The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-06
MIRACULOUS CURES.
Greenville Faith curists
Celebrate Their Church
Anniversary.
DOCTORS AND DRUGS TABOoED.
One Brothers Desire for Tobacco
Removed by Prayer and
Faith.
DOCTORS AND DRUGS TAB00ED

FalLus
On the third day of August, 1884. Pas
tor Hancox and Brother and Sister jack
! son, the leaders of the Faith Cure move
ment in this city, organized the Church
of the First Born, and yesterday the
members of that body met in the Mount
Zion Sanctuary; at the foot ofChapel ave-
nue., G~reenville, and celebrated the tenth
anniversary of the event by holding a
| special praise service. The service began
| at eleven o'clock in the morning and
| lasted without a break until half past six
o'clock in the evening. At eight o'clck
the anniversary celebration was pro-
longed by the holding of another service
at theTabernacle on Bramhall avenue.
The principal celebration, however, took
place in the Sanctuary at Greenville.
This ediacce was crowded to the doors
| with Faith Curists from almost every
State east of the Mississippi River, and
most remarkable stories of cures by faith
were told.
The services were opened by Pastor
Hancox, who gave ashort history OF the
| church. He said that the church, al
Though the only one of it's kind in the
world, Is the true church of God.
Ten years ago - said he, I'VE began in
a small way in the building at Sixth and
Erie streets. Today there are twenty
churches promulgating our doctrines,
scattered throughout the States. In the
waters that wash our grounds here we
nave baptized aver one thousand people.
| We are marching steadily on, teaching
the true faith of Jesus Christ
At one O'Clock two women and one man
who were converted last i'm
mersed in the Bay. Pastor Hancox per-
were marched into deep water the con-
~gregation lined up on the shore and sang
NO FAITH IN DOCTORS.
The feature of the afternoon service
Faith Curists are enemies OF the med
ical doctors and their medicine. They be-
lieve that when sickness reaches them
they can only be cured by faith: One
woman who took a lively interest in the
services said that on %theFourth of July
\ her four-year-old son had been fright
fully burned by the explosion of powder.
There were ugly powder marks ON his
| face said she, land all night he tossed
| on his couch and could not sleep on ac-
count of the pain. l prayed that relief
might come to him., and while was
praying the Lord manifested Himself and
| put my boy to sleep. For twelve hours
he slept and when he awoke his wounds
were healed. There was not a mark
Another woman who had been listen
ing attentively to this testimony and was
SO overcome with emotion that she cried,
arose and between sobs told the following
story
Faith has healed me of many dis
eases. But of these / do not wish to
what faith has done for my
husband Three years ago my husband
was suffering from a fatal disease. l
advised him to look to God, but he
scorned my faith and sent for a physi-
clan. After feeling his pulse the physi-
| clan said that it was a serious case.
band became worse. The physician said
that he had but little hope of his re-
covery, and as a fpal resort again pre-
scribed medicine again tried to turn
faith the second time and sent for the
MIRAcULoUs CHANGE.
1 prayed God to take charge of that
medicine and 10. when it came it was not
What the druggist had compounded, but
| carbolic acid. This miracle converted
my husband, mad as he lay in bed help
less and unable to move a limb he prayed
to God for relief. His prayer was an
swered, for on that same day when |
returned from a sisters melting, l found
| him walking about the house, and within
a week he was as hale and hearty as one
could wish. Up to this day our faith has
kept US free. from disease, and we have
no need for physicians
CURED HER RHEUMATISM.
A young man who was accompanied by
a six-year-old girl said that the girl was
| his daughter, and that she inherited
| rheumatism from her mother. He then
told how she was unable to walk and
4 HON DItHSiCldIS WC1C IldDt " u iSl
She had to crawl along on her hands
an knees said he, land the doctors
told me hat she could never be cured,
| as the disease was hereditary. But thank
! God l came to the church of the First
Born. l gave my heart to God and
prayed that my hild be cured. My
| prayer was heard and granted, and to-
day my child can walk or jump, and
shows no signs whatever of rheuma-
IT PUT HIS PIPE OUT.
Lone woman arose and said that she
4 was thankful because faith" had
| stopped herAhusband's practice of smok-
ing and chewing tobacco.
A g~reyhaired elderly. gentleman who
/ listened atentively to all the testimonies,
said that he Joined the Baptist Church
thirty years ago., but only remained in
IT a wear. as he became convinced that
the Baptist faith is not the right one.
II must say that never before until to-
| day. said he, thave ! heard the truth
| expounded so clearly. | am convinced
that the church of the First Born is the
| these many years i have reached the
| right faith at last" AS, he started to
walk down the aisle to his seat, Pastor
4 Hancock grabbed his hand and ap-
pealed to him to join the church then and
| there. The old man was unwilling to do
SO at first but he relented. when Sister
| Jackson began to pray in his behalf. he
kneIt down at the altar rail and when
Pastor Hancox asked if there were any
more present who wished to give their
hearts to the Lord" over thirty men
and women took places alongside the
AID man. After a prayer by Pastor Han
cox. general all-around h~andshaking fol-
lowed, and the services We're over.
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