I had been an earnest searcher for Truth, but was running to and fro in the wilderness of hygienic and orthodox methods. I never saw a creed I could fully believe, still I united with the Congregational Church when a child, and in later years was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, it seeming that my work was there for a time, as that was the best way I knew of to serve God. Many a time have I sought to re-consecrate myself at a Congregational or Methodist altar, receiving only a temporary blessing. I am ever grateful for the one God-given gift I have, an unfaltering, unswerving faith or trust in God. How many times have I asked myself, Who or what is God, and how can I know more of Jesus the Christ?
The thought would always come to me, I ought to love God more, and know more of the life of Christ, and in order to do that, I felt I must better understand what God was. and learn more of the life of Christ.
My vocation was a teacher in a public school, and while I took real pleasure in teaching the little child, I did not feel satisfied with myself as a teacher, as my ideal for the proper direction of the child was far beyond what I myself had attained. Not having what I felt I ought to have to teach and uplift the child (to me one of the most sacred duties in life), they taught me many a lesson. I am always uplifted by the child, and am often in awe before a beautiful, pure child.
