The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-05-12
AWAY WITH DRUGS.
A PHYSICIAN WHO CLAIMS TO HEAL
BY FAITH.
Talk with Dr. j. w. Jones, the Faith
Curer--- Soue OF the Methods of the
Treatment Used by the Doctor,

! Curer-- Some OF tho Methods of the
Treatment Used by the Doctor,
CHARLESTON, $, c., April 29-Dr.
j, w. Jones, OF Leslie, Georgia. has
been stayiug at the ST. Charles Hotel
Tor some days, and will remain in Char
lesion Tor an indefinite period practicing
his profession, that Of healing by faith.
A Reporter called upon DR.. Jones yes.
terday morning, and spent half hour
in his room conversing with him con.
corning the purposes of his visit here.
and the work which he has already done
and expects TO accomplish in Charles
ton.
DR.. Jones said he was a native of
Ohio and was 40 years of age. lie has
been practlcing physician for twelve
years, q grGater portion of which time
has been spent n1 Georgia. DR.. Jones
exhibited his diploma from the Eincin-
natl Eclectic Medical College IN 1880.
Speaking about his past, DR.. Jones
said that when he was a young man he
leda very wild and dissipatcd life, but
IN early manhood he had been converted.
lie joined the Methodist Church, but
dld not hold strictly to any particular
denominational bias. Ever since his
conversion he had been prompted to
abandon the practice of medicine accord.
ing to the &C :cptcd theories and to be-
gln TO heal the sick and suffering by
lalth alone. For fifteen years he had
resisted Gods will, but six months 400
nc mad determined to throw phys away
and rely upon faith in God alone. Since
that time he has been perfectly happy,
and has accomplished wonderful results
and made number of converts.
DR.. Jones said that some months AGO
he was instructed OF God TO write q book
organizing secret society to be known
as Chrlsts Council, and it Is with this
object in view that he has come to Char
lesion. The first Council VIII be organ.
lZcd III Charleston, which city will here
alter contain the Grand Council when
tho Order shall have spread throughout
the world. Christ's Council Is a sncrrt
organization with bylaws and sacrct
signs and pass words, WHICH have been
composed and collected into two books
written by DR.. Jones. The Doctor will
remain ~n Charleston until the Order
has been established here.
Since his arrival III this city he has
had twenty patients who have come to
him to be cured by faith. One Of these
is Mrs. L. iicke!s, of 50 Line street.
Mrs. Rlckcls, the Doctor said, had been
IN bad health for eight years and during
Ihc past twelve months had been entire.
~ paralJZcd, and WAS confined to her
> Dcd, unable to move hand or foot With
out assistance. Tuesday she had seen
his card III The News and Courier and
sent tor him, lie went to her house.
hn Il hn. l,,i,> -,
lcctly helpless condition. He asked if
she believed he was able to cure her.
She replied that she certainly did, and
he said then that in Gods name she
should he cured. The Doctor said that
Mrs. RlcHcls could then and there have
arisen and walked, but he had advised
her not to 90 so for twenty -four hours.
She, however, moved her arms and
llmbs freely, Il thing which she had not
done Tor year.
csterday morning, DR.. Jones said
nc called upon Mrs. lSickcls, and that
she had arisen and accompanied him
downstairs. where he left her seated in
a chair.
L he reporter called upon Mrs. Rlckels
yesterday and lOund her seated on
sofa IN the parlor behind the bakery at
the corner OF Line and Meeting streets.
Mrs. Rlckcls is a large elderly lady and
her face showed the ravages of many
months OF suffering. When the object
OF The Reporters visit had been explain
cd, she said that DR.. Jones had been az.
tend nE her for the past two days. and
that she had received much benefit from
his treatment. Yesterday morning she
had walked aono for the first time in
Two years. She had suffered much pain
formerly, but this was greatly lesscncd
under DR.. Jones's treatment. She was
still very weak, but believed that DR..
Jones would ultimately entirely cure her,
Wlth the assistance of her son, Mrs,
IGckcls rose to her feet and walked
slowly across the room, and then hav-
ing rested or few moments returned
TO the sofa. She said that DIR, Jonca
had rubbed her head with some medicine
and that he had left medicine for her TO
take before and after her meals. She
was satisfied that she was being greatly
benefited.
Among the other cases now under
treatment by Dr. Jones are these: John
n. M. Johnson, Mrs. E. O'Brien, Miss
a. M. Chlsolm, Mrs n NJ. B. Kennedy,
Mrs. nj. McCarthcy, Mrs. John Holmes,
y. w bailey ana DR. Carter, of Somerset.
Kentucky.
DR.. Jones says that he claims that
God has distinctly called him for this
work, and that he works alone in Gods
name. He no longer believe That drugs
and medicines are healing agencies:
Hod's power is the only and all sufficient
agency.
In his practice DR.. Jones sometimes
gives medicine, but this is done merely
10 strengthen the faith of the patient,
an not because his belief in the efficacy
%! !ne drugs. Jones said that when he
VIsits patient he prays that God will
make them whole, and then prescribes
Tor them whatever remedy the HOLY
spirit suggests to his mind. lie had
made men see after annointing their
eyes with clay, but whatever the Spirit
lhstructs him to prescribe he prcscribes
Without hesitation and IN perfect conf
dence Of its efficacy. The remedy ls