ABSTRACT
James went on to observe that it was precisely this sense of being divided between his tormenting and tormented inner self that drove Alline to seek refuge in God. Henry Alline describes the result as follows: At that instant of time when I gave all up to him to do with me as he pleased, and was willing that God should rule over me at his pleasure, redeeming love broke into my soul with repeated scriptures, with such power that my whole soul seemed to be melted down with love; the burden of guilt and condemnation was gone, darkness was expelled, my heart humbled and filled with gratitude filled with immortal love, soaring on the wings of faith, freed from the chains of death and darkness. Erikson warned against young people becoming prematurely fixed in their new-found, reflected, heroic identities.
