"Oh, please let me try," said Mary, "I do so want to tell those boys and
girls about my Saviour. Please let me try. Then if I don't make good, you
can get someone else in my place."

"Very well," said the superintendent, "I will give you a class, but I warn
you those children are tough and mean and hard to handle."




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_A Brave Girl_

"Quit pestering us to come to church. If you don't let us alone, we'll
hurt you," shouted Duncan, the leader of a group of tough boys in the
slums.

Mary prayed God to make her brave and then said, "I will not stop trying to
get you to come to church. I will not stop trying to tell you about Jesus,
the Saviour. Do whatever you like."

These boys had often tried to interrupt and break up the services, but Mary
went out into the streets and tried to persuade and coax the young people
to come and hear the Word of God.

"All right then," said Duncan. "Here goes." He took a piece of lead from
his pocket and tied it to a long string. He began to swing it around his