"
"Very," agreed Desire.
"They all know the Golden Text, I am sure," he continued with that
delightful manner which children dumbly hate. "Annie, you may
begin."
But Annie refused to avail herself of this privilege. Instead she
showed symptoms of tears.
"Come, come!" chided the assistant still more delightfully. "We
mustn't be shy! Bessie, let us hear from you. 'As Moses--'"
"As Moses."
"Very good. Now, Eddie. 'Lifted up.'"
"Lifted up."
"Very good indeed. Mabel, you next. 'The ser-'"
"I'm scared of snakes," said Mabel unexpectedly.
"Well, well! But you are not afraid of snakes in Sunday School."
"I'm s-cared of snakes anywhere!" wailed Mabel.
"Oh, there is the first bell--excuse me." The relief of the
assistant was a joyful thing. "That means that you have three
minutes more, Mrs. Spence. We usually utilize these last moments for
driving home the main thought of the lesson. Very important, of
course, to leave some concrete idea--sorry, I must hurry."
Desire felt that she must hurry, too. She hadn't even time to wonder
what a concrete idea might be. One can't wonder about anything in
three minutes.
"Children," she began. "We haven't learned much about Moses. But the
main idea of this lesson is that he was a very good man and a great
patriot. He had been brought up in a King's palace, yet when the
time came for him to choose, he left the beautiful home of the
mother who had adopted him and went to his own people.
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