DEAR SIR,--Yes, you may use my name in connection with my experience.
As I did not take a complete fast the first time, I began again Sept.
4th, and fasted thirteen days, when natural hunger returned. Had none
of the unpleasant experiences of the first fast. Was able to be on my
feet and work more than at any time in years.
Chronic rheumatism had caused sinewy swelling of my knee joints, that
in turn had caused numbness of the feet and lower limbs, making it
impossible for me to be on my feet. What I have suffered with them from
jar of people walking across the room, or brushing against them, cannot
be told. The first fast removed all the pain and soreness. The last
fast has brought them down to normal or nearly so. I am confident that
I shall soon be able to walk any reasonable distance.
You are certainly entitled to a place among the public benefactors of
the age for giving to the people the knowledge you had gained by the
fast.
Gratefully yours,