Miss Squire had been quick to read the faces of the other lads, and knew the attitude they had assumed toward the new-comer; she had indeed expected it, and prepared herself for it. She was secretly pleased, moreover, to notice that Ray, instead of being repulsed by their attitude, was all the more determined to remain, and she now felt that she would be able to manage the situation for the good of all. But the stroke of the bell now called the school to order, and a moment later four hundred young voices united in singing that beautiful hymn beginning: "We come with hearts of gladness, Our Father and our King! With brows undimmed by sadness, Thy wondrous love to sing; To crave thy Spirit's blessing Upon this hallowed hour, With grateful love confessing Thy wisdom and thy power." With the second verse a tenor voice rang out so loud and clear and perfect as to attract attention even amid that chorus of voices. Miss Squire, herself a fine singer, unconsciously paused to listen to it. Mr. Carleton heard it, and silently prayed, "O Lord, use that voice in thy service." The boys in the singer's class heard it, and the most of them were won over to his side as they listened, feeling after a boyish fashion that a fellow who could sing like that wasn't so bad, after all. But the singer, utterly unconscious of the fact that he had attracted any notice to himself, sang on with his whole heart in it, and when the hymn was finished, he exclaimed, loud enough to be heard by all the class: "My! that's worth coming up here for any day. Do you often sing such pieces as that?" Repressing the laugh that followed by a single glance, Miss Squire answered: "It was fine, Ray. God has given you a wonderful voice, and you should use it only for him." The boy gave her a pleased look, and then instinctively bowed his head as he saw her do, when the prayer was offered. The reading for the day was one of David's Psalms. And the superintendent briefly spoke of this, and the circumstances under which it had been written, before they read it. Ray touched his nearest companion, and with a loud whisper, asked: "Was it the same fellow that we are going to study about, and who killed the giant?" Miss Squire placed her hand on his arm, saying: "It was the same one, Ray; but wait until we begin the study of the lesson, and then ask what questions you choose." The lesson was soon reached, and after reading the verses with her class, Miss Squire laid her Bible down on her lap, and said: "Now, I want each one of you to tell me something about this stripling David. John, you may commence." "He was the son of Jesse," he answered. "He lived at Bethlehem," said another. "He kept his father's sheep," said a third. "He had been anointed by Samuel to be king over Israel," added a fourth.