CHAPTER XIV
THE HARVEST IS GREAT
After being at Troutman, Penn., and Harmony, Penn., we started for Lawrence, Kansas.
The Lord wonderfully blessed my labor there. The fire of the Lord began to break out in all directions, and it was hard to resist the earnest pleadings of brethren and sisters, to remain and reap the harvest ready to be gathered. The calls kept coming from Indiana, "Come back, your work is not done." The Lord seemed to be calling me day and night to go back.
We went. My first meeting was at Kokomo, Indiana, the seat of war. We pitched our tents and sounded the battle cry, calling for soldiers. They began to come in from the East and West, North and South. We had a grand reunion; several hundred converts of the meeting of one year before were there; also many others, with their bright testimonies that. God had kept them through all the persecutions ; many had been healed of all manner of diseases. Many of them had gone into the field as evangelists, and many as ministers. On one day there were present twenty young ministers, who had been licensed by the different churches; all converts of my first meeting at Kokomo. I could now see why the Lord had brought me back; to encourage and establish these dear workers. Hundreds of souls have: been brought to Christ through their meetings.
A preacher came to this meeting, who was dying with consumption, and was healed in the presence of thousands, while we were praying for him. He went out to preach the gospel.
They have built a fine church edifice at Kokomo, and have the most powerful church in the city; also the largest congregations.
Over all opposition, and the roaring of the devil and his children, the Lord led us on to glorious victory.
Ministers came from other places, and the young soldiers rallied to the front. The first night, while I was leading in prayer, the power swept over the multitude in waves.
Brother D., sixty years old, who had been lame for twelve years, had to walk with a cane or crutch. He could not remain in one place but a short time. Several of us kneeled and prayed
with him, laying our hands on him. The Holy Ghost fell on him,
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