Swedish Police roust Smith

Excerpted from Wigglesworth blog

Speaking afterwards of his work in Sweden Mr. Wigglesworth said,

When I was in Sweden the power of God was mightily upon me. It was there that I was apprehended for preaching and for praying for the sick. The Lutheran churches and the doctors rose up like an army against me, and had special audience with the king to try to get me out of the country. It was in Sweden that I was escorted out by two detectives and two policemen, because of the mighty power of God moving among the people. But beloved, it was lovely!

One of the nurses in the king’s household came and was healed of a leg trouble—I forget whether a broken thigh or a dislocated joint. She went to the king and said, “I have been so wonderfully healed by this man. You know I am walking all right now.” “Yes” said the king, “I know everything about him. Tell him to go. I do not want him turned out. If he goes out, he can come back; but if he is turned out he cannot come back.” I thank God I was not turned out, I was merely escorted out.

The Pentecostal people went to see the police to see if I could have a big meeting in the park on the Monday following Whitsunday [Pentecost Sunday]. The police officers said: “There is only one reason why we could refuse him and it is on this line. If that man puts his hand upon the sick in the great park, it would take 30 more policemen to guard the situation. But if he will promise us that he will not lay his hands upon the people, then we will allow you to have the park.”

They came and asked me and I said, “Promise them that I will fulfill their wishes.” I knew that God was not limited to my laying hands on the people. When the presence of the Lord is there to heal it does not require the laying on of hands. Faith is the great operating factor. When we believe God, all things are easy.

They built a platform where I could speak to thousands of people. I prayed and said, “Lord, You know the situation. You have never yet been in a fix where you could not handle the situation. Show me what can be done for this poor and needy people without having hands laid upon them. Show me.”

To the people I said, “All of you that would like the power of God to go through you today healing everything, put your hands up.” Thousands of hands went up. I sent up a cry, “Oh Lord, show me,” and he told me as clearly as anything to pick a person out that stood upon a rock. That park was a very rocky place. I told them to put their hands down except this person. To her I said, “Tell all the people what are your troubles.” She began to relate her troubles. From her head to her feet she was so in pain that she felt if she did not sit down or lie down she would not be able to go on.

I said to her, “Lift your hands high.” I then said, “In the name of Jesus I rebuke the evil one from your head to your feet, and I believe God has loosed you.” Oh, how she danced and how she jumped and how she shouted!

That was the first time that God had revealed to me that it was a very simple matter for Him to heal without the laying on of my hands. I said to the sick people, “Now each one lay hands on yourself, and when I pray God will heal you.” We had hundreds healed that day without my touching them and hundreds were saved. Our God is a God of mighty power. Oh, how wonderful, how glorious, and how fascinating it is that we can come into this royal palace of faith and of power. We have a great God. We have a wonderful Jesus. I believe in the Holy Ghost.

K.W. Leslie on 11

chatGPT suggests: Wigglesworth held healing revival meetings in Sweden around 1921–1922, notably at Örebro and Skövde, as covered in the magazine Confidence (Apr–Jun 1922)