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
=Resolved=, That we ignore and abandon the practise of preacher's
license as without precept or example in the Word of God, and that
we wish to be "known by our fruits" instead of by papers.
=Resolved=, That we do not recognize or fellowship any who come
unto us assuming the character of a minister whose life is not
godly in Christ Jesus and whose doctrine is not the Word of God.
=Resolved= also, That we recognize and fellowship, as members with
us in the one body of Christ, all truly regenerated and sincere
saints who worship God in all the light they possess, and that we
urge all the dear children of God to forsake the snares and yokes
of human parties and stand alone in the "one fold" of Christ upon
the Bible, and in the unity of the Spirit.
It should be noted that even at this time, while they could see the
evils of human machinery in the church, they had not as yet a perfect
knowledge of how the divine government would be. They wondered
whether they should form a new Eldership or whether they had anything
at all to do in the new procedure, cut loose as they were from all
human organizations. At this time Sister Fisher was given a vision.
It was of a tower which she and others were constructing with stones
that were piled about them in heaps. The foundation was already
laid and they were engaged on the superstructure, their work being
to polish the stones and fit them for the tower. When polished, the
stones were clear as crystal. They were asked where they got such
beautiful stones. She replied that they were simply such stones as
could be found anywhere. Their beauty was brought out through the
work that was put upon them. The capstone, or headstone, was also
perfectly clear, but it had a blood-red spot in the center which
shone and which shed rays of light like streaks of blood down through
all the tower.
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