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Show Personal Illustration. The master of a Glasgow school was presiding over the reading lessons of the third standard when the child whose turn it was to read came across the wore1 "hireling." "What Is a hireling'?" asked the teacher. The boy thought for a moment or two, and then replied, "I don't know." The question was next propounded to the entire class, with a like result. The master then explained the meaning mean-ing of the word as lucidly as he could, and. at the conclusion of his explanation, expla-nation, repeated the question. "Please, sir," replied the boy addressed, ad-dressed, "you're a hireling; you're paid to teach us." |