No Time to Kill | AdventAI

California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1875

No Time to Kill.

An aged American minister states, that in the early part of his ministry, being in London, he called on the Rev. Matthew Wilks. Mr. Wilks received him with courtesy, and entered into conversation, which was kept up briskly till the most important religious intelligence in possession of each had been imparted. Suddenly there was a pause—it was broken by Mr. Wilks:

"Have you anything more to communicate?"

"No, nothing of special interest."

"Any further inquiries to make?"

"None."

"Then you must leave me; I have my Master's business to attend to. Good morning."

"Here," says the minister, "I received a lesson on the impropriety of intrusion, and on the most manly way of preventing it."—Christian Guardian.