From uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!xenitec!looking!funny-request Tue, 26 Mar 96 4:30:06 EST Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Organization: Private System, Edmonton, AB, Canada From: Russell_Schulz@locutus.ofb.org (Russell Schulz) Subject: the two evil brothers and the new pastor Keywords: chuckle, heard it Approved: funny-request@clari.net Path: uhog.mit.edu!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!xenitec!looking!funny-request Message-ID: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 96 4:30:06 EST Lines: 31 [ this was from last week's sermon. the original apparently comes from Charles Swindoll ] There were two evil brothers. They were rich, and used their money to keep their ways from the public eye. They even attended the same church, and looked to be perfect Christians. Then, their pastor retired, and a new one was hired. Not only could he see right through the brothers' deception, but he also spoke well and true and the church started to swell in numbers. A fund-raising campaign was started to build a new assembly. All of a sudden, one of the brothers died. The remaining brother sought out the new pastor the day before the funeral and handed him a cheque for the amount needed to finish paying for the new building. "I have only one condition," he said. "At his funeral, you must say my brother was a saint." The pastor gave his word, and deposited the cheque. The next day, at the funeral, the pastor did not hold back. "He was an evil man," he said. "He cheated on his wife and abused his family." After going on in this vein for a small time, he concluded with, "But compared to his brother, he was a saint." -- Selected by Jim Griffith. MAIL your joke (jokes ONLY) to funny@clari.net. If you see a problem with an RHF posting, reply to the poster please, not to us. Ask the poster to forward comments back to us if this is necessary.