repliedintheaffirmative。Thensaidhe，’Cometothefrontseat。’Theysangandprayedandtalkedwithme。Iexperiencednothingbutunaccountablewretchedness。TheydeclaredthatthereasonwhyIdidnot’obtainpeace’wasbecauseIwasnotwillingtogiveupalltoGod。Afterabouttwohourstheministersaidwewouldgohome。Asusual，onretiring，Iprayed。Ingreatdistress，Iatthistimesimplysaid，’Lord，IhavedoneallI
can，Ileavethewholematterwiththee。’Immediately，likeaflashoflight，therecametomeagreatpeace，andIaroseandwentintomyparents’bedroomandsaid，’Idofeelsowonderfullyhappy。’ThisIregardasthehourofconversion。ItwasthehourinwhichIbecameassuredofdivineacceptanceandfavor。
Sofarasmylifewasconcerned，itmadelittleimmediatechange。”
Themostcharacteristicofalltheelementsoftheconversioncrisis，andthelastoneofwhichIshallspeak，istheecstasyofhappinessproduced。Wehavealreadyheardseveralaccountsofit，butIwilladdacouplemore。PresidentFinney’sissovividthatIgiveitatlength：——
“Allmyfeelingsseemedtoriseandflowout；andtheutteranceofmyheartwas，’IwanttopourmywholesoulouttoGod。’TherisingofmysoulwassogreatthatIrushedintothebackroomofthefrontoffice，topray。Therewasnofireandnolightintheroom；neverthelessitappearedtomeasifitwereperfectlylight。AsIwentinandshutthedoorafterme，itseemedasifImettheLordJesusChristfacetoface。Itdidnotoccurtomethen，nordiditforsometimeafterwards，thatitwaswhollyamentalstate。Onthecontrary，itseemedtomethatIsawhimasIwouldseeanyotherman。Hesaidnothingbutlookedatmeinsuchamannerastobreakmerightdownathisfeet。Ihavealwayssinceregardedthisasamostremarkablestateofmind；