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
Brother Fisher was quite sick when we reached the grove, and after
having been strengthened several times to preach the word he was
finally and instantaneously healed by faith and the laying on of
hands. The next evening the healing power was mightily upon him,
and four of the dear saints were healed of various diseases and old
complaints. In the early part of the meeting Brother and Sister
Frost's little girl was healed of a very bad case of catarrh. The
morning Brother and Sister Fisher left, the Lord woke us between
three and four o'clock in the morning and led us forth into the
woods to commune with him. Our mind was led to ask for a more
perfect faith. Praise God, he gave it. Early we walked to Brother
Farrah's house, where we found Sister Clayton very sick with
sick-headache. In the name of the Lord we laid hands on her head,
and she was immediately healed by faith in Jesus. Several others of
the saints were healed that day....
One evening in company with Brother and Sister Fisher we went home
with Brother and Sister Frost. Sister Owen lives a close neighbor
to them. Her daughter had two days before been taken sick. That
night she was taken very bad, and she suffered extremely. Mr. Owen
wished to go for the doctor, but Lula begged her pa to send for
us. Though he had been extremely prejudiced against us by some
ungodly sectarian neighbors, he could not refuse the wish of his
suffering child. He gave his consent, and at two o'clock we were
called up, and went to the house in the name of the Lord. Lula had
been praying the Lord to forgive her sins, and seemed to have found
pardon, but she was in great suffering. Brother Fisher and I laid
hands upon her, and in less than a minute her intense suffering
ceased, and she rested until morning. Her body gradually recovered
strength, and two days later she was out to the meeting. Praise the
Lord, O my soul! The power of God since then so softened the heart
of Brother Owen that he has turned to serve the Lord. His heart is
so changed that he not only loves God but us also. May God bless
the dear brother.
Praise the Lord for the wonderful bond of love that binds our
hearts together in the Son of God! Blind sectarians ask us, "What
have you got to bind you together?" We reply by asking them, "What
have you got to part us asunder?" Oh, bless God for the balm in
this union! We never know the strength of the divine bonds of love
until all the sect bonds of the devil are cast away and we are led
to suffer together for the gospel of God and the name of Jesus.
Oh, happy bond of perfect love, which binds all the pure in heart
to God and to each other!
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