The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-14
MOUNT zion SANCTUARY
Eleventh Annual Convoca-
ton of the Faith CuristS
Begins Tomorrow.
SERVICES TO CONTINUE ONE WEEK
Sketch Of the Three Saints and
Description Of Their Grounds
and Buildings.

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Chapel avenue, Greenville. there will
begin tomorrow what is termed the
eleventh Annual Convocation OF the
Church of the First Born n for all
those who love the truth of the Lord"
For q week up to aud including next
Thursday there will be all day services
at the Sanctuary. Beginning at eleven
o'clock each day aud continuing until
the closing servic es at half past seven P.
NJ, there will be In ali three services.
Besides the two just mentioned there
will be an afternoon service at three
| O'Clock.
The services will consist of Bible
teaching, preaching, praise, prayer aud
testimony. There will also be altar
services. amounting the sick aud Tor
believers to receive the Holy Ghost. the
Comforter. II is further announced In
their programni me that there Will De a
~scriptural baptism IN the waters OIL new
York Bay.
This ba ptism, which is performed even
on the coolest days, Is what has rendered
] the Faith Curlsts so prominent before all
other churches and faiths of the kind.
GROUNDS OF THE FAITH CURIsTs.
The grounds of the Faith Curists. at
the foot of Chapel avenue, are especially
adapted to this purpose. and represent
the only part OF this shore not gobbled
mp by the railroad companies for purposes
destructive to their scenic charm, The
land was bought up years ago by sister
| Antoinette jackson, because In a dream
the had seeu the p ltce, aud searching
| for IL far and wide eventually came
across it here. She bought 1t AMI present-
| edit to the Rev. Martin Hancox for
| the uses it now devoted to.
Sister Marital Was married at
the time. aud Mr.. Hancox being
| d handsome man the aft lir caused s0ms
scluda amongst outsiders. But the
woman's evident purity Of purpose n
| self -forgetfuiness enabled her to live
down the. lying reports.
After the site was secured It appeared
SO well sdspted TO ito purpose that few
| alterations were made. Along tue bank
Of the grounds which overhangs the
beach, Il sort OF wooden dixie was built.
| At a point IN the oeacn the bank was cut
away in an irregular quadrangle with u
wide mouth narrowing down several feet
at the eir. Down into this artificial
| pool leads a flight OF wooden srep.. AT
/ thefooe OF these begins Ii gradual slope OF
,4aidybeach extending many feet Into the
bay.
Down these steps on baptismal occa-
| sions sSo.P Pastor jackson and a convert.
| possfbiyShiyerinR with cold but firm in
the asev Sfaith, which gives them courage
~ &hNC "a AS5p AEtO6 30 Az AZ
| crucial one of ire. 1t is a facs worthy of
note that no one who underwent this
immersion insNew York Bay has suffered
any serious snec;s OF MS cold dip.
fs$fTHE CHURCH AND BUILDINGS.
Notfor Ii considerable tIiae after the
AccnhidlatioH of the properly aud the
alteration referred TO WAS 4 church
secured. This was the oil Dutch RI
formed Chapel, at the corner OF Ocean
aud Dalforth avenues. now replaced by
a large brick structure. IL was set up on
the southerly corner of the grounds. IL
has been used ever since Tor the three
Sunday services and the Thursday SER
vice of the believers.
Today the grounds with their group Of
fra ne structures of sober colors Nesting
in a grove Of green trees are the realtza-
tion of many q dream of rest. The tracks
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad at this
point mar the beauty of the scene. They
cross Chapel avenus at grade aud cut
or a fifty feet slice OF the believers prop
erty. Once across this the scene resumes
its wonted charm. 70 the left, as one
faces the bay, the residences Of those who
have beeu taken In By Charity or whose
tnfirmfty requires special care. Is but
dfmly seen through " mass of shrubbery
and the ~ci0se-woven branches of trees.
70 tue right the carefully iayed out
grounds show the gardeners w%atchfui-
ness. Close to the roadside fence Is the
fGSluGHE& Vi LUG shlutS u LIS CuuEGus
while q hundret feat further to tile right
stands the cnurch itSslf Strstchsd broad
side before one, for 1t faces toward the
canal.
Locking straight out from Chapel
avenue the ramshackle remnants of an
old dock, fast falling away. aud the
bright waters of New York Bay are seeu.
Over thein = survey of the Long Island
and Staten Island shores Is obtained
and the tiny speck of daylight between
marks Sandy Hook aud the Narro VS..
THEIR CREED.
This Is the home of Il sect peculiar for
the uniform eafnestuess of its professors.
Their creed, IN brief, is based on what
they style the three great facts OF the
New Testament. II states that:
First, the Son of God has come into
this world aud gone away;
Second. the Holy Spirit has come down
to this earth aud Is still here; aud
Third, the Lord Jesus is coming again.
They farthermore declare that his
latter coInIng OF Christ ls near at hand
aud that His future kingdom will be on
this earth, renewed aud clsaused from
sib.
PERSONALITY OF H SAINTS.
The personality Of this saIuts VINO have
attained their standing by upholding this
creed and living up to their belief, Is
widely divergent. TIE Rev. Mr.. Han-
coz IL politsness itself without a trace Of
IA Perfect Cure