class which of the four Georges wore the largest hat? and a boy who had
not till then opened his mouth, replied--"Him that had the biggest
heid."

In an Ayrshire town, immediately after the Whitsunday term a year or two
ago, a female teacher asked her class of little ones to be sure all of
them and bring their new addresses to her on the morrow, as these were
required for the re-adjustment of the register. "Please, mem," blurted
out a wee fellow in petticoats, "my mither says I'm no' to get ony mair
dresses. She's gaun to mak' a suit for me oot o' my faither's auld
breeks."

Sunday school stories are not inferior to those of the week-day seminary
in their irresistible fun and drollery.

A Sunday school teacher asked her scholars to learn an appropriate text
to say as they gave in their pennies to the next collection. The first
was--"He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord"; and all went
right until it came to the last boy, who, reluctantly dropping his penny
into the box, said--to the great amazement of teachers and
scholars--"The fool and his money are soon parted!"

As an example of the error of talking figuratively to those who do not
appreciate, and who are apt to take everything literally, a story is
worth telling. The respected superintendent of a Sunday school had told
his boys that they should endeavour to bring their neighbours to the
school, saying that they should be like a train--the scholar being the
engine, and his converts the carriages. Judge of his surprise when, next
Sunday, the door opened during lessons, and a little boy, making a noise
like an engine, ran in, followed by half-a-dozen others in single file
at his back! He came to a halt before the superintendent, who asked the
meaning of it all. The naive answer was--"Please, sir, I'm the engine,
and them's the carriages."

A Sabbath school teacher, at the finish of a lesson on "The Fall,"
asked--"Now, children, what lesson can we learn from the story of Adam
and Eve? Well, Johnnie?" Johnnie--"Never believe what your wife says."

A lady asked one of the children in her class, "What was the sin of the
Pharisees?" "Eating camels, ma'am," was the reply. The little girl who
answered had read that the Pharisees "strained at gnats and swallowed
camels." "In what condition was the patriarch Job at the end of his
life?" questioned a teacher of a stolid-looking boy. "Dead," was the
quiet response.

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