The sun., 1888-09-17
FAITH CURE CONFERENCE.


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Yesterday was the second day OF the first
annual Conference OF the Faith Cure Church
| OF America, which is being held at Mount Zion
Sanctuary on New York Bay At tho foot Of
Chapel avenue, Greenville. A faith cure Con-
ference is not like any other conference. In
that the business on hand, even in tho reading
OF reports. ia only done as the spirit moves. and
tho spare time is filled In with singing and
telling stories OF what the Lord has done.
The spirit may move during re-
liglous meeting or It may be when the
person who 10 to deliver the report
is at dinner. or at any other time or place, no
msttor how inappropriate 1t may seem to q
non. believer. The meeting ut Greenville dur
Ing tho DAYTIME yesterday occupied Mt least
four hours, and not report was made. II
came to the knowledge OF THE Sun. however,
that during the evening session the spirit
would move q brother from PouEhkeepsie to
mako report about tho work along tho Hud-
son. near Poughkeepsie. The report was
made. 1t showed that the work had been
great success and that hundreds had been
brought into the Church. Many OF the con-
verts had been hardened sinners. and the
spirit OF God. as preached at tho faith cure
meetings, had taken hold OF them 30 quickly
and 40 effectively that before they knew It
they were converted. and were swecpinR on
ward and upward The rspSr did not give the
Tho meeting In the Tabernacle at 2h O'Clock
in the afternoon was the most enthusiastic. It
the testimony. given In the manner that it was,
produced intense excitement. Oneo the most
familiar faces is that Of an old gray-bearded
He had been ns believer In religion ali Bis liie.
however and he says he never Knew what true
religion was until he attended the Greenytlle
and the Lord healed me. have had blessed
existence until week ago; & when Tanderssd is, rs
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me as he did when ! had hope religion. Il
Saturday. when came hero to the meeting. I
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Here Here the The brethsr began to CRY. and his ao-
tense e1citement but the audience partook Of
hs and vsTs He coua
how i felt from my feet to my head! 1t
iHH "Giory i GioryI Glory" shouted the be-
An inspiring hymn was sung. and from that
time there was not Ian an dun%Sscnpsd S moment 1hn1t
had experienced. Sister jackson and Brother
Hanco1 repeated their stories OF tho wonder
ful things they, had seen since they had es-
tablished the Mount Zion Church, and Of the
diseases that had been successfully combated
by the power OF prayer. Brother Jackson said
that during the past week he had dedicated
Gospel tent at PouRhkeepsie that had been
purchased by a Methodist minister. who had
been wonderfully healed by prayer at the
Greenville meeting. After the brother had
been healed he said. his family tried to induce
him to give up the religion because people
laughed at him. He was firm. though. and
now he has succeeded in converting the whole
family. and they are working to redeem the
State of New York.
Policeman Perry made an attack on the
newspapers but thanked God their ecoffing for
1t was all being used as means Of bringing
souls to salvation. ..
:, Brother ackson defended the press, apd said
1t was doing glorious work for the Lord.
Al O'Clock Elizabeth Wardell Of Avenue p.
Van Syckle avenue. Brooklyn: Melinda Frost
Of Poughkeepsie and Abram Smith Of Brook
lyn. were baptiZed. Tho bal, was full OF. drift
wood The tide was very high and almost
washed over the lawn in front of the sanctuary.
The water in the baptismal pool was very deep.
After q consultation 1t was thought safer to
baptize the converts In the shallow water at
the end Of Chapel avenue. and 1t was done
there. Notwithstanding the driftwood hoated
around in all directtonssi 1t was noted that mono
came near the brother and the converts while
the ceremony was being performed.
The conference will end on Saturday.