16 UDITH, THE YOUNG TEACHER.

CHAPTER II.

, A NEW TASK.

Tuey had now reached the school-
room door, and Edith went in with
grave looks, caused by her aunt's
-reproof. The children were in their
places, and in a few minutes the clock
struck nine, when they all knelt down
to prayer; and Edith tried to do as
she had been bid, by putting away
idle thoughts from her mind. After
prayer she sat by aunt Mary, while
the girls of the class stood around,
each with a Bible in her hand, and
began to read the second chapter of
Matthew, which tells about the birth
of Jesus Christ, and how the wise
men came from a distant country to
worship him, having seen his star in
the east. But they had not read far