roubled
about my condition that one day I went to the minister, and, telling him
how I felt, requested him to pray for me and to help me to get a real
Bible experience. In answer to my request, he only smiled and said, 'You
are too particular. You might as well try to split a hair as to try to
live a holy life in this world.'

"As I returned home that day, I was very sad indeed. Oh, how much I
longed to be like Jesus, whom God had given me as an example! I knew the
Bible taught that if we expect to enter heaven we must live a pure and
holy life. I was determined to do this--but how was I to do it? To whom
could I go for help? Most of the church-members were so worldly-minded
they thought of little else than a good time, and the few spiritual ones
were afraid to tell how they felt, for fear of their minister's
displeasure.

"At last I decided to seek from God and his Word what my soul was
longing for. As I sought, I began to see I had been deceived. I found
that as God looked upon mankind, he could see only two classes of
people--the righteous and sinners; and I saw that I was a sinner.

"By reading the twelfth chapter of First Corinthians, I learned that
Christ's body is the church; that to become a member of the church my
name must be written in heaven; that every Christian in the world is my
brother or sister in Christ; the Lamb's book of life is the only
class-book in which our names need to be recorded; and that our names
are removed only because of our turning again to sin. To me these
thoughts were both new and marvelous. I saw that every saved person in
the different denominations is a Christian and a member of God's true
church, but I knew that such persons were unable to worship God aright
for fear of displeasing their ministers or of breaking some of the
church-rules. And when I read in 2 Cor. 6:14 that we are not to be
unequally yoked together with unbelievers, I felt that I must come out
and stand alone. This I promised God to do at any cost, and asked him to
give me a Bible experience. He answered my prayer; and I was so happy
that I walked the floor for a long time, clapping my hands and praising
God.

"Because of the course I had taken many misunderstood me and thought I
was partially insane. Even your dear papa thinks so still, but I dare
not grieve God by going back.

"I have had some dreams that have greatly encouraged me. The first was
given while I was wondering why I could not find any one who