. Tom Browns school-days . side, andgive himself up to his Father, before he laid his head on the pillow,from which it might never rise; and he lay down gently andcried as if his heart would break. He was only fourteenyears old. It was no light act of courage in those days, my dear boys, fora little fellow to say his prayers publicly, even at Rugby. A fewyears later, when Arnolds manly piety had begun to leaven theschool, the tables turned; before he died, in the School-house, atleast, and I believe in the other houses, the rule was the otherway. But poor Tom had come to school in other times.
. Tom Browns school-days . side, andgive himself up to his Father, before he laid his head on the pillow,from which it might never rise; and he lay down gently andcried as if his heart would break. He was only fourteenyears old. It was no light act of courage in those days, my dear boys, fora little fellow to say his prayers publicly, even at Rugby. A fewyears later, when Arnolds manly piety had begun to leaven theschool, the tables turned; before he died, in the School-house, atleast, and I believe in the other houses, the rule was the otherway. But poor Tom had come to school in other times. Thefirst few nights after he came he did not kneel down because ofthe noise, but sat up in bed till the candle was out, and then stoleout and said his prayers in fear, lest some one should find him did many another poor little fellow. Then he began to thinkthat he might just as well say his prayers in bed, and then thatit didnt matter whether he was kneeling, or sitting, or lying down. oo odo w o H CO H K>H **JO.
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