The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-17
PRAYER CURED ALL AILMENTS
EVEN 4 FRiCTt RED kNEE MAS
HEALED, 4 WOMAN SAYS.

vntah Z wrists In Annual dOnS cNtten Tell
New the Lord Mas Healed wheu
PMysis,ans satd u Was Impossible
sister Jackson's Follow ers NeJetce.
y praise God" Praise he 10 God" Il
praise the Lord, we're heard q dozen times
. minute yesterday afternoon at The expert
sucs meeting ~ the Church ~ the Fiut
Born. the Faith Curists. ~ the second day
a the t~wenty-hf,h annual convention In
Serssy City Praise n. Lord" 10 the
ahibboieth Of the sect which Sister An
s~0tnette jackson founded u quarter Of a
osotuIy q ,srough what she believed
vas . direct revels ton from God and which
- now spread until q has about . score Of
churches In various parts Of the country
Earnest folk they are and literal believers
N tho Bible The Biblical injunction.
pray for q another that ye may he
healed" mears something TO them Texts
IKE He hath sent me TO heal the broken
hearted The power Of the Lord was pres.
ent to heal them Let US return. He hath
love and will heal U.S." and Il will heal thee
of thv wounds" have a literal significance
70 the members Of the sect and are used con-
stAntly In the testimonials they give Of the
power u the Lord to cure folks when ply.
eioians say the cases are hopeless
Sister jackson IL the great power OF the
ssct She and her husband. Pastor Jack
son. and Pastor Hsncox minister to the
Jersey City flock. hut Sister Jackson is the
main standby Ct the entire sect, All Of the
HleEnbers refer % her constantly. They
hokeve thai IL one has faith any human
~ may be cured if God 80 wishes IL.
This power to curs ailments extends even
20 . broken leg A middl. aged woman
stood up In the little church at the corner
of Ocean and Bramhsll avenues yesterday
Afternoon n toli how shs had fractured
hor knee In O fall downstairs She lay in
I'D for several days TIE physicians ssid
eAs must have Il put In a plaster cast She
rVbelled. She prayed TO God TO cure her.
Her faith grew. she knew that II she could
Gst to the Church ~ the First Born. 20
Mount Zion, as The followers call It. she
would get relief Her husband protested.
She got up and with great pain dragged
herself TO the church She asked for prayers.
They were given ~ith great fervor
Il wa lked out ~ here" she said with a
voice Of triumph, free from all pain In
throe days all dlscOloratlon about my knee
Disappeared. I.praise the Lord for IT,"
PRAISE the Lord" shouted = dozen OF
III Csc VIM ntdTu' tbe ntoTy Inc same
woman told how other ills she had had
we're cure d and she also related how she
lad brought her hrs' and into the fold
With prayer. He was an ~sgnostic. Then
ahs told 81 dreaming thst she died and
had gone 20 heaven What she heard
and cav there moved her 10 fray for tho
mitigation Of other Ills She was cured
he heals nv tody. prai.. IN, Lord"
seid women and men by the score. Then
thsy would tell how they had pneumonia.
"trip. heart trouble. kidney disease and
doiona Of other ailments and had been
0tven up by the doctors, Prayer through
fhe ministrations ~ Sister jackson or
brother jackson or Brother Hancox had
goetored their health,
There sasp't a wait Of q second In the
Ns6eimonials. Brother jackson stood on
~ platform snd started them on IN ono
mute talae, There were always two
4 efSons. and sometimes three and four,
tSitine 10 tell the stories Of their restore
- to health without the aid Of physicians.
BnH woman told how q month ago abe
vs. soins around on crutches With ar