The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-18
Converts at zion's Sanctuary
Tell Of Wondrous Cures
Performed.
SHOUTING AND STAMPING
Sister jackson Rouses the
Crowd to Wild Enthusi-
asm and Then Quiets It

and camp meeting of the Church of the
First Born at Mount Zion Sanctuary, at
the foot of Chapel avenue, on the New
York Bay shore, is daily attracting large
crowds. Services are held from nine
o'clock in the morning until ten O'Clock
at night Numerous converts are being
made daily.
The meetings are being conducted by
the Rev Martin Hancox and Sister jack
son of the Church of the First Born The
Sanctuary was crowded to the door when
the afternoon services began yesterday.
Sister Jackson delivered the Invocation,
after which the faithful joined in singing
hymns.
A call for testimonies from those cured
by faith brought fifty people to their feet,
all eager to tell of the marvellous cures
effected One old Irish woman said that
she had been i'll with an incurable dis
ease for thirteen years, and had spent
fortune for medical services. She was a
Catholic. but hearing of the wonderful
cures wrought by the Faith Curists, she
decided to change her religion and be-
come a convert. She was anointed by
sister jackson, and was Immediately re-
stored to health. She was loud in praises
of a religion by which such wonders could
be effected and she exhorted all unbe-
lievers to become converts.
Another member testified as follows:-
..For twenty-five years was gambler,
drunkard and a victim to the cigarette
habit AS result my constitution be-
came undermined. I had catarrh, paipl-
tation of the heart rheumatism and bron-
chitis. ] thought my end was near, but
hearing of the Faith Curists, decided to
embrace the religion and make one more
effort for life. 1 was anointed by Sister
Jackson. baptized in the waters of the
New York Bay and Immediately became
well man.
Edith Burr an actress, testified that
she had been a drunkard and a confirmed
gambler She felt herself going TO per
dition. and as a last resort she embraced
tho religion of the Faith Curists. She was
anointed by Sister Jackson and she was at
once cured of all the vices. She besought
the prayers of the members for her
brother, who. she said, had passion for
gambling.
An ancient negress, who said she was a
Southern slave forty years ago. said she
had been i'll for years with an incurable
disease She was---anointed by Sister
jackson and she embracing the faith with
the result that she was cured.
Another old woman said she was almost
blind for a great number of years. Ply
sicians proved of no avail. A few years
ago she was anointed by Sister Jackson
and she is now able to read.
Al young woman testified as follows:-
81 lived with my mother and sister in a.
small town sixty miles from here. My
mother had been i'll for years with an in
curable disease. She became respondent
and attempted to commit suicide three
times My sister was suffering with heart
disease. She heard of the Mt. Zion Faith
'Curists and decided to go to the sanctu-
ary. She became a convert. was anointed,
and was at once freed from disease. She
returned home, filled with the spirit of
God She induced my mother and me to
become members. We journeyed to the
Mount Zion Sanctuary. My mother was
anointed and she is now a well woman"
She wept and entreated all unbelievers to
see the error Of their ways and become
members of the sect.
An old man, with white hair, intro
duced as Brother Tompkins, said:-"When
was young man was an active mem-
ber of Methodist Church. / led an
evening class and taught in Sunday
school I fell from grace, for the want
of proper example to guide me. Doubts
and fears arose; began to believe there
was no God. went from bad to worse,
became a drunkard and used tobacco. I
was in this condition for a number Of
years. I heard of the Faith Curists, and
wondered if the stories 1 had heard of the
miraculous cures performed could be
true. I decided to visit the Mt Zion
Sanctuary; / talked with the elders. They
prayed for me. I was anointed. and I
Immediately lost all desire for my former
vices. I now firmly believe that / have
at last found the only true religion" He
said that the cure was effected about
eighteen years ago.
Another woman testified that two of her
children were i'll, one with scarlet fever
and one with broken arm. They were
Rnointed by Sister Jackson, and they were
Instantly cured.
Another man stated that his right arm
had been paralyzed for fifteen years. He
became convert, was baptized and cur
I'd.
A young man said that he was In the
last stages of consumption. His physician
said that he could not live month long
er. He called at the Church of the
First Born on Bramhal1 avenue about
Two months ago, became converted, was
anointed by Sister Jackson, and is now
perfectly healthy. He stated that he
contracted a severe cold short time ago,
and was cured as the result of prayers
offered by the elders.
There we're numerous other testimonials
of a like nature. some long and some
short. but all tending to illustrate the
miraculous curing Of incurable diseases.
Some were pathetically told and some
were shouted The elders marched up
and down the aisles shouting "Amen-'
and Praise the Lord" with the fervor
characteristic of fanatics. Others ap-
sarently seized with a species of frenzy,
stamped on the floor and shouted por-
lions OF Scripture pertaining to their sect.
Sister Jackson is gifted with wonderful
executive ability and she leads the meet
ngs with marvellous skill, arousing the
widest enthusiasm and quieting the vast
i crowd at will. She announced that the
camp meeting would end next Sunday
Baptisms will be held daily until then.