This was enlarged upon until the most innocent girl believed herself a monster of iniquity and felt certain of eternal damnation.

Then God's hatred of sin was emphasized and his irreconcilable position toward the sinner so justified that one felt like a miserable, helpless, forsaken worm of the dust in trying to approach him, even in prayer.
Having brought you into a condition of profound humility, the only cardinal virtue for one under conviction, in the depths of your despair you were told that it required no herculean effort on your part to be transformed into an angel, to be reconciled to God, to escape endless perdition.

The way to salvation was short and simple.

We had naught to do but to repent and believe and give our hearts to Jesus, who was ever ready to receive them.

How to do all this was the puzzling question.
Talking with Dr.Finney one day, I said: "I cannot understand what I am to do.