A minister of a city church enjoyed a few drinks, but his
passion was for peach brandy. One of the
members in his congregation would make him a bottle each Christmas.
One year, when the minister went to visit his friend,
hoping for his usual Christmas present, he was not disappointed. However, the
congregant suggested that the minister should thank him for the peach brandy
from the pulpit the next Sunday. In his haste to get the bottle, the minister
hurriedly agreed and left.
The next Sunday the minister suddenly remembered that he
had to make a public announcement that he was being supplied alcohol from a
member of the church.
That morning, the brandy maker sat in the church with a
grin on his face, waiting to see the minister's embarrassment.
The minister climbed into the pulpit and said,
"Before we begin, I have an announcement. I would very much like to thank
my friend, Joe, for his kind gift of peaches, and for the spirit in which they
were given."
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