The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-09-18
A South American Mission
ary Saved in a Mir
aeulouS Way.
REACHES UNITED STATES JUST
IN TIME TO SAVE HIS
LIFE.

of South America and returned
alive. 1t was Prof. Weykotf who
planted Christianity amid these
fierce people, and made a minister
out of Zorefi, 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 protessorship and set sail
for South America. My journey
was a two-fold mission-hrst, 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 Hem
isphere,
MY disease was consumption, |
had been pronounced incurable by
the leading physicians of the East.
Analysis by DR., Agnew, of Philadel-
phia, showed that ! was in the ear
ly stages of Bright's disease, ! also
had a growth in the left side, which
| physicians diagnosed as enlarge
ment of the spleen, some an ague
case and others a tumor | was
told that any one of these troubles
would prove fatal within a year and
that there was no cure in the
known world for me. After a long
sea voyage, then long railroad
journey, and then nine days wagon
journey over the plains and up into
the mountains, my wife and /
reached Deswisaca. You have all
heard me relate my experiences
among these people, In this con-
nection | would say by The treat
ment of the medicine man of the
tribe, by the help of God and the
climate, largely recovered from
my lung and kidney troubles. The
tumor however, continued to
grow, Two years ago took a cold
and relapsed back to my original
condition, The medicine man
gravely informed me that was
A DEAD WHITE MAN,
and felt that for once in his life
he was telling the truth,
Twelve months ago, at ranch
mans hut a few miles from Deswi-
SAGA, CHANGED to come across 4
copy of the Atlanta, Ga, Constitu.
ton 1t was like home to see an
American paper, and | devoured its
contents with great interest. What
attracted my attention most was
an article describing the miraculous
cures of 4 Boston physician, In
fact they read as much like miracles
as old time Bible miracles.
This article spoke of the cure Of
Mrs, j, A, Clark, Jones5oro, GaY Of
double curvature Of spine, and Miss
Minerva Lewis Of Gonzales, Texas,
Of consumption; Of Mrs, G, E. Nc
Omber, of Balston Spa, NJ Y, of a
malignant fungus growth and tu-
NOR and John D, Hopkins, of ELS
worth, Maine, Of kidney and bron.
chlal trouble, 1t mentioned the re-
markable cures of fifty people. Now
my wife, who Is a Southern woman,
happened to know Miss Lewis and
Mrs, Clark, and know that they were
among the most prominent people
and families Of their respective
states, ] had had the pleasure Of
knowing Mrs, McOmbcr and Mr.,
Hopkins aud 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,
at was on the 7th of November,
1894, that | reached the Office Of
DR.. r., G, Fowler 800 Columbus ave,
Boston, Mass, was nearer a dead
man than a live one, found the
Doctor busy, with nearly a hundred
people waiting to see him He was
also preparing to make aprolesslon-
al trip to Texas,
"As soon as | entered the pres
ence of Dr. Flower he told me my
exact condition, andhow | had been
for years past, better than ] could
have told him, ! knew | was In the
presence Of u great man OF a mas.
ter mind aud one who was master
Of his profession, felt before he
had given his opinion that would
get we'll | felt that his work was
Gods work, and God was with him,
/ measured SO inches around the alb
domeu, so large was the tumorj my
blood had turned almost TO water
my limbs had swelled to almost the
size of my body my cough was very
severe, and my left lung badly als