became closely attached both to her and to her son John, his own age. As in all his closest relationships, Jonathan loved John as a spiritual soul mate. The two young men would wander the wilds of Manhattan, taking in the beauties of the Hudson River, and (as Jonathan later recalled) speaking often of God’s coming kingdom and of the glories to be expected on earth in the last days. Despite his dramatic experiences and insights of this era that changed his life and set the basis for his mature outlook,