Emphasis Preaching Journal

Running home from school the lad fell and skinned his knee. The thirteen-year-old ignored the cut, till days later when his leg was infected and swollen. Dr. Conklin, summoned to the home, examined the leg, and advised amputation. The adolescent refused. Ordering his brother Ed to guard the bedroom door, the boy intended to wait out the infection. Barred from the room for several days, Dr. Conklin resigned from the case. Alone and frightened, the parents worried. They knew of only one thing they could do for the ailing child.