Great sermon

A young preacher was asked by the local funeral director to hold a

grave-side burial service at a small local cemetery for someone with no

family or friends.

The preacher started early but quickly got himself lost, making several

wrong turns. Eventually, a half-hour late, he saw a backhoe and its

crew, but the hearse was nowhere in sight, and the workmen were sitting

to one side, eating lunch.

The diligent young pastor went to the open grave and found the vault lid

already in place. Taking out his book, he read the service. Feeling

guilty because of his tardiness, he preached an impassioned and lengthy

service, sending the deceased to the great beyond in style.

As he was returning to his car, he overheard one of the workmen say:

“I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years and I ain’t never

seen anything like that.”