. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . CHAPTER IX. SABBATH-SCHOOL AND CHURCH CONNECTIONS. How lovely, how divinely fair,Een on this earth thy dwellings are,O Lord of hosts! It was at a tender age that I made my debut at a Sun-day-school. My sisters, both older than myself, were atthis time in attendance at the school for larger children,connected with the First Presbyterian Church. By theelder of these I was introduced to the infant class, whichoccupied a room over that used for the main school. Wilkins had charge of this department, and by herI was assign
. Life and reminiscences from birth to manhood of Wm. G. Johnston . CHAPTER IX. SABBATH-SCHOOL AND CHURCH CONNECTIONS. How lovely, how divinely fair,Een on this earth thy dwellings are,O Lord of hosts! It was at a tender age that I made my debut at a Sun-day-school. My sisters, both older than myself, were atthis time in attendance at the school for larger children,connected with the First Presbyterian Church. By theelder of these I was introduced to the infant class, whichoccupied a room over that used for the main school. Wilkins had charge of this department, and by herI was assigned to a class taught by Miss Rebecca Herron,daughter of the pastor. My teacher sought by a littleartifice to interest me in a card hanging on the wall,which contained the letters of the alphabet, embellishedwith the colors of Josephs coat, and thus enable my sis-ter to slip quietly and unobserved down-stairs to herclass. But as soon as the discovery was made that I hadbeen deceived and deserted there was a tremendous ex-plosion. I screamed lustily, and made my wa
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