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            Have you heard about the rather rough and tough man who became a Christian?  It seems he had a good heart even if his ways were not always the best-mannered.  In his zeal to serve the Lord, he asked the elders what he could do, so they gave him a list of ten men who had quit attending church, some of them prominent men in the city.  “Contact them any way you can.  Here is some church stationery on which you may write them letters. Get them back to church!!!”

            The man accepted the challenge with rugged determination.  About three weeks later a letter came to the church office from a prominent physician in the city, whose name had been on the list.  Inside the letter was a $1,000 check and this note:  “Dear Preacher:  Enclosed is my check to make up for my missing contributions for the past several weeks.  I am sorry for missing worship, but be assured that I will be present this Lord’s Day and every Lord’s Day following. I won’t miss worship again if I can help it.”

            And then this P.S.:  “Would you please tell your secretary that there is only one ‘t’ in ‘dirty’ and no ‘c’ in skunk?”