What is "to experience religion"

Experience \Ex*pe"ri*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Experienced ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*enst); p. pr. & vb. n. Experiencing ([e^]ks*p[=e]"r[i^]*en*s[i^]ng).]

1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views.

   The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India.
   --Thirwall.

2. To exercise; to train by practice.

   The youthful sailors thus with early care Their arms experience, and for sea prepare.
   --Harte.

   To experience religion (Theol.), to become a convert to the doctrines of Christianity; to yield to the power of religious truth.