The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-12
FAITH CURIS7S' TALES.
One Man at the Sanctuary
Anniversary Says He Was
Cured Of Blindness.

The good brothers and sisters of the
Mount Zion Faith Cure Sanctuary cele-
brated the tenth anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the sanctuary yesterday at
their church in Greenville. When
Brother Hancox opened the services
at eleven o'clock yesterday morning the
sanctuary was packed to the doors with
converts" After prayer was o ffered
by Brother Hancox the converts were
asked to give testimony and
for two hours remarkable stories OF
cures by faith were told. Scores of wom-
en- testified that they had been cured of
chronic diseases and one young man
claimed that he had been cured Of blind
ness.
FAITH CURED HIS BLINDNESS.
II was born blind" said he, "aud every
prominent eye specialist in New
York city has operated upon my
eyes. But they all failed to give
me sight. aud for twenty-five
years wandered about in
darkdess. Last summer [ heard about
the faith cure. aud resolved 10 try it. |
came to this sanctuary and Brother Han
cox took charge OF me. He told me tnat
must first be converted and
baptized. 1 at first refused to
become a Christian, but I soon discov-
cred my mistake and resolved 60 lead
better life. l was converted and after
wards baptized in the waters of the New
York Bay. This was year ago
and now l can see a little out of my
right eye. can discern objects on the
street. but cannot as yet read. l am
satisfied that will soon be able to do
that"
WONDERFUL FAITH STORIES.
Other testimonies which sayorcd as
st 2 hn ht7In In nn
given. One woman said that she awoke
one morning and. found large
hole in the roof of her house.
She prayed that iG be repaired
and said that in q few days som unseen
hand had repaired it. Sinila' stories
were accepted as gospel truth by the con-
verts present.
At oue O'Clock recess was held and
lunch was served. Tables were placed
underneath the trees on the grounds. and
after luuch The converts held an open air
song service.
MANY CONVERTS.
At two O'Clock the most important
event of the day took place. Fourteen
converts, eight of which were women.
were baptized in the bay. Pastor
Jackson, atGired In long
rubber cloak took the similarly attired
converts by the hand and led them out in
the water. The converts on the shore
sang hymns rs eaCu QUO Wdd
taken out in the Bay. The water
was cold and as Brother Hancox
'sducked" each Que yell which would
have been creditable to a Comanche
Indian was given One woman, who
weighed over two hundred pounds,
afforded much amusement to the
crowd that had gathered on How's Dock
nearby When Brother Hancox grabbed
her around the neck and gradually let her
down into the icy water she gave
q Kick that sents Mr.: Hancox sprawling.
| Finding herself alone, sne attempted to
make an outcry and swallowed a great
| deal of salt water.
HANCOCK TO THE RESCUE.
Hancox who was more at home in the
brlny deep soon recovered from the shock
| that his bulky convert gave him aud went
to her rescue. He again grabbed her
aud stood her on her feet. The
ceremony was then resumed, and no
| further accident happened to mar 1T, A t
the conclusion of the bapJismal exercises
another song service was held i'll the
Sanctuary. In the evening special SER
vice was held in the Tabernacle on BRAIN
hall Avenue, where more remarkable tes-
timony was given.