Charles Pierce relation of faith, 1824

When my attention was first called up it was by my liking to fall from a high building. I thought then where I should have gone if I had fell. Another by thinking about the revival in this place and having passages come into my mind one is "Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like theirs." And a person wanting me to go to the inquiry meeting I went and the minister talked so to me that I cried a great deal and I went home and went to bed but I did not durst to pray or to say Lord have mercy on me. I got into bed and wept a great deal and I could not get to sleep very easy. I wept. So. I think I was afraid I should not live but I thought the Lord would spare me and I felt willing that he should try me, and that made me a little easier. And the next morning I awoke and and got up and went down and went to work and something come into my mind to go up stairs and try to pray. I went up and got down upon my knees and tryed to pray and said about half of the Lords prayer and I trembled and my strength was almost gone. And I believe the last I said was thy will be done. And I got up and I think I felt a great deal better. And I went down and went to the inquiry meeting the next night and I felt better. And the day after that a lady wanting me to come into her house I went in, and she talked to me a great and deal and said to me you are young but you are not too young to love the Lord Jesus: and when I came out I felt very happy. And some time after that I went to meeting and felt so happy that I liked to laugh out. And after that it made me