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
He reached Yellow Lake on the 20th, and found that the meetings had
been carried on for a few evenings after he left in May. Several had
been saved. On the 23rd his wife returned home to Ohio, while he went
on to Auburn, to Brother Lowman's, whom he found firmly established
in holiness. When he and Brother Lowman began to open their minds
to each other he found that both had been impressed with the idea of
together printing a holiness and church paper, Brother Warner to edit
the former and Brother Lowman the latter department.
After discussing the publishing project with Lowman he returned to
Ohio, to Wood County, where he held a number of meetings and assisted
in a camp-meeting near Rising Sun, and also attended a United
Brethren camp-meeting at Portage. He speaks thus of a manifestation
in his meetings at Rising Sun:
=Aug. 22, 1878.= Mr. Gay, a spiritualist, or rather a mesmerist
who possesses a superior mind and is believed to be possessed by
evil spirits, was present. He has attended for some time and has at
different times attempted to mesmerize me while preaching. At a few
of the last meetings his wife has been seeking sanctification, and
he has made some good speeches in favor of the gospel. Today from
the beginning of the meeting he began to maneuver his spiritism.
He made many strange motions; walked the floor once and tried to
dance. It is probable that this was all involuntary on his part.
But we all kept our minds on Jesus and God through the Holy Spirit
to take care of him. He began to show signs of distress, got upon
the floor, wept and cried out. A stronger power than the indwelling
one had taken hold of him. His suffering became more intense. His
wife brought him water and he drank some. She fanned him for a long
time, and he became speechless and seemed nearly suffocated.
In September, Brother Warner attended the Ohio Holiness Camp-meeting
held on the fair-ground at Marion. Of his experience there he records
the following:
=Sept. 8, 1878.= Sabbath. I began to fast on Friday. Ate but little
yesterday and nothing this forenoon. The Lord came very near to
me. Oh, how he let me down to nothingness! I saw and felt ashamed
of the trouble the Lord has had with me. I sank down into the dust
before him, and instead of wondering why God did not give the
greater measure of power that the Spirit impressed me I should have
I was led to wonder that he had intrusted me as much as he had. Oh,
what shameful weakness and many errors were disclosed by the more
perfect light that God has flashed into my soul! O God, let me be
buried deeper and more perfectly hid away with thee.
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