Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-11-24
AT WORK
Remarkable Experience OF Rev. J..
Chaplin, Of Chatham.
His Interesting Story Of His Prostra-
ton and Restoration to Health.

Ia the pretty little village Of Chat
ham, SAng8mOn county. there lives
Baptist divine, whose snog white bail
is the one outward sign Of that be ha.
eBeroached upon the days beyond tbs
allotted three score years and ten. His
Gear eye. keen mental faculties and
magnificent physique all bear witness
to.a life well and nobly sle1i. This
DioDesr ia GODS eternal vineyard j,
Rev. w. J. Chspln, whose y years are
.:rO~ded with noble deeds IN the ChTis.
ian ministry.
To . state Journal representative " b.
bad occasion TO ask him something Of
1is career in she ministry, Mr.. Cbapib
aiked H. q peculiarly Interesting strain.
The subject Of his hne physique " g
JrOaened by his interviewer aud siti
uc-essiDg earneetDess he said that Il
pite Of the Indications 70 the cDntrary =,
liz LIE had not all been sunshine auC
rood health.
''As my present appearance testifies
was fortunate in The pos ssion II 2
fery vigorous constitution. In IN,
-sFlleT years I scarcely knew what d
Deaft 10 IL sick, and ] Was almost
,erfrct stranger 10 any sibd Of medi
.ine Or tonic. A. IL too often the case
OveTestimated my physical resources
and when IL wss too late learned that
Jad OgeTdTaWn my health account
lhe crisis came about eighteen yeaTt
go. Al the time / was preaching the
es4pel from The pulpit, and becamr
Iddeniy 80 III that / was compelled
stop before my serniOn was finished
IL y az bad case II nervous pIOstra
ion, and fOr time my fTiehds auC
imily we're greatly exercised over nos
,DnGitiou. Complete rect WAS Impera
i've, and 10 divert M mind from mS
.ctige ministerial du'ies, NIs. Chapii
nd I planned aud took q long trip
" = health was suiiirienlly restored b.
bis diversion to resume work, but ]
Ras not the same man. ! shall never
fOrget that awful experience. IL f.
I8rd tO descTibe my feelings 80 thai
tiberH cau have conception Of them
felt absolutely WORTHLESS, physically
and mentally. / had ~ llst control Of
my muscles that my fingers would in-
voluntarily release their grip upon 3
pen, and my band would turn over
with absolutely no vOlitiDB on my part.
About two years ago, to intensity
matters, was seized with severe at
TACK Of la grippe. recovered only
partially from IL and had frequent re-
turns Of that indescribabls feeling
which accompanies aud follows that
strange malady. ! looked In vain for
~ bring relief and finally /
read an account Of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. Something
seemed 10 tell me that they would do
me good and ! commenced using them.
fhey gave me additional strength from
the start and toned up my system from
4 condition Of almost absolute prOstTa-
lion 10 that / was able again 10 resume
my duties as minister. / was 20 un-
accustomed 10 taking medicine that ]
ild not take the pills as regularly as ]
should have, and set ny Improvement
" az marvellous. I am now preaching
u Forest City aud LaOmi aud In ad-
tiliOn " the axactiug character Of this |
work Itself, I ride ten or fifteen p.iles |
)n the way there aud back
Mfs. Chapln, a kindly faced elderly |
lady, gas present during the cOnyersa-
Hon aud said, 81 don't think MT. |
ChRpin could ever have resumed bis |
preaching after be had the atlack of Ia |
gTipps had II not been for the Pink |
Pills. They ala him ~ Aueh good |
hat ! decided 10 Test their efficacy 90 |
pysslf ! have bsen troubled for yeanf |
With what our physician, Dr. Hewitt, /
ialls fheumatle paralysis. Electricity |
gives ue relief but Flnes taking the /
Pink Fllls lsbaye been stronger aud
be pain in 10y light arm aBd hands if
car acute, We Keep the pills lD the /
lnuae nearly all the time, Rnd they Do /
ne = great deal ~ gOOd iD tbs way ~
Ouipg ~ ny system apd strengthen
pR ne, The pills aFe used by = good
DApy OihefH in ihls gielnliy aud every
ipe speaks VOL ~ them, Me Japh /
fH0tls, wife ~ kupergis0f knOiis, Wa
u iDf long unle Aud hef friends had
NJ giYep hff nasf w ~ h0pflehs When
40 liegau usluR ihe pile ~ Wa ihe
iIsi nledlrue lhsi belped hsf khs
lad lfpn lll fYf . good nlaug yrafs Rnd
~ lssp greatly lfpenlied " lhf FiHk
iilis
lbese pills afe mAnufarluffd by ihs
~ WilllHmH' Medicine iuiupaby,
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