Excerpt from Ann H. Judson: A Memorial On entering the Academy, at twelve or thirteen years Of age, her religious habits were much inter rupted, and her purpose to sustain them very much weakened. The true motive not existing in her mind, so soon as an influence was felt that was calculated to allay her fears her punctilious Observance of forms lost its main support. Social amusements, called inno cent, were well indorsed, and academy life tended to strengthen the sentiment in favor Of them. She eu gaged in them with renewed interest, and soon found her mind SO completely occupied with them as to prevent the dictates Of conscience from being obeyed. She came to think that she had outgrown the duty Of saying prayers, inasmuch as she was now Old enough to attend balls, and She neglected praying and reading the Bible. For two or three years she entertained no anxious thought respecting her salvation. She was extremely gay, and, the opportunity Of indulging in amusements being exceptionally good, she deemed her self one Of the happiest creatures on earth. 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.