stories of the songs... who will suffer with the savior?

Each of the songs on the project has a specific reason it was written.  Some of these have stories that have been recorded while others the stories have been lost.  The song "Who Will Suffer With the Savior" is one that was written amid persecution.  In the book, "Birth of a Reformation" by A.L. Byers, the following story is related: 

The song “Who Will Suffer with the Savior?” had its origin while the company were in the South in the winter of 1890-91. It was written at the time a mob assaulted the house in which Brother Warner was preaching and a sharp, flying missile struck him on the side of the face, causing it to bleed.

D.S. Warner (pictured on the left) penned the words and Barney Warren set them to music.  The song carries even more meaning when the full story is known.



Who will suffer with the Savior? 
Take the little that remains 
Of the cup of tribulation 
Jesus drank in dying pains?

Who will offer soul and body 
On the altar of our God? 
Leaving self and worldly mammon, 
Take the path that Jesus trod?

Who will suffer for the gospel, 
Follow Christ without the gate? 
Take the martyrs for example, 
With them glory at the stake?

Oh, for consecrated service 
’Mid the din of Babel strife; 
Who will dare the truth to herald 
At the peril of his life?

Soon the conflict will be over, 
Crowns await the firm and pure; 
Forward, brethren, work and suffer, 
Faithful to the end endure.

Chorus:
Lord, we fellowship Thy passion, 
Gladly suffer shame and loss; 
With Thy blessing pain is pleasure, 
We will glory in Thy cross.

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