James Gallaher, The Western Sketch-Book, 3rd ed. (Boston: Crocker and Brewster; New York: M. W. Dodd; Philadelphia: William L. Martien, 1852), "Sudden Conversions," p. 244

This is a sample—a fair sample—of what the world, and, alas! a portion of the church, denominate "sudden conversions." A cold-hearted professor, dozing and dreaming over his privileges and his opportunities, sees his nei…