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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James: conversion I went into the hay-field to lend a hand with the
harvest, and not having made any promise to God to abstain or
drink in moderation only, I took too much and came home drunk.
My poor sister was heart-broken; and I felt ashamed of myself and
got to my bedroom at once, where she followed me weeping
copiously. She said I had been converted and fallen away
instantly. But although I was quite full of drink (not muddled,
however), I knew that God's work begun in me was not going to be
wasted. About midday I made on my knees the first prayer before
God for twenty years. I did not ask to be forgiven; I felt that
was no good, for I would be sure to fall again. Well, what did I
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