Good Church Members
Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), the great preacher, asked the operator of a local livery stable for the best horse he had. Brooks explained, “I am taking a good friend for a ride and I want the very best for the occasion.” As the livery man hitched up a horse to a buggy, he said, “This animal is about as perfect as a horse could be. It is kind, gentle, intelligent, well-trained, obedient, willing, responds instantly to your every command, never kicks, balks, or bites, and lives only to please its driver.” Brooks then quietly said to the owner, “Do you suppose you could get that horse to join my church?”
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