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There were hundreds of children in the district close about the mission who were wholly without instruction . They were too dirty , vicious and disorderly to be admitted into any of the public schools ; and unless some special means of education were provided , they must grow up in ignorance . It was therefore resolved to open a day-school , but to find a teacher with her heart in such a work was a difficulty hard to be met ; moreover , it was thought by many unsafe for a lady to remain in this locality alone , even though a suitable one should offer . But one brave and self-devoted was found , and one Sunday it was announced to the children in the Sabbath-school that a day school would be opened in the same building at nine o'clock on Monday morning . `` About thirty neglected little ones from the lanes and alleys around the mission were found at the schoolroom door at the appointed hour . But when admitted , very few of them had any idea of the purpose for which they were collected . The efforts of the teacher to seat them proved a failure .