. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . the salvation of a man ?That man kept his pledge. His after-history is exceedingly interest- , ing. He was a prize-fighter, broken down by dissipation, fcf=* ignorant and friendless. When 7-31 v I1 he became perfectly sober herealized in some degree hisposition as an ignorant worked steadily for hisbenefactor till he had earned asuit of clothes, and one shillingwith which he purchased somepictures, a dozen for ahapenny, and went to thesuperintendent of a Sundayschool and asked him to givehim a position in the school as a teacher.
. Platform echoes: or, Living truths for head and heart . the salvation of a man ?That man kept his pledge. His after-history is exceedingly interest- , ing. He was a prize-fighter, broken down by dissipation, fcf=* ignorant and friendless. When 7-31 v I1 he became perfectly sober herealized in some degree hisposition as an ignorant worked steadily for hisbenefactor till he had earned asuit of clothes, and one shillingwith which he purchased somepictures, a dozen for ahapenny, and went to thesuperintendent of a Sundayschool and asked him to givehim a position in the school as a teacher. He was askedwhat kind of boys he would like. He said: The smallestboys in the school; I am very fond of small boys. So aclass was given him, and as he sat before them, he said:Now, boys, I am going to teach you, perhaps as you werenever taught before. I am going to find out what youknow. (Remember, this man did not know one letter fromanother.) I want to ascertain what you know, and when Iask you, if you tell me true, I 11 give you a picture ! Hold-B8. THE TEACHEIi TAUGHT. 284 STORY OF A GROG-SHOP FIDDLER. ing a book open, and pointing to a letter, he said to the firstboy: What letter is that? The boy told him. Keepinghis finger over it, and holding the hock before the last hoy in tlie class, he said : Now you point out the letter which hesaid is A*, so that I can he sure. The hoy told him. Hebegan to put letters together in the same way, and after awhile put words together and learned to read. After he hadbeen two years in the school lie stood up and told them thathe had come into that school not knowing a letter: he cameas a teacher, but the boys had taught him. And that wasnot the greatest advantage; he believed the Holy Spirit hadtaught him to give his heart to the Saviour, which he soon after took up the labor of a city missionary andbecame an effective worker. They are not all fools who have become a grog-shop, in a certain town, you might haves
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