Post by kanyon on Oct 22, 2006 18:43:31 GMT -5
C&P
Young preacher
A young preacher was asked by the local funeral director to hold a
grave-side burial service at a small local cemetery for someone with
no family or friends. The preacher started early but quickly got himself
lost, making several wrong turns.
Eventually, a half-hour late, he saw a backhoe and its crew, but the
hearse was nowhere in sight, and the workmen were eating lunch.
The diligent young pastor went to the open grave and found the vault
lid already in place.
Taking out his book, he read the service. Feeling guilty because of
his tardiness, he preached an impassioned and lengthy service, sending the
deceased to the great beyond in style.
As he was returning to his car, he overheard one of the workmen say:
"I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years and I ain't never seen
anything like that."
Young preacher
A young preacher was asked by the local funeral director to hold a
grave-side burial service at a small local cemetery for someone with
no family or friends. The preacher started early but quickly got himself
lost, making several wrong turns.
Eventually, a half-hour late, he saw a backhoe and its crew, but the
hearse was nowhere in sight, and the workmen were eating lunch.
The diligent young pastor went to the open grave and found the vault
lid already in place.
Taking out his book, he read the service. Feeling guilty because of
his tardiness, he preached an impassioned and lengthy service, sending the
deceased to the great beyond in style.
As he was returning to his car, he overheard one of the workmen say:
"I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years and I ain't never seen
anything like that."
