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IN CONVERSATION

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 10, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 10.

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IN CONVERSATION.

Be a good listener as well as talker.
Take time and acquire patient attention to the subject matter.
Avoid argument. Study to bring kindred facts to bear upon the theme in hand.
Interruptions can not always be charged to the blame of those who speak out in meeting, and they are pardonable when any one is prolix.
Criticisms are in order except in respect of private, personal, and family affairs.
Egotism and conceit do not always appertain to those who talk a great deal about self. Must we not draw out of our experiences, tastes; temper, and habits of life? Such affairs amount to something and are a gain.
Lead the conversation to something useful and practical, and of general interest, things improving in character, entertaining in matter, and that will be contributing informing knowledge to the parties engaged.—Religious Herald.