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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5988, 25 July 1887, Page 3

Well Met. — "Ah, sir," said a gloomylooking ministor of the Scotch Kirk, addressing a stranger who was standing on the bridge o£ the Lord of the Isles as she steamed through the Kyles of Bute, " Ah, sir, does the thought ever occur to ye that in the ' meedfit ' of life we aer in death ? " "Indeed, it does," returned the stranger briskly, " many times a day." " And have you ever reflected, sir/ went on the minister, " that we can be launched into eternity at any instant, and that we therefore ought to be prepared for death?" " Yes," returned the stranger,- " I have thought that, and said it, thousands of* times." " Indeed," ejaculated the parson, " then is it possible that I am speaking to a brother meenister?" " Well, no," answered the other promptly, " you are aot. If you must know, lam the travelling- agent of the Royal Lynx Life Insurance Association ; and if you are not assured, I can strongly recommend you to give our office a turn. You will find special terms for ' mcenisters ' in Table Kof our prospectus ; " and handing the astonished divine a printed leaflet from his satchel 1 bag, he left him without another word.