[120]LifeandJournals，Boston，1806，pp。31-40，abridged。
YoungMr。Alline，afterthebriefestofdelays，andwithnobook-learningbuthisBible，andnoteachingsavethatofhisownexperience，becameaChristianminister，andthenceforwardhislifewasfittorank，foritsausterityandsingle-mindedness，withthatofthemostdevotedsaints。Buthappyashebecameinhisstrenuousway，henevergothistasteforeventhemostinnocentcarnalpleasuresback。Wemustclasshim，likeBunyanandTolstoy，amongstthoseuponwhosesoultheironofmelancholyleftapermanentimprint。Hisredemptionwasintoanotheruniversethanthismerenaturalworld，andliferemainedforhimasadandpatienttrial。Yearslaterwecanfindhimmakingsuchanentryasthisinhisdiary：“OnWednesdaythe12thIpreachedatawedding，andhadthehappinesstherebytobethemeansofexcludingcarnalmirth。”
ThenextcaseIwillgiveisthatofacorrespondentofProfessorLeuba，printedinthelatter’sarticle，alreadycited，invol。
vi。oftheAmericanJournalofPsychology。ThissubjectwasanOxfordgraduate，thesonofaclergyman，andthestoryresemblesinmanypointstheclassiccaseofColonelGardiner，whicheverybodymaybesupposedtoknow。Hereitis，somewhatabridged：——
“BetweentheperiodofleavingOxfordandmyconversionIneverdarkenedthedoorofmyfather’schurch，althoughIlivedwithhimforeightyears，makingwhatmoneyIwantedbyjournalism，andspendingitinhighcarousalwithanyonewhowouldsitwithmeanddrinkitaway。SoIlived，sometimesdrunkforaweektogether，andthenaterriblerepentance，andwouldnottouchadropforawholemonth。