Ever mindful of the congregation, the Baptist
reacher and his wife
decided to get a new dog, and knew that the dog also had to be a
Baptist.
They visited kennel after kennel and explained their needs. Finally,
they found a kennel whose owner assured them he had just the dog they
wanted. The owner brought the dog to meet the
astor and his wife.
"Fetch the Bible," he commanded. The dog bounded to the bookshelf,
scrutinized the books, located the Bible, and brought it to the owner.
"Now find
salm 23," he commanded. The dog dropped the Bible to the
floor, and showing marvelous dexterity with his
aws, leafed through
and finding the correct
assage,
ointed to it with his
aw.
The
astor and his wife were very impressed and
urchased the dog.
That evening, a group of church members came to visit. The
astor and his
wife began to show off the dog, having him locate several Bible verses.
The visitors were very impressed.
One man asked, "Can he do regular dog tricks, too?"
"I haven't tried yet," the
astor replied. He
ointed his finger at
the dog. "HEEL!" the
astor commanded. The dog immediately jumped on a
chair,
laced one
aw on the
astor's forehead and began to howl.
The
astor looked at his wife in shock and said, "Good Lord! He's Pentecostal!"