The Generous Pastor

The pastor of a large church was anxious to introduce some new hymnbooks to his congregation, so he directed his assistant to make an announcement to the effect immediately after his sermon. But it so happened that the assistant had another announcement to make first: "Everyone who has children that they wish to enroll in the fall's preschool program, please hand in their names as soon as possible."

The pastor, who was rather deaf, arose and said, "And I wish to say, for the benefit of those that haven't any, that they may be obtained from me any day between three and four o'clock. The ordinary little ones are a dollar fifty, and the special ones with red backs are two fifty each."