Church-Going

On the Saturday religion page of a local newspaper, there appeared a pastor’s announcement of a special Church service to be held the following Wednesday. When Wednesday came, the only person to appear for the service was the Church sexton, a huge man who weighed almost three hundred pounds. The following Saturday, the sexton was astonished when he read in the religion page that a “large and enthusiastic” congregation had attended the service. When he protested to the pastor that the report was a lie, the pastor said, “It’s not a lie. You are large and I am enthusiastic.”