LITTLE ANNIE had given her heart to the Saviour, and it was her delight to please him. When a friend of hers heard about it he laughed at the idea of speaking of the conversion of a little child. Annie had always been such a sweet, good little girl. Why should she .want to be better? If old Joseph Graham could be made to love the Lord Jesus, then he would believe that a child could he converted.
Little Annie was quite unhappy about her friend's careless words. She went to her room, kneeled down at her little bed and said, "Dear Lord Jesus, they will not believe that I love Thee, because I am so little." Then she ran away to old Joseph.
He was, without doubt, the most unfriendly, most irritable man in the whole village. He worked- all day long in his carpenter shop and as soon as anyone came in sight, he began to grumble and to scold. The result was that nobody talked to old Joseph unless he had to.
He was just in the act of sawing a board in two when a lovely little voice called out, "Good-morning, Joseph!"
The voice sounded so sweet, that he turned round, without the usual frown on his face.
"Please, Joseph," said little Annie, "I must tell you something but you won't be angry at me will you?"
For years, nobody had. spoken to Joseph unless he had business with him, and he wondered why this little had come to see him.
He laid down his saw, and sitting on a bench, looked inquiringly at his tiny visitor.
"Well, my child, what do you want with me?"
Little Annie sat down near him, and looked at him tenderly with her big brown eyes and said,
(To be continued October 2)
Messages of God’s Love 9/25/1949