" DON'T GIVE UP, BUT TRY."

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 22, 22 October 1898, Page 8

" DON'T GIVE UP, BUT TRY."

- A' gentleman, travelling in the northern part of Ireland, heard the voices of children, and- stopped to listen. Finding tike sound came from a "small ljuilding used A9~a schoolhouse, he drew near." As the -door was open, he went jin, and listened to the words the- boys, were spelling, t One little 'fello"w,stpod apart, .'looking very sad.

" Why doea that boy stancTup there ?'• asked the gentleman. " Oh, he is a good-for-nothing," replied the teacher. " There's nothing in him. I can make nothing of him. He is, the worst boy in the school." ', The gentleman was surprised at 'this answer. He saw that the teacher was so stern and rough, that the younger and more timid were nearly crushed. After* a few words to them, placing his hands on the noble brow of the little fellow who stood apart, he said : " One of these days you may be a fine scholar ; don't give up, but try, my boy, try." The boy's soul was aroused. His sleeping mind awoke. A new purpose was formed. From that hour he becama anxious to excel, and he did become a fine scholar, and the author of a wellknown commentary on the Bible, a great and good man, beloved and honoured. It was Dr Adam Clark. The secret of his success is worth knowing : " Don't give up ; but try, my boy, try." :