One time Brother and Sister George Larson's three sons were stricken at the
same time with infantile paralysis. Herman was 21 and the twins 18 years. A
specialist was called and he brought two doctors with him. He pronounced
the cases as very serious, especially Norman who was stricken in the head,
and they did not think there was any hope for him. They said it would be a
good thing if he would die, for if he lived, he would be crazy. They sent
for me. Sister Larson was then pastor of a congregation in Hereford, Minn.
They had been praying and we prayed again, and the Lord finished the job
and healed all three. Often people say, "It was not so serious and may not
have been what they said it was," but this time the devil got fooled. The
young man had been going to the University of Minnesota where they had been
tapping some blood from them for medical science purposes to use to heal
others stricken in the same manner; so medical science acknowledge they had
the real thing.
At one of the camp meetings at Hereford, Ole Torgesen got very much under
conviction and went home to repair a thrashing machine engine. It did not
want to start and he got angry and swore at it. Starting suddenly, the fly
wheel struck his left hand and breaking a number of bones. He went to the
doctor and had the bones set and the hand taped and the arm strapped to his
body. Then he came back to the meeting and wanted to be saved. He repented,
and the Lord accepted him. While he was still on his knees he looked up and
said, "I hear you men believe in divine healing, and I want to be prayed
for that the Lord will heal my hand." So Brother C. H. Tubbs and myself
prayed the prayer of faith and he began to unloose his arm and take off the
bandage. While he was doing so, the saints were shouting the praises of
God. Others told him not to take the bandage off and got angry as he
continued removing them. Finally he took off the cotton and cleaned off the
iodine and the taping. After doing so, he lifted his arm slowly to move his
fingers. Finally he put his hand up and moved his fingers freely, and his
hand was healed to the glory of God. Next day we had baptismal services and
I asked him if he wanted to be baptized. He said he did, but thought his
wife would be saved, too, so wished that both could be baptized together. I
said, "All right."
Next day in the morning service she got saved. She was the daughter of a
lay minister of a certain denomination who did not believe in baptism by
immersion. She asked me if they could be baptized right away. I told her
that just as soon as the service was over we would go immediately to the
pool. She did not want her parents to know what she was doing, so we kept
it quiet, but when we started for the pool, the prairie seemed to be alive
with people on horse back and in all kinds of rigs, coming from all
directions.
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