IT was a fine spring morning and Annie Lee, the market gardener's daughter, hurried along the footpath toward the village, where she looked after her father's stall every market-day.
Annie sang in the joy of her heart too that morning, until the woods echoed with her song. Do you know why? I will tell you, Only a week before God had saved her.
It generally happens that on such occasions Satan is very near, watching and ready to trip up the happy child of God and if possible, spoil his testimony for Christ. When Annie reached the market, she found an old companion of her unconverted days awaiting her at the stall—one in whose company she had spent many an hour in the the sinful. pleasures of the world, This girl, like Annie herself, was a good singer, and they had frequently sung duets together at the village concerts. When Annie saw her former companion awaiting her, the color went to her cheek and Satan suggested, "Do not tell her you have been converted, she will just laugh at you before them all."
"Come on, Annie," said the girl, "I've been wanting to see you. I've got such a grand new song and I want you to learn .it. Just listen," And before Annie had time to reply, the girl snug the first verse of her new song, which at one time would have been a charm to Annie Lee, but now she had something better.
"And I have a new song too," said Annie cheerily. "Suppose now I give you a verse of it."And Annie sang— not without some eager listeners at the neighboring stalls—
"I've found the precious Christ of God
My heart doth sing for joy;
And sing I must, for Christ I have,
A precious Christ have I."
The girl looked at her as though she had lost her mind, and without saying a single word, lifted her basket and walked away.
Annie's song had done its work. God used her simple, honest testimony to awaken the careless girl and she is now converted,
Messages of the Love of God 6/29/1952