I have received this bit of humor several times recently but have not seen it show up on chat.
> Subject: THE YOUNG MINISTER > > > A young minister was asked by a funeral director to hold a > grave-side > service for a homeless man, with no family or friends. > > > The funeral was to be held in a new cemetery way back in the > country, and > this man would be the first person to be laid to rest there. > > > As the young minister was not familiar with the backwoods > area, he got lost > and being like most men he did not stop and ask for directions. > > > He finally arrived an hour late. He saw the back hoe and the > crew, who were > eating lunch, but the hearse was nowhere in sight. > > > He apologized to the workers for his tardiness, and stepped > to the > side of the open grave, where he saw the vault lid already in > place. He > assured the workers that he wouldn't hold them up for long, > but this was > the proper thing to do. > > > The workers gathered around, still eating their lunch. And > the preacher began. > > > As he preached, some of the workers began to say "Amen", > "Praise the Lord", > "Glory", and "Halleluia". Well, it kind of got him going and > sort of got > wound up and he preached like he'd never preached before: > from Genesis all > the way to Revelations. > > > He closed the lengthy service with a prayer, closed his bible > and > walked to his car. > > > As he was opening the door and taking off his coat, he > overheard one of the > workers saying to another," I ain't never seen anything like > that before > and I've been puttin' in septic tanks for twenty years." Best Regards, Carol Melton Valley of the Sun, Phoenix, AZ USA > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
