God had already begun talking to my brother Jeremiah about the sin of division, and he was beginning to see the evils of sectarianism. The winter after I was healed, he had attended the Jacksonville, Illinois, holiness convention, and had met there Bro. D. S. Warner, who at that time was editor of a holiness paper, _The Herald of Gospel Freedom_, then published at Rome City, Ind. Brother Warner was already beginning to discern the unity of God's people, but he had not yet received enough light on the subject to sever his connection with the Winebrennerian denomination, of which he was a member. It was about the time of the Jacksonville meeting that _The Herald of Gospel Freedom_ was consolidated with _The Pilgrim_, a small holiness paper published at Indianapolis, Indiana. While at the Jacksonville meeting, Jeremiah subscribed for _The Pilgrim_ and had it sent to me at Windsor, Missouri, as I had not yet begun gospel work. I received only a few numbers of _The Pilgrim_, as that publication was consolidated with _The Herald of Gospel Freedom_ January 1, 1881, under the name _The Gospel Trumpet_. At a later date, when Brother Warner had full light on the church, _The Gospel Trumpet_ was no longer considered a consolidation of the two papers, but an entirely new publication. The first issue of _The Trumpet_ (January 1, 1881) represented a new paper and was later designated as Vol. 1, No. 1. When the publication of _The Pilgrim_ ceased, Brother Warner began to send me _The Gospel Trumpet_ to finish out the unexpired time of my subscription to _The Pilgrim_. During my brother's absence in evangelistic work I received several copies of _The Trumpet_. As soon as I read in _The Trumpet_ about the sin of division and saw that the new paper opposed the licensing of preachers, my sectarian spirit was stirred. I thought that holiness would make the churches, as I called them, better. I was afraid that if people got hold of such literature as _The Trumpet_ it would disgust them with holiness forever. I burned _The Trumpets_ I had already received, and then sat down and wrote Brother Warner never to send me another copy. As I was traditionized, and had opposed the truth in ignorance, the Lord did not hold my opposition as a wilful sin.