O may I heavenly treasures find,
And choose the better part:
Give me an humble, pious mind,
A meek and lowly heart.
Jane Taylor.
NORMAN HALL;
OR, THE BOY AND THE ROCK.
“Blessings, Lord, vouchsafe to give
On the teaching I receive.”
Norman Hall was what most of us would call a “dull boy;” that is, though he studied hard, yet he was never ahead in his classes, and could not master his lessons as easily as a great many other boys. He was respected and beloved not only by his teacher, but also by the scholars. His father and mother both felt very sad because their only boy did not rank among the first in his class, and knew not how to account for it.