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 choirmaster stood very cautiously and announced, with a smile, nearly laughing, "For our closing hymn, Let us sing: Hymm#365, "Shall We Gather at the River..."
