The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-25
WAS IT A MIRACLE?
4 South American Missionary SaVed IN a
Miracu Gus Way.
Reaches United states Just in Time TO
Save His Life.


Va, have all heard OF Professor y. II.
Vevko0 the only missionary VINO ever
went among the Aztec Indians Oh south
America. who has returned alNe.
vas Prof. WcyKoN. who planted o"iiS.
tian.ty amid these fierce people anu
made minister oSt OF Hofeh' 'Ne man
eater ana chief OF the sayaS"s'
..,-t,h, vesrs ago. SAID the Professor
20 Gathering of friends at the Allyn
tI,uee II resigned my lucrative profess
'orshtn ard sct sail COR South America.
~, io,rnev was twofold mission-hrst,
70 carry the gospel TO people VINO hdu
80, heard u. and second, TO regain my
h,,t,b II possihle. amid the arid nils
of me Southern Hemisphere.
IVY disease was consumption. l had
,een pronounced incurabie by the lead
ing musicians of the East. Analysis
bv Or Aenew. OF Philadelphia. showed
that was in the early stages OF Bright
disease. I also had growth In the
ieft sldc. which some physicians dlag-
nosed as enlargement OF the spleen, some
an ague case. and others tumor' 1
was Told that any one OF the troubles
would prove fatal within a year anu
that there was no cure IN me Known
I'D for me After a long sea voyage,
then a. railroad journey, then a hlhe-
davs' wagon journey over the plains anu
NO into the mountains, my wfe anu =
reached Deswisaca. You have al healu
me relate my experiences among 'heSs
ueople. In this connection 49, 49,
say. by the treatment OF we nic"'.,n.
man ~ the tribe. by the neip OF COO
s,J tho climate. | largely recovered from
,,,,. t,rg and kidney troubles. Inc tu-
~ bowever. continued 70 grow. Two
,,o.rs aao | took a cold, and relapseu
hack 10 my original condition. IN. tne
medicine man grayeiy Informed me that
/ was
DEAD WHITE MAN.
aud r felt that for once in his lie lie
was telling the truth. ..,.
twelve months ago, at rahchli""
hut a few miles from DesWisaca' l
chancel to come across copy OF nv
Atlanta Ga) Constitution. II was me
boroa TO see an American paper. ana
dovoured its contents with great inter-
est. What attracted my attention ihos'-
" was an article describing the mlrd"u
lous cures Of a Boston physician. III
fact they read a. much IKE milaVle'
as od-time Bible miracles
This article spoke OF the cure OF MIS-
l. A. Clark, Jonesboro Ga, OF double
curvature of the spine: and Miss Minerva
Lewis. of Gonzales. Tex, of consumption
~ Mrs & r.. McOmbcr, OF Balston spa,
y. Y. of a malignant fungus growth ana
tumor: and Of John -. Hopkins, bils-
worth. Me, Of kidney and bronchial
trouble IL mentioned the remarkable
cures OF fifty people. Now. my wiie'
who il a Southern woman, happened 10
know Miss Lewis. and Mrs Clark anu
know that they were among the must
prominent people and families OF their
respective States. / had had the pleas
ure Of knowing Mrs. McOmber ana UT.
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 B4lon' and
healer could help me.
1T was on the 18th Of November. 1871
that | reached the office OF DR.. r. 6.
Flower. $50 Columbus avenue, Boston,
Mass. ! was nearer dead man than
a live one. l found the Doctor busy
with nearly a hundred people waiting
10 see him. He was also preparing 10
make a professional trip to Texas.
AS soon as | entered the presence or
DR. Flower. he told me my exact con-
dition. and how / had been for years
mast. better than l could have told
him. | knew / was in the presence or
"a great man of a master mind, and one
who was master Of his profession. teit
before he had given his opinion that
would get well / felt that his work was
Gods work and Cad was with him.
measured ffty-three inches 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 affected.
-Dr. Flower gave it as his opinion that
the chances were greater that / would
get well than thct / would not. and that'
by the help Of God he would save me
if he could.
You can't imagine what life these
words gave me. for / had. been told the
day before by two prominent physicians
I'm New York that there was no help
for me, that at best | could live but
a few weeks
Il was under DR.. Flowers treatment
about eight months, and have just
been dismissed by him as cured
TUMoRs ALL GONE
cured Of Brights disease; lungs cured.
Never did l feel as well in my life as
1 do now.
MY wife has recently visited Texas,
ana thtIc ledtheu VI sumo oi ti' i'~'
remarkable cures.
Mrs. j. O.. Warden, Of Victoria, Texas
was cured by DR.. X. G. Flower, of can
Ger of stomach, and of fungus cancer
tumor Of womb. after the local Dhysi-
clans and medical celebrities of San An
tonic had pronounced her case absolute
IS incurable.
Mrs William Pettus. the wife OF the
great ranchman and cattle-king OF Go
lad, Texas. cured of floating kidney and
tumnr after being nronounced by the