Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-10-22
"A South American Missionary Is
Saved in a Miraculous
Way.
States Just iii Time to Save
His Life.
Reaches United

You have all heard OF Professor +.
r. Weycoff, the only missionary that
ever went among the Aztec Indians
of South America, and who has re-
turned alive. 1t was Professor Wey-
coff who planted Christianity amid
these fierce people, and made min
lister out of Zoreff, the man eater and
chief of the savages. Eight years
ago." said the Professor, to gather
ing of friends at the Allyn house. II
resigned my lucrative professorship
and set sail for South America. MY
journey was two-fold miSSiOn-frSt,
to carry the gospel to people who
had never heard of it, and second, to
regain my health, if possible. amid
the arid hills of Southern atmosphere.
My disease was consumption, / had
been pronounced incurable by lead
ing physicians of the East. Analysis
by Dr.. Agney, of Philadelphia, showed
that i was in the early stage of
Brights disease. 1 also had a growth,
in my left side, which some phySi-
clans diagnosed as an enlargement of
the spleen, some as an ague case,
and others as a tumor. / was told
that any one of the troubles would
prove fatal in a year, and that there
was no known cure for me in the
world. After long sea voyage, then
railroad journey, and then nine
Gays wagon journey over the plains
and up into the mountains, my wife
and l reached Deswisaca. You have
all heard me relate my experience
among these people. In this connec-
tion / would say, by the treatment of
the medicine men of the tribe, by
| the help of God and the climate, /
largely recovered from my lung and
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 MAN
and l felt that for once in hes life he
was telling the truth.
"Twelve months ago, at ranch
mans hut, few miles from DeSwiS-
ca, CHANGED to come across copy of
the A tlanta, Ga, Constitution. 1t
was like home to see an American
paper, and / devoured its contents
with great interest. What attracted
my interest mostly was an article de-
ScrIbing the miraculous cures OF a
Louisville physician. In fact, they
read as much like miracles as the old
time Bible miracles. This article
spoke of the cure of Mrs. ]. A. Clark,
Jonesboro, Ga. of double curvature of
the spine; Miss Mary Lewis, of Gal
weston, Texas, of consumption; of
Mrs. G. E. Omber, Shreveport, La,
of malignant fungus growth and tu-
NOR; and of Miss Ida Head, Ensor.
1t mentioned the remarkable cure of
fifty people.
Now my wife, who is a southern wo-
man, happened to know Miss Head
and knew they were among the most
respectable people of the state.
Such was the impression made upon
my wife and myself that we deter
mined to start Immediately to Louis
vile, and see by the help of God if
that great healer could help me. 1t
was on the ninth day of December,
1895, that / reached the office of DIR.
Rea. who is president of the South
ern Medical and Surgical Institute,
Louisville, KY. / was nearer a dead
man than a live one. i found the
doctor busy, with about fifty people
waiting to see him. He was also pre-
pairing to make a professional trip to
Texas. As soon as / entered the pre-
sence of DIR. Rea. he told me my ex-
act condition and how / had been for
years, better than / could have told
him. / knew / was in the presence of
a great man, and one who was master
of his profession L felt before he
had given his opinion that / would
get well. i felt that his work was
Gods work and God was with him
Ny plood was almost turned to wa
ter, my limbs were swelled to almost
the size of my body, my cough was
very severe and my left lung badly af-
fected. DR.. Rea gave his opinion
that the chances were greater that /
should get well than that should not,
and that by the help OF God he would
save me if-he could You can't imag-
inc what life these words gave me, for
/ had been told the day before by two
prominent physicians in Cincinnati,
that i could not get WELL i was IN