The following is an extract from a letter of Levi A. Childs to the President of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, after he had left her school and their acquaintance had terminated, he having, according to his own statement, abandoned tobacco, swearing and bad company.
"How often within the last two months have I thanked God for the light which has emanated from your life and society; and now comes the request from you that so far as is possible I complete the voyage alone, without the aid of that light. Well, this I know, that you are a great, pure, noble woman, in whom I thoroughly believe, and who desires my best good. Accepting this as I do, I will hold my tempest whirled soul up to the course you have laid down. One year ago I was going at a rapid rate to eternal smash. While on the downward road I heard your voice, listened, turned back, and will continue to fight on this line until victory crowns my efforts. You have taught me by your life the very highest principles of the great science which, next to Jesus the Christ, you were the founder of."
