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."