Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
WAS 1T A MIRACLE?
A SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY is SAVED
IN A MIRACULOUS WAY
Reaches United States just in Time to Save
His Life.

You have all heard of Professor E. r.
Weyc0tf, the only missionary that ever
went among the Aztec Indians of South
America, who has returned alive. 1t
was Professor Weycoff 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 Professor,
70 a gathering Of friends at the Allyn
House, Il resigned my lucrative pro-
fessorship and set sail for South Amer
lea. My journey was twO-fold mission
first, to carry the gospel to q people
who had never heard it, and second, to
regain my health, If possible, amid the
arid hills OF southern atmosphere.
My disease was consumption. l had
been pronounced incurable by leading
physicians of the east. Analysis by
DR.. Agney, Of Philadelphia, showed
| that was in the early stage of Bright's
disease. | also had growth in my
left side, which some physicians d.
agnOsed as an enlargement of the
spleen, some an 'ague case, and others q
tumor. l was told that anyone of the
troubles would prove fatal within q
year, and that there was no cure for
me in the known world. After long
sea voyage, then q railroad Journey.
and then nine days wagon Journey
over the plains and up into the noun
tains, my wife and reached Deswisaca.
You have all heard me relate my ex-
perience among these people. In this
connection | 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 lumor, however.
continued to grow. Two years ago
took cold aud relapsed back to my
original condition. The medicine man
grayely informed me that l wasa
DEAD WHITE MAN
and felt that for once In his life he
was telling the truth.
Twelve months ago, at q ranchman's
hut, a few miles from Deswisaca,
CHANGED to come across q copy of the
Atlanta, (Ga. Constitution. 1t was like
home TO see an American paper, and
devoured its contents with great in.
terest. What attracted my interest
mostly was an article describing the
miraculous cures of Louisville physi.
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, Jonesboro, Ca, of double
curvature of the spine; Miss Mary
Lewis, of Galveston, Texas. OF con-
sumption; of Mrs. G. E. Omber, Shreeve.
port, La, of malignant fungus grow th
and tumOr; and Of Miss Lidia Head
Ensor, KY, of kidney and bronchial
troubles. 1t mentioned the remarkable
cures of fifty people.
Now my wife, who is southern wo
man, happened to know Miss Head
and knew they were among the mos,
respectable people of the state. Such
was the impression made upon my
wife and myself, that we determined t
start Immediately to Louisville, and
see by the help Of God if that grea,
healer could help me. 1t was on the
ninth cay of December, 1895, that
} reached the Office of DR.. Rea, who il
} president of the Southern Medical and
Surgical Institute, Louisville, KY.
was nearer y dead map than live one
I found the doctor busy, with abou,
fifty people waiting to see him. He
, was also preparing to make proies
sional trip to Texas. As soon as
entered the presence of DR.. Rea, he
told me my exact condition and how
.. had been Tor years, better than I coulG
have told him. 1 knew I was in the
presence OF great man, and one wht
was master OF his profession. felt be-
fore he had given his OniniOn that
would get we'll. felt that his work
was Gods work and God was with him
: My blood had almost turned 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.. Rea gave his opinion that the
chances were greater that should gel
! we'll than that | should not, and INA,
,, by the help OF God he would save me n
! he could. You can't imagine what lie
told the day before by two prominen,
physicians in Cincinnati, that I could
! not get we'll. l was under DR.. Rea't
treatment about six months and have
just been dismissed by him as cured
tumors all gone, cured OF Briehts dis
: ease, lungs cured, and feel like q new
man.
My wife has recently visited Iowa
, and there learned some of the most re
I markable cures Mrs. Jane Smith
Bonap0rte, Iowa, cured by DR.. Rea, d
cancer OF the stomach and OF fungu.
cancer tumor of womb, after the bes
physician in the state had pronounced
her case incurable. Eugene Athey, 9
, prominent business man of Hamilton
Ills, cured Of kidney troubles, after be-
ing pronounced by the leading physi
clan of the state as beyond all hope
Mrs. Rachel Erickson, Marshalltown
Iowa, cured OF abdominal dropsy, after
: all others had failed. II. e. Emerson
,, keokuk, Iowa, catarrh Of throat and
!, bronchial trouble and slow wasting
|, form Of consumption, after being %
invalid for years. Miss Jennie Steele
!. Columbus Junction, Ia, cured of long
standing rheumatism. Miss Christie
OF Kahoka, Mo-, cured by electricity,
OF tumor on the face, no scar left
Grant Rosenburger, Memphis, Mo-,
cured of epilepsy, had been sick foi