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
We want to testify to the goodness of God. The foregoing lines
were written by a very sick man, but now we continue writing, a
well man. Oh, praise the Lord with me and let us exalt his name
together! From early morn until 3 P. M. today we were very sick,
unable to eat. Tried to write, but had to take the bed. Finally the
Lord impressed us with earnest prayer. We called the little company
and kneeled before God, and oh, our dear heavenly Father instantly
healed our body, took away all bad feeling, raised our voice from
the faint tones of a person just beginning to rise from a hard
sick spell to clear loud shouts of praise! He also sent through
our entire system the strength of high leaps, as well as the high
praises of God.
In a later report he shows how his health was maintained by faith.
For some time we have felt called of God to devote ourself more
especially to the great duty of writing some works of present
truth, and we expect to do so after the present tour. With this
fact coming oft before our mind, we began unconsciously to relax
our faith by which in our natural frailty we kept up sufficient
strength for field labor. The presence of the ministerial brethren
with us for some time also helped ease up our mind and drop our
shield of faith by our side. The result was the devil had afflicted
our poor weak body for several weeks. But, praise God, the Lord
having in answer to prayer shown us what the trouble was, last
Sabbath we rebuked the devil in the name of the Lord Jesus with a
holy vehemence, and our soul and body sprang forth with a shout of
victory, and, glory to our God, we have been wonderfully well and
spiritually glorious ever since.
From Waco, Nebr., the company traveled westward to Denver. The
following are extracts from his report at that place:
We stopped over a few hours in Lincoln, the capital of the State.
We viewed with surprize the young city. Fourteen years ago when
we visited the place it was small--now it numbers over twenty
thousand inhabitants, more than double the size of Lansing, Mich.
That night, for the first time in all our travels, an accident
occurred to our train, a slight collision with a freight-train
several miles out of Lincoln. The engine being injured, we had to
wait some hours until another was brought from the city. During
this time there was a very violent wind. The car rocked on its
springs like a load of hay passing over a rough road. But we lay
down and slept sweetly, committing ourselves unto the Lord. That
evening dear Bro. E. E. Byrum, at the office, had a great burden
for our safety, as he wrote us the next day. But he prayed for
us until the Lord by the Spirit answered him that we should be
delivered from all harm. Oh, praise the Lord for his goodness and
mercy toward us! For our safety he placed a burden on one nearly a
thousand miles away, but allowed not the slightest anxiety on our
minds....
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