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There's mercy, poor sinner, for thee

Author: D. S. Warner
Tune: [There's mercy, poor sinner, for thee]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: D. S. Warner

Warner, Daniel Sidney. (near Marshallville, Wayne County, Ohio, 1842--1895). Church of God. Reared on an Ohio farm. During the Civil War, he substituted for a brother. Later he taught school. He attended Oberlin College briefly in 1865. By 1867 he was licensed to preach by the Western Ohio Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennerian). His experience in preaching was gained on circuits in Nebraska and Ohio. In 1874 he was in trouble with the Eldership for preaching entire sanctification. Soon he joined the Indiana Eldership. In 1881 he was in trouble with this Eldership over sectism. Warner was an associate editor of the Herals of Gospel Freedom in 1878. this paper was merged with the Pilgrim about 1881, and the new paper was called th… Go to person page >

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First Line:	There's mercy, poor sinner, for thee
Title:	Come and Be Free
Author:	D. S. Warner
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O come, will you come to the Lord?
Copyright:	Public Domain