Monday, May 29. 2006
A southern Baptist minister was completing a temperance sermon. With great emphasis he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river." With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river." And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he said, "And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I'd take it and pour it into the river." Sermon complete, he sat down.
The song leader stood very cautiously and with a smile announced, "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn #365, 'Shall We Gather at the River.'"