A rather rare and timely work. No copies on the market at the time of cataloguing. Scarlett had been an atheist / deist who wrestled with God over human suffering, intellectual questions, etc., but then had a miraculous encounter with the resurrected Christ.
Scarlett, John. The Life and Experience of a Converted Infidel. New York. Carlton & Phillips. 1856. 274pp.
A deeply detailed account of the life and conversion of Scarlett, who become a prominent Methodist divine. He wrestled deeply with intellectual and philosophical questions, doubt, atheism, etc.
Recounts and/or discusses: His Dread of War, Somnambulism, Sign-Seeking, Prayer-Meetings, Skeptical Blindness, Neglect of God's House, Hears Lorenzo Dow, Hardened by the Sorrow of the World, Settling into Deism, The Resurrection of Jesus, Opposition to the Methodists, Temptation to Suicide, A Sudden Change and Irrepressible Shouting, etc., then Information Post-Conversion, Including Accounts of Revivals on His Circuits, the Works of Grace Among Young Children, etc. etc.
Good, solid example of a scarce title. Original publisher's cloth, dulled on spine with minor remainder of a label. 19th century "Pleasant Street Methodist Episcopal Sabbath School Library" on the pastedown. Generally solid and clean; some handling and minor stain to top edge of a section of text.
