"In the beginning of the year 1653, I was at the plough in the East part of Old England near the place where my outward being was and as I walked after the plough I was filled with the love and presence of the living God, which did ravish my heart when I felt it, for it did increase and abound in me like a living stream, so did the life and love of God run through me like precious ointment giving a pleasant smell which made me to stand still. And as I stood a little still, with my heart and mind stayed upon the Lord, the word of the Lord came to me in a still small voice, which I did hear perfectly saying to me in the secret of my heart and conscience, "I have ordained thee a prophet unto the nations" and at the hearing of the word of the Lord I was put to a stand, seeing that I was but a child for such a weighty matter." But since disobedience was out of the question, Marmaduke Stevenson put aside his plough
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Quoted, title page: Education in a Changing World E. Short