I hold in my hand some interesting pictures of these
adult pupils, the picture of a woman 86 years of age, the
oldest student in America; a night school class of persons
who had passed over the crest of the hill of life, each one
being over fifty years of age; a group of four families who
were in one school at one time, the children during the day
and the fathers and mothers at night; the picture of a
Baptist minister, past fifty years of age, who had for thirty
years been leading his followers blindly and ignorantly, but
after the first session of 'moonlight schools" could preach
from the text found in Job, 'Who is this that darkeneth
counsel by words without knowledge"



THE Or.DEST PVPrIL IN AMERICA, AGED 86



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