“I had been playing with matches and burned a small rug. I was in the process of covering up my crime when suddenly God saw me. I felt His gaze inside my head and on my hands…I flew into a rage against so crude an indiscretion, I blasphemed…He never looked at me again…I had the more difficulty getting rid of Him the Holy Ghost in that He had installed Himself at the back of my head…I collared the Holy Ghost in the cellar and threw Him out.”
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