Genuine Baptists

A southern Baptist 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."