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. '
> '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. '