The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-29
THE FAITH CURE ENCAMPMENT.
a Man Cured of Lockjaw After the
Death Rattle Had Set In.
From the Nety York Sun.

From the NetJ York Sun.
Yesterday was the second Sunday of the
faith cure encampment in Jersey City. and
unusually large crowds attended both the
Mount Zion and the Esey Chapel encamp-
ments. At the former Miss Lavina Burnett
of Poughkeepsie and her sister, Mrs. Isabel
Hale of this city, and Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Francis of Newark, were baptized. At the
latter Mrs. II. Holthausen and Sophia
and Mary Scheibly were baptized.
Between 1000 and 5000 persons at
tended the afternoon meeting at Green
vile anddt was necessary to start two over
flow meetings to accommodate the crowd.
The apostles who live by the bay shore had
charge of them, and after short exhorta-
lions they were all turned into testimony
meetings. Nearly fifty people testified to
having been cured of disease in each of the
meetings. Some had suffered with con-
sumption for score of years and had been
given up by tle doctors. Others had had
heart disease, tumors, diphtheria, yellow
fever, smallpox, scarlet fever, Group, and
hydrophobia. The man who had been
cured of hydrophoba said that short time
afterward he was taken of lOckjaw, which
came from cut on the sole of his foot. His
body was stiff and his jaws were set. The
death rattle had just begun
to sound in his throat and
his limbs quivered as the breath was leav-
ing his body. His wife, who was a good
christian woman fell on her knees by his
bedside and cried, Goa, God, have mercy
on him and save him" The death rattle
stopped. The culver stopped. New breath
came to him. The stiffness lett his body,
and his jaws relaxed enough for him to
shout: 'Glory to God, Pm savedp
He had been shouting glory to God ever
since, he said. Brother Hancox told how
he had been set on fire by gas stove, and
how he prayed and the flames died out and
he was saved. Sister Jackson repeated the
story of her vision about the founding Of
the faith cure church. Several partial con-
versions were made.
Elder Raymond and M Elsey had charge
of the meeting at Statewide. 1t was SINH
lar to the meeting on the New York bay
shore, and was devoted almost entirely to
the giving Of testimony by the apostles
who had been healed. Brother Elsey said
the Lord had healed his body and saved his
soul, and, moreover, had added to his
pocketbook
81 am sure" be said "that if / had be-
come one of Gods chosen ones years before
I did. would have been good deal richer
man to-day than am."
In closing his testimony he said: 81 thank
God that am pure and entirely free from
sin. / am one of Gods chosen ones"
While the service at Statewide was going
on mon and women were in bathing in the
baptismal pool in the bay.
There were meetings last night in the
Elsey chapel and at the Mount Zion sane
tuary, besides all the branches Of the two
churches that have been established in the
city.
There are rumors In Jersey City that the
trouble that has existed between the Elsey
and Mount Zion churches since the former
was established is at an end. This result is
said to have been brought about by prayer.
have attended the meetings of the Mount
Zion encampment during the past week,
and at the meetings of both churches the
preachers speak Of the good work being
done by the other.