2037I went to that same Primitive Methodist Chapel where I first received peace with God through the simple preaching of the Word. The text happened to be, “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”
“There,” I thought, “that’s a text for me.” I had got as far as that, when the minister began by saying, “Paul was not a believer when he said this.” I knew I was a believer, and it seemed to me from the context that Paul must have been a believer, too. Now I am sure he was. The man went on to say that no child of God ever did feel any conflict within. So I took up my hat and left the place, and I do not think I have frequented such places since.—8.167
