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
How beautiful the sight of God's host, all mustered to the battle
by the Lord himself! No jealousy, strife, and selfish manipulation
for the best places and fattest fields. Every soul feels that he
has the very best place while he abides in Christ and Christ abides
in us. Oh, what fools the devil has made of poor blind Babylonians
whose backs are galded by the sect harness and whose hearts are
often crushed beneath the sect machinery! We speak from experience.
For ten years we felt this cold, heartless heel of selfish
oppression. More than once we wet our pillow with the tears that
the accursed Baal-idol pressed from our wounded heart. By the grace
of God we shall "render unto her double," as God hath commanded us.
Instead of wire-pulling and ungodly plotting against one another,
and each one greedily looking for his meat from his quarter, each
worker in the Lord's vineyard is looking to the Lord to guide
his feet in the paths of His own will. And all go out in perfect
freedom whither the Lord will and yet all work in perfect harmony,
under the sweet and heavenly management of the Holy Spirit.
Of his return to Ohio and of an attempt by a mob to capture and
mistreat him we have his account in the Trumpet of Nov. 1.
After the assembly of the saints in Michigan, we returned to our
little company of fellow workers in Ohio; found them all together
at dear Brother and Sister Miller's, at Jerry City. Praise God,
it was joyful to our souls to meet all well again. How all hearts
praised God for the tidings of his wonderful works in the assembly!
Of course dear Brother Barney began to bound like a rubber ball,
almost to the ceiling, when he learned of the salvation of his
brother William. Doubtless angels in heaven took a part in the
celebration of God's holy praises....
October 1 we came to Bro. S. Phillips', near Rising Sun. We held
some meetings in a house on his place. We enjoyed preaching the
glorious gospel of Christ to the people that came together there....
October 7, we moved a few miles farther east and one mile north, to
the house of dear Bro. Daniel Roush, where we invited the neighbors
together to hear the word of the Lord. The room soon proved too
small, and the weather being pleasant, we obtained a tent from
Brother Phillips, that covered about 18×20 feet, which we attached
to one end of a large porch; these together made quite a good
meeting-room. The Lord helped us to preach the glorious gospel of
Christ, and we poured out the vials of God's wrath upon every evil
way. The Lord worked, and souls were saved almost every day.
Thursday, October 14, the Lord sent a very strong wind and we had
to take the tent down. That night we held the meeting in the house.
The night being dark and rainy, the congregation was not very
large. While we were preaching the word, suddenly in rushed
A BLACK MOB
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