Lord Have Mercy Options

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THE PREACHER'S EXPERIMENT

One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to
try an experiment. What he did was, he went into the boy's room and
placed on his study table these three objects: A Bible, a silver dollar,
and a bottle of whiskey.
"Now then," the old preacher said to himself, "I'll just hide
behind the door here, and when my son comes home from school this
afternoon, I'll see which of these three objects he picks up.
If he picks up the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and
what a blessing that would be. If he picks up the dollar, he's going to
be a businessman, and that would be o.k. too.
But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a drunkard - a
no-good drunkard and Lord, what a shame that would be."
The old man was anxious as he waited, and soon he heard his son's
footsteps as he came into the house whistling and headed back to his
room. He deposited his books on the bed, as a matter of routine, and
as he turned around to leave the room he spotted the objects on the
table.
With a curious set in his eye, he walked over to inspect them.
What he finally did was, he picked up the Bible and placed it under
his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket.
He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink...
"Lord have mercy," the old man whispered, "He's gonna be a politician!"