Dear Journal:—I have a confession to make! I have been a long time in this way, but am not "every whit whole."
How true it is that "each heart knoweth its own bitterness." Another cannot possibly understand the errors we have to fight against, and we seldom realize what growth we have made out of mortal sense, until we cast a backward glance at the wrecks of "isms" and "ologies," strewn along the road.
An average lifetime had been spent in imbibing the severest creeds. "Total depravity" and "eternal punishment" being part of the daily regimen for the mind, with the accompanying drastic remedies for the body. For, while we were taught that God sent sickness and death to draw our hearts to Himself, we nevertheless were diligent in applying the most powerful remedies to counteract His wise design.
