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==Conversion==

==Conversion==

Paxson was not a churchgoer nor a professing Christian in early life, but when he was in his 30’s, his daughter Mary begged him to attend church to help her win a gold star.  He agreed to get close enough to only put his foot in the door, hoping he would be counted for Mary’s prize, but when he got to the door, Mary pulled him inside.  They needed a teacher, and Paxson was pressed into service.  The students read from the Bible and Paxson asked questions out of a book.  Paxson returned.  At first he thought he was a moral man who had no need of salvation, Christ or the church, but after four years of thinking about the instruction in the Sunday school book, he was personally converted to Christ.<ref>Lorella Rouster, Stephen Paxson—Single-Minded Apostle to Pioneer Children, Testimonies of Faith, Sunday School Times/Gospel Herald (Cincinnati, OH:Union Gospel Press, p. 28</ref>

Paxson was not a churchgoer nor a professing Christian in early life, but when he was in his 30’s, his daughter Mary begged him to attend church to help her win a gold star.  He agreed to get close enough to only put his foot in the door, hoping he would be counted for Mary’s prize, but when he got to the door, Mary pulled him inside.  They needed a teacher, and Paxson was pressed into service.  The students read from the Bible and Paxson asked questions out of a book.  Paxson returned.  At first he thought he was a moral man who had no need of salvation, Christ or the church, but after four years of thinking about the instruction in the Sunday school book, he was personally converted to Christ.<ref>Lorella Rouster, Stephen Paxson—Single-Minded Apostle to Pioneer Children, Testimonies of Faith, Sunday School Times/Gospel Herald (Cincinnati, OH:Union Gospel Press, p. 28)</ref>

==Ministry with American Sunday School Union==

==Ministry with American Sunday School Union==