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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 17, 1864

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 23, No. 25.

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THE late Rev. W. Blunt once requested a lady whom he thought qualified, to undertake some charge in the district visiting, or some kindred engagement. She answered him rather declining his proposal :
“My stay here will probably be too short for me to be of any use. I do not know that I shall be here three months.”
His answer was brief, calm and solemn :
“I do not know that I shall be here one.”
He alluded to his time and life in this present world.
She saw his meaning and answered no more. and heartily embraced the work offered her to do. In God's sight, time has in reality to be thrown away; and the habit of speedy and ready application of our faculties is one of the most important which can possibly be formed.