A Sermon On Drink


          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."