Jonathan Edwards reported childhood religious awakening before attending college

Evidence

The first time was when I was a boy, some years before I went to college, at a time of remarkable awakening in my father’s congregation. I was then very much affected for many months, and concerned about the things of religion, and my soul’s salvation; and was abundant in religious duties. I used to pray five times a day in secret. — , The Rod and the Child, 3132

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the Phebe Bartlet account — the child-conversion phenomenon Edwards later documented in others was first his own experience.