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 cautiously and announced with a smile, “For our closing hymn, let us sing: Hymn No.365, 'Shall We Gather at the River.'”
Image: Pouring it at the river.