“You Poured It on ‘Em!”
The preacher had
just concluded a hot and scathing sermon on the sin of swearing. He stated
several times he knew one of his hearers was guilty. The sermon ended, and the
worshipers one by one filed out the door.
The first to go was a woman never suspected of using foul language. With a red
and angry face, she exclaimed, “I’ll never darken this door again!”
Before the preacher could recover from her blast, another said, “Well, brother
Smith, if I had known you were near last week, I would have been more careful of
my language.”
A third said, “I think you might at least have had the courtesy to come to me
privately instead of telling it to the whole church.”
Then came to real culprit, the one at whom the preacher had aimed all of his
remarks. With a bland and innocent smile, he grasped the hand of the preacher
and said, “Brother, that is what I call a real sermon. Your sure did pour it on
“em today.”
