ABSTRACT
From the point now reached we are able to proceed to the consideration of some of the religious experiences that accompany and follow conversion. These range from the initial sense of peace through the consciousness of abiding satisfaction and power, on to the mystic ecstasy and the feeling of union with God. These will vary in different persons and even in the same persons at different times and in diverse moods. To some extent they depend on the varying dispositions and gifts of each personality. But there are certain abiding characteristics, and we shall be concerned as far as possible with the common elements that form or seem to form the core of each experience. These may be grouped generally under three heads thus:
(a) The consciousness of peace and the feeling of satisfaction and rest that follow conversion.
(b) The sense of power and of the enhancement of life that develops; and herewith the question of Prayer.
(c) The sense of some Personal Presence and union with Him; and this growing into mysticism.
