A Book of Remembrance

Recording accurate and reliable history is probably the best way to preserve the facts of past events. It is the only way that many who were yet unborn or many who lived through the time in which the events transpired but who were not aware that they were taking place will know them.

The most significant reason for this book's writing is to undeniable show the hand of God working in His Church during a time of spiritual decline. The spirit of apostasy and the rejection of God was working in the Church to destroy God's heritage. Consequently, God reorganized The Church of God with a remnant with whom He separated from the apostatized Church to continue in the original revelation and vision. The story is somewhat brief as far as the time element is concerned, but that in no way detracts from the relevance and importance of the events themselves. It was a happy time because God fulfilled His will for the direction of the Church. Still, it was also a time of anguish of soul, mind, and body for those who chose to take an uncompromising stand for truth, righteousness, and holiness, regardless of the consequences. There was also the anguish of the separation of loved ones and friends on ideological grounds. The book's text tells this part of the story more graphically.