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
This was but one of the many remarkable manifestations. The meeting
ended on Tuesday evening, and on the whole with victory on God's
side, but it had been a trying time indeed. Brother Warner devoted a
whole page of the Trumpet to the report of this Assembly. We quote
the beginning of the report:
We have never been called upon to portray any meeting that so
transcends our powers of description. We can now better understand
the language of John when he said that "if all the works of Christ
had been written, I suppose the world could not contain the books."
A full account of the meeting would make quite a volume. For some
time we felt that the meeting would be one of unusual interest. As
we received intelligence of the saints' coming from time to time,
the Spirit of God was poured upon our soul, insomuch that we could
not restrain the praises of God as we walked the streets. And their
coming was as the heavens bowed to earth. Our little habitation
was thronged most of the day on Friday, and in the evening we all
went to the Conlay Bethel, where the meeting began. Since the first
assembly in Michigan, where Satan was also loosed and a terrible
conflict ensued, resulting in his being cast out, all the meetings
of the sanctified and free saints of God that we have attended
have been blessed with great unity and peace; and as there were
such a host coming to this assembly, all of which we knew were of
one mind and one heart in the truth and Spirit of Christ, and most
of whom had never met before, we looked for a meeting that would
be a sample of the reign of heaven. How apt we are to forget that
we are still in the field of battle, and that Satan is now loosed
for a little season, having great wrath because he knows his time
is short! In the very first meeting we felt that Satan had also
gathered his angels together where the sons of God came to worship
the God of the Bible (Job. 1:6).
Certain of the brethren and sisters had been previously shown by
visions some of the things that occurred at this meeting. The Lord
was on the side of his saints and vindicated the righteousness of his
cause by manifesting himself in their meetings as well as to their
spiritual consciousness. Outwardly, of course, the meeting bore an
aspect of confusion; but Brother Warner learned to see the good in
everything. Referring, at a later date, to this assembly, he said:
This providential bringing together of the children of light and
the powers of darkness has proved a great blessing to the saints in
that it has clearly brought to light which side men occupy.
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