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
After the storm, it turned quite cold. We had thirty miles yet
to drive; but we had the holy fire burning within us. We reached
Brother Key's about twelve o'clock that night, waking Brother and
Sister Key with the song, "Oh, 'twas love, 'twas love, that found
out me!" The next morning, Saturday, May 15, we arose feeling
refreshed after a few hours' rest, not one of us feeling any the
worse after our exposure of the previous day.
Oh, what a wonderful God! Let us praise him for his goodness and
for his wonderful works to the children of men. We drove out to
Prospect that morning, six miles, and to our surprize and joy met
Brother and Sister Fisher, who had come with Brother Warner. Our
hearts were made to rejoice to meet the dear saints at Prospect,
with whom we had labored in the Lord last January. We had a
glorious time and witnessed the salvation of many precious souls.
This second meeting at Prospect was to be held in a grove; but on
account of the weather being cold and damp, and the meeting-house
being refused, the meetings were held most of the time in a granary
building owned by a brother, Jesse Wickersham. This brother had
given the land on which the Prospect meeting-house stood, and had
contributed largely to its erection, with the understanding that the
house should be open to all true worshipers of God. But here the sect
refused the house, the preaching of the truth on the former occasion
having been too much for them.[19]
In August of this year (1886) was held the first of the annual
grove- or camp-meetings in the Beaver Dam vicinity. It was in W. W.
Ballenger's grove. For the next five years the annual camp-meeting
was held in J. Kuhn's woods; and then, beginning in 1892, it was
held for five years in D. Leininger's woods. Beginning with 1897
this meeting has since been held on the beautiful ground overlooking
Yellow Lake.
Before attending the Indiana grove-meeting in August, Brother Warner
felt impressed that from that meeting he should labor on a line
eastward from that place. In conjunction with this came urgent calls
from that direction, and brethren even made preparation for his
coming before asking him. The first place was Arcola, Ind. We quote
from his report in which he speaks of this part of his trip:
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