * * * *
Bro. Drysdale of Grand Forks, who had a stiff knee, was prayed for several
times, but got no help. However, in this meeting his limb became so
limbered up that he could run up and down the steps like a young man. He
got so happy that he forgot his cane and went home without it. On getting
home he discovered he had left his cane behind and ran back to the chapel
to get it, but when he got hold of his cane, his limb was as bad as ever.
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