The Religious Experience of Neil Currie

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Excerpt from The Religious Experience of Neil Currie: A Native of the Island of Arran, Scotland 6nd in my sell in1the smallest degree, 1my heart wouldmot allow God whatfil would the Potter, 10 make of the same lump one vessel for honor and another for dishonor, or, , in other words, as the wh'oleqof the humamrace 1s.corrt1pt, to choose one and leave another as he pleases 11 thought it 1111111111, be well withnne, if I could get my heart tospeak the language not? Scrtpture on this point, 1 then, [began to pray that the Lord would humble metin that thing, but, instead of the Itutni litygthat I, perpetual stirring of 1corruption was gaining more strength to all, appearances everyday: On account of this I thought it was in vain for me to strive against my wicked heart any longer, to pray any, more was vain, for my, prayers were an abomination to the Lord, then, I concluded to pray no more, and to take all the pleasure that I could in the things oi this world, yet, them was something Within me thatyvas against this, notwithstanding this, , i. Left off praying for two days, but ifi was troubled before I was more so during those two days. Although I, , wish, 13d to, throw all trouble out nimy m1nd, i.could notj1i often wished that.. I had not commenced, for I was sure of hell if, i stormed npw, 1and 1 were to cohtinue I could tare no worse, and, perhaps, I would get to Christ some time. It was sirongly, forced upon my mind to put an end to my miserable life, for to live 1longer was only aggravating my gu1lt and, that there was a, ltznife in my pocket. That would do, the deed. Flihenpth'e hepeless'state, ' of1a~suicide1 came into my mind. I was ashamed to begin, to pray again as it was only mocking the God of glory. Here I was hire 1a wild bull 111 a net at every turn entangliag myselfthe firmerin it.. But I went to the barn, i uttered but few words but waited there: a short time, and coming out at the barn door this scripture came into my 1111nd, the Lord has chastened me sore, but dld not give me over to death. Then, I thought that it was possible that mv. Chastisement was not unto death, therefore I hoped te, get the 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.