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
The preacher who led the meeting is saturated with tobacco and
addicted to horse-trading and worldly foolish jesting. In his
remarks he said we should "exemplify Christ," that is, our lives
should be like his. The Lord led us to ask him if he regarded
himself an example of Christ's character; whether he could
consistently say to boys and men generally, "Follow the example
I set before you." Not having 'sanctified the Lord Jesus in his
heart,' he was not ready to give an answer. He paced the pulpit,
being speechless. We repeated the question, including both him and
the president. Neither answered. We then told the latter something
about their being of the same spirit the old Jews and pagans were
of, who forbade the apostles preaching any more in their towns. We
also called their attention to the abominable and wicked traffic
we saw on their ground on the Lord's day, which was licensed by
them and sanctioned by their filthy habit. They could allow that
corrupting bane of society; but of a few little children of God who
have obtained pure hearts and desired to "worship God in the beauty
of holiness," they said, "Away with them"!...
Well, we are compelled to give the manifestations at that camp the
credit of being the filthiest and vilest form of Babylon we have
ever met. An unconverted man who was there and witnessed the scene
said to them, "God deliver me from such a sect." They are destitute
of God's grace. 'For the grace of God that bringeth salvation ...
teacheth us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should
live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world' (Tit.
2:11,12). But these live in the filth of the world, "walking after
their ungodly lusts."
In a report written from this part of Pennsylvania three years later,
he refers to his visit to the Winebrennerian camp, as just described,
and says, "Well, that was the last camp-meeting held on that ground.
Their doleful tents are rotting to the ground, and are the habitation
of owls and bats."
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[Illustration: THE FLOATING BETHEL, USED FOR SEVERAL YEARS ON THE
OHIO RIVER FOR EVANGELISTIC WORK BY G. T. CLAYTON AND COMPANY. BURNED
DEC. 16, 1898.]
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