The Preacher's Horse
A circuit preacher that went via horseback from church to church
preaching the gospel for many years, was retiring. Having no
further need for his horse, he decided to sell it.
The preacher told a man interested in the horse that this horse
had been trained in a
"religious" way. The horse didn't understand"giddy-up"
or "whoa". The only way to
make the horse go was to say,"Hallelujah!" And the
only way to make the horse stop,
was to say, "Amen!"
The man was pleased with his purchase and immediately got on
the animal and instinctively said "Giddy up".
The horse just stood there.
The man then remembered the preacher's instructions. "Hallelujah!"
shouted the man. The horse began to trot and off he went. Then
horse began to run.
Soon he was heading toward a cliff. He said "whoa"
and nothing happened.
Then he remembered that he had to say something religious to
make him stop -- but he couldn't remember the word to make the
horse stop.
As he was approaching the cliff, he frantically yelled: "Stop,"
"Halt!"
The horse just kept going. "Oh, no -- Bible! -- Church!
-- Please stop!!" shouted the man. He was getting closer
and closer to the cliff edge.
Finally, in desperation the man said a prayer. "Please,
dear Lord. Please make this horse stop before I go off the end
of this mountain. In Jesus' name, AMEN."
The horse came to an abrupt stop just one step from the very
edge of the cliff.
Whereupon the man took off his hat and wiped his sweaty brow,
and thankfully said...
"HALLELUJAH!"
(Oops.)
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