From the time of the rise of the Baptist sect Moses Hull's ancestors had belonged to it, and there had been a minister of that denomination in nearly every Hull family down to the generation preceding his birth. On his mother's side, also, they had been Baptists as far back as could be traced until his Grandfather Brundage, who "apostatized" and became a Universalist. It would seem that the old stock had a habit of being on the unpopular side of some subject, generally an Ecclesiastical one and it was not strange that Moses’ only question when an idea was presented to him, was, Is it True? Popularity and the effect his advocacy of it would have upon his pocket book were secondary. No doubt, the Hulls left England because of persecution. John Bunyan had been imprisoned in Dedham jail in England for preaching his views. George Hull and his son Cornelius were driven out of Massachusetts, at the same time that Roger Williams was banished from that State.

Dr. Hull's medical practice in the wilds of Indiana took him among people of all religious opinions, and also, among people who had no settled convictions; most of these persons he knew to be honest, and some of them quite intelligent. He had grown up in the belief of the doctrine of election, and, yet he was compelled to concede, mentally, that if only those who belonged to the Baptist Church were elected to be saved, God had determined on damning some very good people. If God had his goodness, or he had God's power, they would be saved. Thus his creed in this respect was at war with his reason. In 1843-4 the teachings of William Miller, concerning the end of time, had considerable influence on his mind, and the passing of the days in which the world was to come to its end, without bringing with it the expected results also contributed to the liberalization of his opinions. In 1847 he moved to Kosciusko County, in a neighborhood which was in a little while colonized by people of the United Brethren Church, while near by, in another direction was a colony of Dunkards. A man named Joseph Miller, a very nice old gentleman was the United Brethren minister. There came to be a strong attachment between him and Dr. Hull. As the Baptist people eschewed the title "Reverend" as blasphemous when applied to men we called him Elder Miller, a title by which he was recognized wherever he was known. Dr. Hull's house became a home for traveling ministers of any denomination. All people of all religions were made welcome. Before the appearance of schoolhouses in the neighborhood, the doctor's home was used as a church, by both denominations, the United Brethren and the Dunkards. In a short time "Father and Mother Hull" became members of the United Brethren Church, though they continued to adhere to their views on immersion.

In the spring of 185I, two schoolhouses having been built near the neighborhood, a revival series of meetings was held. Moses, who at the time was just sixteen united with the Church, an event which highly elated the people of that denomination-the United Brethren-as they thought that in him they had useful timber out of which to make a minister. Moses always claimed that he was a Methodist, and I think it probable that he was for a short time associated with that sect, as he was away from home, serving an apprenticeship at the carpenter's trade. But when at home, he was as much as possible with Elder Miller, who was assisting him in solving some of the knotty problems, which came up in his study of the Bible. In the fall of that year his father, Dr. Hull, became: acquainted with a few Adventist people ("soul-sleepers," they were called, on account of their belief that the dead were unconscious till the resurrection), and much of their literature was placed in his hands. The principal topics discussed were the destiny of the wicked and the unconscious state of the dead. It was these discussions that saved the doctor from becoming an infidel, so he afterwards informed me. The clergy of that time, represented that God was at that very time punishing sinners by the most cruel and unrelenting tortures, for the trifling offense of not accepting the Churches' views of theology and that he would continue to punish all unbelievers throughout endless ages. This cruelty was so out of harmony with the doctor's idea of justice that he would soon have given up all. The idea that they would be destroyed seemed to him more in harmony with righteousness and justice.