“You’re right Tim,” said Tom. “But, you know, Tim?”
“Yes Tom?”
“It is important to stop every now and again, Tim, with the good book and have a good old think about things. Time rushes on, and each passing minute takes us closer to the day of our salvation when we can truly be at rest, when we can lay down our burthen unto the earth and laze in the glory of the light and await the day when the earth shall again be ours, for all eternity.”
They both raised their eyes and their hands to the heavens.
“But Tom,” said Tim, “there is no time to delay, is there?”
“Delay, Tim?” said Tom.
“The time may come at any time,” and here Tim looked slightly embarrassed for the tautology, “it may come this minute, this second. The time will soon be upon us, like a thief in the night, and our heels wil
