A minister was completing a temperance sermon and with 
great emphasis he said,
 
'If  I had all the beer in the world, 
I'd take it and pour it into the river.' 
 
With  even greater emphasis he said, 
 
'And if I had all the wine in the world, 
I'd take it and pour it into the river.'
 
And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he said, 
 
'And if I had all the whiskey in the world,
I'd take it and pour it into the river.'
 
Sermon  complete, he sat down...
 
The song leader stood very cautiously and announced
With a smile, nearly laughing, 
 
'For our closing song, let us sing Hymn 365,
 
 'Shall We Gather at the River.'