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Show Rev.. Dudley B. Ashford, j Noted Preacher and Lec-j turer, Well Known on Three j Continents, Was Ordered to Give Up Work .loverend Dudley B. Ashford In an extraordinary man. Although still on the sunny side of forty, ho has crowd-' cd more .'service to.. humanity Into a few years ihan most nun accomplish in a life-time. vooon after his graduation from" Ha'-lejv College, London, England, he wan ordained minister at the famous New Court Congregational Church., London. A short time (hcieaftcr he was selected to present the ca.use.of Conge Reform and African Missions before Ihe people of Norway, and touu-d that land with such success that he -was greeted by enormous crowds at every meeting. T.i 100S, under the auspices of the Colonial missionary Society, he was sent to Now Zealand and for :hreo yonra labored as a missionary among th Maori:;, where his experiences were novel ami tnrsiinig,. !n ifilO he returned to England andj served Tor three years at Wood biixx-t 'Congregational church,' Cardiff, Soutn Wales, the biggest congregational church in the Brhlah l.mpire dt wa while hero that he fell ono of th early vlctlmsjiof tho great 19V3 flu epidemic, an attack. from which ho hat! not fully recovered' when he accepted ac-cepted a call to the Queen's Road Con. grogational church, at. John's, ow-j ow-j foandlar.d, where his forceful preaching preach-ing soon attracted record congregations congrega-tions , The strain of this worlc upon Jiie undermined constitution' proved too severe and he suffered a nervous breakdown, from which now, how ever., he has completely recovered'. Moved by a desire to servo his fellow men he has recently written a letter that tells, how he wa3 restored lo health and strength. Moved Bv Gratitude. This letter, addressed to The Tan-I Tan-I lac Co., Atlanta, Ga., is an eloquent expression of gratitude and Is as fol-J fol-J lows : ! "Gentlemen: Your medicine, known as 'Tanlac,' has been such nn inestimable inesti-mable blessing to me, that I feel constrained con-strained lo write and tell you so. In October, 1918, while ft minister of the Wood Street Congregational churcn, Cardiff, South Yv'ales, I had a sever attack of the Spanish influenza, from ; iho effects of which I never fully re-j re-j covered. I lost twenty-eight pounds in weight and was unable to, vecovci 1 my usual energy. "Then, in February, 1919, I becam.-J becam.-J thu minister of the Queen's Road Con- J jgre.saUonnl church atSt. John's, New-' I foundland. My ministry was atlend-l,ed atlend-l,ed with great success, but the strain ; proved pb great for. me and I had-.iv i serious breakdown. -?.rj-rnexvesseenr-- ed to go all lo pieces and my dlges- lion became so deranged that I could i Rev. Dudley B. Ashford, Noted ; H I Preacher, Lecturer and H Missionary. i H cat scarcely anything. My heart gave I ! me r. lot or trouble; it was an effort , H lo walk upstairs and at night I uc"d i v to lie awake in continual dread lest , H my heart should stop- beating altS t jH "Then, as a result of oxposure on ' winter's night in a small boat, whiC? H in the execution of my duties, I w;C-i 1 4 soia-d with, violent pains in the rigit ' , IH shoulder and arm, which nearly drovji ( HH me to .distraction. I consulted do.- ' ' t 'HH Iocj and specialists and underwent 'H massag'j and electrical trcatmen. H without getting much relief. L w:j ordered to give up all preaching and i, ;H public work for at least three month?, I , 'H and I began to fear that my iioalth j 'MH was permanently affected. - He Had Been Skeptical. U iiH "T li.irl nlwnvs hppn r.if!ifi- skontical '' ;li of the testimonials concerning tlic 1 'H merits of any medicine, but one day I , ijH 1 read the statement of a man vhosta j ' !H symptoms seemed to be Identical with j ijH my own. and his praise of T-inlac 1 , rang so true I decided to give Itrh I iiH trial my sol f. 1 bought a bottl. and , jjH Ilo effect was almost immediate. M jJH nervous condition began to disappear '''fil an.l I beg,an to get step at night. My ' , IjlH appetite so increased that I could '! HH scarcely satisfy it, and I founi my ! ! self putting on weight rapidly. By ; j ; hH Hi 2 lime 1 had taken the fourth bot- I tic, the pains in my arm and shoulder '!! disappeared and 1 am feeling better !H today than for a long time past. ')! ''I feel thai 1 should be guilty of , '; base ingratitude if I did hot writo PH and tell you what a boon Tanlac lias ( V been to me, and I give you 'his un- 'H solicited testimonial to use as you '! ma.y thing best, in the hope that oth 'lltti crs may find in your wundefful modi- y j IH einc- the means-to restored' health and I'illl strength'"- v.; -' ' IH I nlac Is sold in Ogden by Ihe A. R. Mclntyre Drug Co. |