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
=4.= Went out to camp at 5:30 A. M. Prayer-meeting in the
tabernacle. Stayed all day on the ground, or until afternoon
preaching by Brother Rice, who (probably unknown to the Methodist
Episcopal ministers) had his license taken from him two days before
by the Northwest Ohio Conference for preaching holiness. He gave
us a straight, close-hewing sermon on sanctification. He did not
preach holiness for the glory of Methodism, as some others seemed
somewhat inclined to do. Some were much displeased at his exposure
of the opposition to holiness in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Came home this eve. Found dear Wife and child well.
=8.= Sister Ella Snyder called on us. She was visiting at
Brother McKey's, who, by the way, is a strong opposer of entire
sanctification. Ella soon began talking on the subject and talking
somewhat differently from what she did on last Sabbath. We think
it probable that she had just been receiving the teaching of some
one outside of the second work. She treated the subject with much
lightness. Before she left we bowed in prayer, at the close of
which she fell powerless on the floor. I raised her head, asked
her if she was sick. She said not. Looked strange and confounded.
Prayed some and confessed that the hand of God was upon her. Wife
asked her if she was now sanctified. She replied that she knew not
where she was. She grasped my hand very firmly. I raised her up,
asked Sarah to support her; but she would not loosen her hold.
As I endeavored to give her over to Wife, she gripped my hand the
harder. We raised her up but she could not stand. We dropped her
into a rocking-chair and soon kneeled again in prayer. She prayed
constantly to God for a "clean heart," "sanctification," etc. Her
full consciousness had hardly recovered when she said she had to
go, as her party were waiting on her. Sarah accompanied her a piece
and left her looking very solemn. I pray God to lead her to the
cleansing fountain.
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