Samivel, Beware!—Inspector: "Why was Elisha sorry when the Shunamite's son was dead?" Ingenious lad, who has just been devouring Mr. Pickwick: "Because he didn't like being left alone with a widow." (Inspector smiled.)
Some Unfamiliar Exhortations.—Children, as I have said, often get hold of the wrong words in prayers and hymns. For instance, one child was heard to pray: "Forgive me all that I have done on Christmas Day" (amiss this day). Another was heard to plead: "And give us an eagle" (and deliver us from evil). While a third after meals repeated: "Let manners to us all be given" (Let manna to our souls be given).
Noah's First Task.—At a recent Scripture examination the examiner asked the following question in the infants' class: "What was the first thing Noah did when he came out of the Ark?" A tiny girl put up her hand, and on being asked, said: "Please, sir, he buried all the drownded people."
Why a Doorkeeper?—Teacher: "What did David mean when he said he'd rather be a doorkeeper of the House of the Lord?" Boy: "Because, if he was a doorkeeper, he could walk about outside while the sermon was being preached."
A Question of a Main Drainage.—Subject: Scripture lesson on "The Flood." Teacher had explained how it rained and rained until the tops of the highest hills were covered. Pupil of inquiring mind suddenly puts up her hand and asks: "Teacher, wern't there no sinks?"