Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-02
A South American Mis-
sionary Saved in a Mi
racuIous Way.
Reaches United States just in
Time to Save His Life.

and made a minister out OF loren. the
man-eater and chief of the savages.
Eight years ago" said the professor
to a gathering OF friends at the Allyn
house. II resigned my lucrative pro-
fessorship and set sail for South
America. My Journey was q two-fold
mission-first, to carry the gospel
to n people who had never heard II,
and second, to regain my health amid
the arid hills OF the Southern hemis-
phero.
MY disease was consumption. had
been pronounced lncurablc by the Lead
ing physicians of the East. Analysis
by DIR. Agnew Of Philadelphia showed
that l was Ia the early stages OF
Brlght's dlsense. also had IL growth
In the left side, which some physicians
diagnosed MS enlargement OF the
spleen, some nn ague case, and others
tumor. / was told TINT 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
sen voyage, then a railroad journey,
and then nine days wagon Journey
over the plains and up Into the noun
talns. my wife and ! reached Des-
wisaca. You have all heard me relate
my experiences among these people.
In this connection | would say, by the
treatment OF the medicine man OF the
tribe by the help OF God and the ell
mate. / largely recovered from my lung
and kidney troubles. The tumor. how
ever. continued TO grow. Two years
ago | took cold and relapsed back TO
my original condition. The medicine
man gravely informed me that l was a
Dead white MIN,
and | felt that for once in my life he
was telling the truth.
Twelve months ago. at q ranch
mans hut. few miles from Deswisaca
| chanced to come across n copy OF the
Atlanta, Ca, Constitution. 1t was like
homo TO see an American paper and /
deyoured its contents with great In
terest, What attracted my attention
mostly was an article describing the
miraculous cures OF a Boston physl-
clan. In fact they read as much like
miracles as old time Bible miracles,
"This article spoke of the cure OF
Mrs. j. A. Clark, Joneshoro, Ga, OF
double curvature OF of the spine. and
Miss Minerva Lewis OF Gonzales. Tex,
Of consumption; of Mrs, {. u. Nc
Omhcr Of Balston Spa, N. V, OF n ma
llgnnnt fungus growth and tuinor; and
OF John u. Hopkins. Ellsworth. Ne,
of kidney and bronchial trouble. 1t
mentioned the remarkable cures OF
fifty people. Now, my wife, who Ia u
southern woman, happened 10 know
Miss Lewis and Mrs Clark, and knew
that they We're among the most promi.
neht people and families OF their re.
npectlve states. | had had the pleas
ure 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 deter.
mined TO start Immediately to Boston
and see. " by the help OF God. thai
greater healer could help inc.
ut was ON the 7th OF November
1894, that I reached the Office of DIR. x
G. Flower. $50 Columbus avenue. Bos
ton, Mass | was nearer dead mar
than live one. l found the doctor
busy, with nearly hundred peopl,
waiting to see him. He was also pre-,
pairing to make a professional trip tC
Texas.
AS soon M I entered the presenct
of Or. Flower he told me my eXac
condition, and how / had been foi
years past, better than | could have
told him, I knew I was IN the pros
ence of n great man OF n master mind
and one who was master of his pro
fesslon, ! felt before he had given hi,
opinion that l would got well. / fell
thht his work was Gods work aut
| God was with him l measured SO in
chcs around the abdomen-so lnrg,
was the tumor; my blood had turned
almost to water. my limbs were swell
ed TO almost the size Of my body. m,
cough was very severe, and my lief
| lung badly afrccted
| DR.. Flower gave II as his opinion
that the chances were greater that
would get wen than that | would not
and that by the help OF God, he woul,
save me II he could.
| You can't Imagine what life thes
words gave me, for had been told tn
day before by two prominent physi
clans in New York that there was n,
but few weeks.
81 was under Or. Flowers treatmen
about eight months, and have jus
been dismissed by him as cured.
Tnnors All Gone
cured OF Brights disease; lunrs curof
Never did l feel as well In my lie a
| do now. :
"My wife has recently visited Texas
and there learned OF some of the mos
remarkable cures
Mrs, j. c. Warden OF Victoria. Tex
cancer OF the stomach and funai
cancer OF the womb. after the loca
physicians and medical celebrities q
san Antonio had pronounced her ems
absolutely lncurahle.
Mrs. William Pettus. the wife OF In
great ranchman and cattle king q
Gollad, Tex, cured of floating kidne
and tumor. after being pronounced b
the leading physicians OF the SCOUT
as beyond all hope; Mrs Bette Irwlt
san Antonio, OF catarrh. throat, an
bronchial trouble and marasmus,
slow and wasting form OF consumption
Mrs. A, W. Charpiot. Westfield, Tex
OF womb and Kidney troubles and nerI
Gus prostratlon, after being a helples
invalid for years; George h. Paxto
OF Fort Worth. Tex, cured OF ehfonl
umbago aud selatica OF years stant
Ing, Mrs. S. n. Curtis. Rusk, Tex,
bronchial, lung and heart troubles
the most advanced stages; Mrs. Mar
Wright, hldorado, Kan. heart troubl,
j.. N, Harshman. Eldorado, Kan. 7
heart and kidney trouble.
The euro, understand, OF Mrs. 4
II. Selling OF Galveston. Tex. OF car
col Of tongue by DR. Flower, has hoe
the talk and wonder OF that countr
for years,
but DR. r. c. Flowers practice
distributed alike all over the Wester
world. The sick come from ever,
where TO see him. They come neari
dead. and 70 away vii. VA -ra
brother Robert Jefferson was iui
telling me OF two remarkable cures:
Theodore Harrington OF Soutl
bridge. Ainss.. one OF the largest maj
utaeturets and most prominent men ,
New England. cured OF fungus cai
Ger OF stomach and calArrh ~ II
bowels. after he had been given 4
by numerous physicians as incurnhl
and had returned from Hot Spring
Ark. TO- his home 20 die. has game