There is a time for pleasantry and for humour. We are to talk about the bright, beautiful, joyful things around us. The Christian must not be sanctimonious. Religion suffers from nothing more than from cant. Our talk on business, on science, on pleasure, on whatever theme, should be fragrant with the perfumes of grace. An old proverb says: “The heart and the tongue are only a span apart” If a man's heart is touched by the fire of God, his lips will speak ever words of beauty, truth, and gentle love on whatever theme he may speak.