Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. WarnerByers, A. L. (Andrew L.)
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Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner
Byers, A. L. (Andrew L.)
Church of God (Anderson, Ind.) -- History; Warner, D. S. (Daniel Sidney), 1842-1895
And now, great and merciful Father, thou to whom I belong, with all
that pertains to me, and thou who art mine with all that pertains
to thy fulness and richness, all this offering which I have made
would be but foolishness and waste of time were it not for what
I have in thee obtained to confirm the solemn contract. For were
it not that thou art my God, my promises would be but idle words.
I could fulfil nothing which my mouth has uttered and my pen has
written. But since thou, Almighty, Omniscient, Omnipresent, and
Eternal God, art mine, I have a thousandfold assurance that all
shall be fulfilled through thy fulness.
My ignorance is fully supplied by thy own infinite wisdom. My utter
weakness and inability to preserve myself from sin is abundantly
supplied by thy omnipotence, to thy everlasting praise.
Glory to thy holy name! Though I have solemnly pledged all things
to thee, yet, as thou art my "all and in all," I have nothing to
fear. Now, O Father! my God and Savior, I humbly pray thee so to
keep me that all my powers of soul, body, and spirit, my time,
talents, will, influence, words, and works, shall continually,
exclusively, and eternally glorify thy holy name through Jesus
Christ, my Lord and Savior. Amen and amen.
In covenant with the God of all grace and mercy, who has become my
salvation, my all, and whose I am forever, to the praise of his
glory. Amen.
Entered into by the direction of the Holy Spirit and signed this
Thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord Eighteen
Hundred and Seventy-Seven.
DANIEL SIDNEY WARNER.
I realized much strength by obeying the impressions of the Spirit
in writing out the foregoing covenant. God seemed present as though
I was making an agreement with a person whom I could see by my side.
Eve, Romans 12. The Lord was there to make truth effectual, and
after preaching succeeded in getting about all the members in the
altar, and we had a solemn, heart-searching time. Then we had
speaking meeting. I urged the brethren and sisters to confess what
they felt to be their true condition and their wants. About all
confessed: "I have an evil nature within me which I would like to
get rid of if that can be." "I confess I have sin in me." "Have
carnality yet in me." Glory to God, this brought the Lord very
near. My soul seemed in heaven. Everything seemed melting down
before God and yielding to his constraining love and sinners were
serious.
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