are transient and this had come to stay.

With the peace, there came also something that seemed to be a
reinforcement of my life principle, an achieving power, a disposition to
dare and an ability to do that which hitherto had seemed impossible; and
the petty pessimism of the past gave way before this new consciousness.

With this deep incoming tide of peace and power came a clearing of the
mental atmosphere, and I saw that the fog had lifted. When I saw this, I
said to myself quietly, "I think I am a Christian," and almost
immediately added, "I am a Christian!"

The fog had passed, and the drifting was over; I had come within sight
of land. What land it was I did not then know, but it proved to be a new
world. How great it is I do not yet fully understand, but I have been
exploring it thirty years and I think it is a continent.