female actress - 19th Century

from My Life and Sacred Songs, page 83:

An actress in a provincial town, while passing along the street, heard singing in a house. Out of curiosity she looked in through the open door and saw a number of people sitting together singing this hymn. She listened to the song, and afterwards to a simple but earnest prayer. When she went away the hymn had so impressed her that she procured a copy of a book containing it. Reading and rereading the hymn led her to give her heart to God and to resolve to leave the stage.
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Ira David Sankey, My Life and Sacred Songs (1906), p. 83. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431698293738 accessed: 28 March, 2024

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Depth of Mercy
written by J.Stevenson, Charles Wesley

Experience Information

Date/Time 19th Century
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others

Originally submitted by Gill on Fri, 15 May 2015 14:58:13 +0100
Approved on Fri, 25 Sep 2015 16:11:49 +0100