San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-02
WAS 1T A MIRACLE?
A South American Missionary Saved in
a Miraculous Way.
REACHES UNITED STATES JUST IN
TIME TO SAVE HIS LIFE.

dHS VI OouOh <AiiiSilCd WIN HIS IT,
turned alive. 1t was Prof. Woykoff
who planted christianity amid
these fierce people, and made
minister out of Zoreff, the man.
eater and chief of the savages.
"Eight years ago." said the pro-
fessor to a gathering of friends at
the Allyn House, 81 resigned my
lucrative professorship and set sail
for South America. My journey
was a two-fold mission first, to
carry the gospel to a people who
had never heard it, and second, to
regain my health, if possible, amid
the arid hills of the Southern
Hemisphere.
.'My disease was consumption.
/ had been pronounced incurable
by the leading physicians of the
East. Analysis by DR.. Agnew, Of
Philadelphia, showed that ! was in
the early stages of Bright's disease.
l also had a growth in the left side,
which some physicians diagnosed
as enlargement of the spleen, some
an ague case, and others tumor.
l was told that any one of the
troubles would prove fatal within
a year and that there was no cure
in the known world for me. After
long sea voyage, then railroad
journey, and then nine days wagon
journey over the plains and up in
to the mountains, my wife and /
reached Deswisaca. You have all
heard me relate my experiences
among these people. In this con-
nection I would say, by the treat
ment of the medicine man of the
tribe, by the help of God and the
climate, l largely recovered from
my lung and kidney troubles. The
tumor, however, continued to grow.
Two years ago 1 took a cold and
relapsed back to my origidal condi-
ton. The medicine man gravely
informed me that was a
DEAD WHITE MAN,
And 1 felt that for once in his life
he was telling the truth.
"Twelve months ago, at ranch
mans hut, few miles from Des-
wisaca, CHANGED to come across a
copy of the Atlanta, Ga, Constitu-
ton. 1t was like home to see an
American paper, and 1 devoured
its contents with great interest.
What attracted my attention most
ly was an article describing the
miraculous cures of a Boston ply
stefan. In fact, they read as much
like miracles as old time Bible
miracles.
This article spoke Of the cure of
Mrs. j. A. Clark, Jonesboro, Ga,
Of double curvature of spine, and
Miss Minerva Lewis, of Gonzales,
Tex, of consumption; of Mrs. G..
E. McOmber, of Balston Spa, n.
", of malignant fungus growth
and tumor; and of John ID. Hop
kins, Ellsworth, Me-, of kidney
and bronchial trouble. 1t men
toned the remarkable cures of fif-
ty people. Now, my wife, who is
Southern woman, happened to
know Miss Lewis and Mrs. Clark,
and knew that they were among
the most prominent people and
and families of their respective
states. 1 had had the pleasure of
knowing Mrs. McOmber and Mr..
Hopkins, and knew they were
among the representative people of
the East.
"Such was the impression made
upon my wife and myself that we
determined to start Immediately
to Boston, and see, if by the help
of God, that great healer could
help me.
cit was on the 18th of November,
1894, that / reached the office of
DIR. r. G. Flower, 500 Columbus
ave-, Boston, Mass. l was nearer
dead man than live one. /
found the doctor busy, with nearly
a hundred people waiting to see
him. He was also preparing to
make a professional trip to Texas.
"As soon as / entered the pres
ence of DR.. Flower he told me my
exact condition, and how i had
been for years past, better than i
could have told him. L knew l
was in the presence of great man
of a master mind, and one who
was master of his profession. L
felt before he had given his opinion
that / would get well; l felt that
his work was Gods WORK, and God
was with him. l measured 53 inch
es around the abdomen-so large
was the tumor; my blood had
turned almost to water, my limbs
were swelled to almost the size OF
my body; my cough was very
severe, and my left lung badly af-
fected.
CDR. Flower gave it as his opin-
ion that the chances Nare greater