This incident took place just a few months before our great Revival Crusades in Winnipeg, in the summer of 1965. Our only son, Kenny, was just 5 years of age at the time. Kenny had accompanied me on a 5 week Crusade and was my constant companion. The account of this little boy drowning really touched his heart also. As we would drive across the bridge, over the river, Kenny would bring up the subject and we would talk about it together. Here is the story:

It seems that two young teenagers were standing beside the river bank when an 8 year old boy rode up on his bicycle. The 2 teenagers started poking fun at the younger boy calling him a sissy and "a fraidy cat." The little boy was a brave little soul and no coward and stood up to the 2 older boys declaring that he was "not a fraidy cat."

The 2 teenagers challenged him to walk out into the river up to his chest to prove he was not afraid. The 8 year old boy did just that, returning to the boys saying he had proved he wasn’t afraid. The brainless and unthinking teenager then decided to challenge him to do it again if he really wanted to prove he wasn’t a sissy.

Anxious to prove his bravery, the little boy foolishly walked into the fast flowing Red River when suddenly he disappeared under the water and did not reappear. The search crews were still searching for his body at the time of our stay there.

This incident was nothing more or less than the work of the devil and his deceiving, wicked spirits working through the older boys. The constant taunting of this little boy caused him to have to prove his bravery and caused an innocent child his life. As on and on it goes as Satan continues to deceive and lie and spread his evil around the world. The news is full of similar accounts of how the wicked, hateful devil has deceived, ruined and killed by the workings of his deceiving, lying spirits of chance.

Bank robbers who plan their holdups for months are motivated by the evil spirits which whisper to them, telling them how their plans are fool proof. This evil spirits continue to work on the mind, filling people with pride, greed and lust for money, power, fame and an easy way to take what does not belong to them.

The lying, deceiving spirits of chance work together with the demons of hate, jealousy, lust and murder. Many people have been bewitched into killing a rich uncle or murdering an unwanted husband, wife or relative, feeling completely secure that they will not be found out. These lying, deceiving spirits whisper lies and falsehoods into the hearts of those ensnared by lust, greed, hatred and deceit. These lying, deceiving evil spirits have taken many lives and completely destroyed them. Homes are broken, friendships completely ruined, and souls are lost. When the damage is done and the lives are ruined, the evil spirits have accomplished what they wanted and the devil and his evil spirits have a good laugh over it and continue on to their next victim.