The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-11-27
AN ERRONEOUS BELIEF,
Ho" Mistaken Theory Nearly Cost Well
Known Minister His Life.
(Chicago Standard


The following remarkable statement made
by ii well-known Baptist clergyman. besides
the unusual matter of value it contains, will be
found most readable and interesting:
McssrS Editors: have always believed most
firmly in the brotherhood of men, and that
every human being is in duty bound to assist
MS fellow man to the fullest extent of his pow
er. The relation. therefore, of my personal ex-
periehce WILL trust, prove of benefit to many
thousands i'm this land
NV earlier years were full of he.Itb and
pleasure After the completion of nv educa
tionai studies undertook the profession Oc
teaching, and under the severe strain to which
! was subjected gradually became r,dureI So
that the least exposure or excitement would
BRING ON sick headache, biliousncss and general
prostration. gave up teaching and began to
prepare for the ministry, and although I
studied hard my health seemed to GROWN no
worse finall yl commenced preaching and then
my old physical troubles returned The sliSht-
est amount of certain kinds of food distressed
| me and brought on heavy duncss dizziness
ana OFTEN great depression of mind. A change
OF room, atmosphere or clothing was almost
certain to cause cold. accompanied BY most
painful suffering. ! attributed all this to the
severe work was obliged to do in the ministry,
ana SO ana not attempt to remove it. | next
began to grow nervous and noticed that my
feet were cold. while my left side and back fire.
quently PANIED me. felt drowsy or sleepy
sensation after eating, while little excitement
caused me to lose my appetite entirely At
times my spirits would be light and | would
feel as if might live to a good old age, when
possibly in less than an hour my head would
reel, my body ache and | would bc overcome
with a deathly sickness. After such an attack
| Il cold sweat would break out upon me and this
would be followed by complete prostration IL
would be impossible to describe the suffering |
endured at these times, and yet | attributed it
all to over work and not to any special trouble
or disease.
Ii was more than year from the time the
attacks first began that consulted Il physician
He examined me and declared that my lungs
We're affected and that | was on the rOud to
| consumption. deridcd this idea and so called
upon another doctor. But he told me the same
thing, as did also the other medical men whom
unless went to Colorado, Dakota or the sea
coast there was little hope. However, did
| not change Innate, but tried to continue my
work as best | could. A year ago last Nav and
| i'm the November and December following l
had three severe attacks of what the doctors
| SAID was lung fever or Pneumonia. recovered
from these by the most faithful nursing but I
irit all the time as ] know now that my
troubles did not originate in my lungs, but in
some other organs OF the body. 1t is true l
felt severe pains i'm my lungs and expecto-
| rated great deal. | was extremely sensitive
| to cold, and the least draft or change of appa-
rel tended to bring ON cold; N.Y. breathing
was often most difficult and it frequently
seemed that with all my eXertions could not
get enough air into my lungs to satisfy them
or kccpmy blood pure. As am large in stat
Irc, weighing over 200 pounds and being in
the prime of my usefulness you can imagine
how shrunk from the inevitable fate which
| seemed to stare me in the face.
One Sunday evening last February, upon
| coming down from my pulpit, almost prostrat-
| ed and feeling that possibly would be the last
time should ever enter it again member of
Humphrey, know just what you need to re-
store you to health. | have been troubled
lust as you have and | am perfectly well now"
my head sadly, for felt that there was little
hope for me. However, afterl returned home