30 EDITH, THE YOUNG TEACHER.

CHAPTER IV.

ANOTHER SUNDAY.

THE next morning, when Edith
was by herself, before she went down
stairs, she did not forget that it is a
very solemn employment to teach in
a Sunday school, and she prayed
that God would enable her to be
useful, and to speak in a way which
the little children might understand.
She thought that when no grown-up
person was by, she would talk to
them about their souls, and tell them
how the Son of God came down from
heaven to die for sinners. Edith had
been taught this long ago, when she
did not care about holy things; but
since she had been to Christ for par-
don, and prayed to him with all her
heart, the Saviour’s love in thus dying