This is a hoot, but I suspect the minister didn't appreciate it.
A 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 announced with a smile,
nearly laughing,
'For our closing song, let us sing
Hymn #365, 'Shall We Gather at the River. '
