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31 * CHURCH ATTENDANCE

"When am I going to be old enough not to have to go to church either?"

136. The two men were old friends. Said one, ''I've been in the harness of the church for 22 years."

"Yes," said the other, "and during that time you've worn out 15 hold-back straps and only one collar."

137. A stranger stopping into an open church for a few minutes of contemplation found a purse in the pew in front of him. Since no one else was in the church, a question promptly rose in his mind: Was this a temptation of the Devil, or the answer to a prayer?

138. A man came home and saw his children on the front steps and asked what they were doing. "We're playing church," they answered.

The puzzled father inquired further and was told, "Well, we've already sung, prayed and preached, and now we're outside on the steps smoking."

139. In California, the Suisun-Fairfield Congregational Church bulletin published this item under the auspices of the

pastor, the Rev. C. W. Kirkpatrick: "This ... is the ... way

· .. the ... church sometimes looks to .. the

· .. pastor ... when he goes into ... the

· .. pulpit.

"wouldlooklikethisifeverybodybroughtsomebodyelsetochurch."

140. At a mental hospital in California one Sunday morning a group of patients were being shepherded to the Catholic and Protestant chapels. One patient did not enter either chapel, but continued walking toward the main gate. When an attendant caught up with him and asked where he was going the patient