my nerves were shattered and my bodily strength collapsed.
Anyone looking at me would have believed that I suffered from a sickness of the spirit more than of the body. I took to reading various and numerous books of philosophers and fathers. In every book I found new wisdom, and my knowledge of the philosophy of life increased. And whenever I saw death looking out of my own eyes, I hastened to cover my face.
After much urging from 'Carol,' I began to accompany her on a stroll in the street to divert myself, and I hid my bodily and spiritual condition so as to show something of cheer. And I learned that I must fill myself with gladness and joy—there was no doing without a contented outward appearance.
The world is dark, and to be rid of the darkness we must enter through a painful door. There we find everything we need. When we face death, we face life along with it. We must triumph over fear and over the dread of death if we are to win life.
When winter returned, I began to feel life coming back to me; I would sit by the fire with Dorothy and draw up plans for the future, because I had begun to feel an improvement.
I called on the doctor for a visit, and he marveled to see life flowing from my face; but I learned afterward that the life was only outward, and that the plans I had drawn were illusions—death must surely come.
The second Christmas arrived, and I thanked the Lord that I was still among my family and my children, sharing with them the joy of the feast and the beauty of the carols of remembrance.
In my bed I was always waiting for someone to come to me and take my place, that I might go—that the soul might be carried, my soul that had wrestled with death and thrown it, into another body; but there was still some strength left in my body.
I close my story: to this very day I have not been cured of cancer, but I do not think that I shall die of it. The power of life in the body and the greatness of the soul are stronger than cancer; and the lesson I have learned is
not to surrender or grow weak before the troubles and diseases of life. To venture is not the same as to conquer—but it is better than defeat.
Aspro
It is not in your interest to give it that chance —
Aspro! Drive it away!
A cold takes advantage of every opportunity that may come your way, and you can rid yourself of a cold by acting quickly with 'Aspro.'
The weather, feverishness, aches, and sluggishness are so many warnings... you feel feverish, as if something were about to seize you wholly as its prey. Here it is well to be supplied with 'Aspro.' Take two 'Aspro' tablets, with a hot drink if possible, and you will feel that these first signs of the cold have vanished. 'Aspro' acts as a soothing agent—in other words, it drives away feverishness, the feeling of fatigue, and the aches and pains; and if taken at the onset of a cold or influenza, it assures nature of a safe helper at the moment the need for it is most pressing... it stands between you and the illness and smooths for you the path to recovery.
Use 'Aspro' and you will find in its swift action a counter to these winter ailments:
Colds and influenza
Rheumatic pains
Congestion of the throat
Headache — neuralgia
Neuritis
Nonspecific soreness
'Aspro' does not harm the heart or the stomach—
and for this reason you will feel freshness and clearness of head when the cold lifts.
Owing to the change of weather in these two days and the severity of the cold, I was struck by a heavy catarrh and by rheumatism in my hands and legs, and I became unable to walk and was kept from carrying out my work. At last I was guided to Aspro tablets and took some of them; I passed my night, and when morning came I was in far better condition than before; the aches had eased and the catarrh had stopped—and all of that thanks to your Aspro tablets. A cure for the people! Signed: Girgis Abdo, at Mansoura, at the office of Ghobrial Bey Saad, lawyer.
Prices in Lebanon:
5 tablets, 15 piasters
27 tablets, 70 piasters
Agents:
J. B. Sheridan
(Middle East)
Ltd.
Beirut
Take two Aspro tablets with a hot drink