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
On the other hand, there were others in whom God had planted a love
for the truth. Among these was Brother Warner's faithful printer.
God had preserved a few who should contribute sufficient to the paper
to keep it going.
HOW IT LOOKS TO OTHERS
We know that many think it big to be an editor, hence before and
ever since we entered upon this work we have feared and dreaded
being actuated by such motives. When we go out to work in the field
and we just tell God to let the Trumpet stop if it is his will and
we will keep right on evangelizing, the Spirit's voice soon compels
us to return to this sacred charge.
Once when we had the office up in the city, God tried us
thoroughly. We had no money to pay the printer, and he was out of
meal-tickets, which must be paid in advance. We were sent for to
come to a meeting in Terre Haute. A brother wrote that he would
pay our fare, so we borrowed the money and went down on Saturday
morning. We told the Lord that if he did not want the paper to
continue, to let the printer leave and get work somewhere else. As
we walked from the depot to the office on our return, Monday eve,
we said, If that young man is in the office it is the wonderful
dealing of God. We entered and found him cheerfully working away.
On Saturday he ran the press all day without a bite to eat. As he
told us this our heart was melted. We entered our little sanctum
and poured out our soul to God, and he sent the Spirit as the dews
of heaven upon our heart.
When we started for the Camargo camp-meeting, we had a few dimes.
Having been provided with a free pass, through the kindness of
Brother ----, who wrote that for months he had not thought of the
camp-meeting without seeing us on the program and that we must
be there without fail, we left with Wife all our change but two
nickels. Told our printer that as we had no money to give him he
might quit if he saw fit and hunt a position where he could get
his pay. We remarked that as the Trumpet was not ours we had no
choice whether it lived or died. Well, it cost us five cents to
reach the depot by street-car, and the other nickel to carry us
and baggage from the train to camp-ground, so we just had enough.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Though we were brought
there by the direction of God's Spirit through Brother ----, the
high priest in charge, probably out of self-interest, gave us no
place in the pulpit. But God gave us a field to work in, and the
hearts of the "people who do know their God," and, blessed be his
name, in that meeting he gave us over sixty-one dollars. So the
Trumpet still sends out the certain sound. Here is a sample of many
letters received the last few months. It will show how others see
the Trumpet in relation to God's will and Satan's dread:
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