An old pastor was completing a sermon on abstaining from drinking alcohol.
With great expression, he said,
‘If I had all of the beer in the world, I’d take it and throw it into the river.’
With even greater emphasis, he said
‘And if I had all of the wine in the world, I’d take it and throw it into the river.’
And then finally, he thundered,
‘And if I had all of the whiskey in the world, I’d take it and throw it into the river.’
The church was silent.
Not a single congregant made a sound.
The music leader who is an elderly man then stood up hesitantly and said,
‘For our closing song, let us sing the hymn # 365:
“Shall We Gather at the River.”
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