author
A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers
1869–1952
A church historian, editor, and hymn writer, this early 20th-century author wrote with the energy of a reporter and the conviction of a preacher. His books open a window onto the Church of God movement, religious publishing, and the moral storytelling of his time.
1 Audiobook
Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner
by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers
About the author
Born in Albany, Illinois, on August 26, 1869, Andrew Linnaeus Byers became closely connected with the Church of God movement that grew around Daniel S. Warner. Biographical sources describe him joining evangelistic work in 1890 and then the Gospel Trumpet publishing company in 1891, where he served as a music editor and contributed extensively as a writer.
Byers wrote across several genres. He is best known for religious and historical works such as Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner (1921), a frequently cited source on early Church of God history. Library and archive records also show a wider range, including Bits of Biography (1922), Plants and Insects (1921), and works connected with hymnody and accounts of divine healing.
He died on November 9, 1952. Although many of his books were written for a specific religious community, they still offer a vivid picture of the people, publishing culture, and devotional life of their era.