EDITH, THE YOUNG TEACHER. 15

like to see poor girls try to dress
so fine.”

“Hush, hush, little chatter-box,”
said aunt Mary; “and, so that the
children are clean and tidy, let us not
concern ourselves about the clothes
they wear. Instead of such idle
thoughts, my Edith, the heart of a
sunday-school teacher should be filled
with love and care for the souls of
these poor, ignorant little ones; and
we should offer a prayer to God that
they nay not come here in vain, but
be led to seek for the pardon of their
sins through the Saviour, who died
upon the cross that he might take
away our guilt. ‘This should be our
great and earnest desire, to tell our
scholars the glad tidings of the gos-
pel, and to teach them the way to
heaven.”