The thought struck me, How did you come to be a Christian？ I sought the Lord. But how did you come to seek the Lord？ The truth flashed across my mind in a moment—I should not have sought him unless there had been some previous influence in my mind to make me seek him. I prayed, thought I, but then I asked myself, How came I to pray？ I was induced to pray by reading the Scriptures. How came I to read the Scriptures？ I did read them, but what led me to do so？ Then, in a moment, I saw that God was at the bottom of it all, and that he was the Author of my faith, and so the whole doctrine of grace
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