From childhood it has been my desire to live a pure, good life. My parents were Baptists and I was brought up in that church.
At the age of twenty I was baptized and united with that denomination. My desire for goodness and purity brought many bright experiences in my pathway.
My health failed soon after uniting with the church however; the physicians pronounced it nervous prostration brought on by over-excitement in religious matters. All books of a religious nature were kept away from me, even the Bible. I rebelled in the latter case.
