Hymn 365 "Should we gather at the river"
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."