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PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
of
S. O. SUSAG
By S. O. SUSAG
Minneapolis, Minnesota [Illustration: (S. O. Susag, his wife and children,taken about 1898)]
FOREWORD
This book of a few of my experiences is written to show how the pioneerministers worked, and how the Lord worked with them through his HolySpirit. One outstanding fact in those days, when even though their trainingwas limited, was their burning passion for souls shown in labors, fastingand prayer, and a heaven-born conviction and zeal for the truth. The HolySpirit had revealed to them an unshaken faith in the Word of God; a faiththat would not waver in the most trying and, to man, surprisinglyunreasonable cases. My prayers are that this book will bring faith andencouragement to many a soul who is seeking God for help when all otherhelp has failed.
I should not have waited so long before doing this writing, for because ofthat waiting the incidents are not written in the order which they shouldhave been, and so many have been forgotten. Since many have indicated aninterest in my experiences, may this book as it goes forth in Jesus' namebring honor and glory to God.
—The Author Year 1948
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE
Ever since this book was first published for the author, S. O. Susag, bythe Standard Printing Company, Guthrie, Oklahoma, in the year of 1948, ithas been in steady demand. These many testimonies of outstanding answers toprayer have been an inspiration of faith to many people, and they willcontinue to be an encouragement to every earnest and honest seeker for anincrease of faith in God's precious promises. "Jesus Christ the sameyesterday, and to day, and for ever." Hebrews 13:8.
In contemplation of printing this fourth edition, the undersigned publishercontacted S. O. Susag's daughter, Mrs. Art Rustand (Goldie Susag), andrequested further information about her late father. In February, 1976, sherelayed the following notes of interest to the reader:
"My father was born in Steinkjer, Norway, on March 28, 1862. He came fromNorway to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was in the store business for awhile. In 1892, they moved to Paynesville, Minnesota, where they engaged infarming. After they moved to the farm he was converted, and in the year of1895 he received his call from God to the ministry of the Word. He traveledas a missionary to the Scandinavian countries for many years. He alsoserved as pastor in Grand Forks, N. D., and as an evangelist for years. Infact, at the time of his death, which was in Culbertson, Montana, when hewas 90 years of age, he was traveling around holding services. His deathwas attributed to his age. He was up and around until three days prior tohis passing. At the time of his death he made his home with his second wifein Medicine Lake, Montana. He died on July 8, 1952, and was buried besidehis first wife (my mother) at the Church of God Cemetery near Wendell,Minnesota."
—Lawrence D. Pruitt Guthrie, Oklahoma, March 8, 1976
"And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead themin paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them,and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them and notforsake them." (Isa. 42:16). This Scripture seems to fit into my life'sexperiences.