A young actress, having been converted, told her father, who was the leader of the theater troupe, that she could not live a consistent Christian life and follow her profession as an actress. Her father told her that their living would be lost to them and their business ruined if she persisted in her resolution; and, loving her father dearly, she was shaken in her purpose, and consented to fill the published engagement to be met in a few days. She was the star of the troupe, and every preparation was made for the play in which she was to appear. The evening came, and a large audience had assembled. The curtain was drawn, and the young actress stepped forward amid the applause of the multitude. Then, to their surprise, she sang this hymn: —
“My Jesus, I love Thee! I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the pleasures of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Saviour art Thou —
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, ‘tis now.”
Through Christ she had conquered, and, leaving her audience in tears, she retired from the stage, never to appear on it again. Through her influence her father was converted, and through their united evangelistic labors many were led to God.