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The Bible salesman From
Rose Marie C. of Florida. 07/28/06.
A
pastor concluded that his church was getting into serious
financial troubles. While checking the church storeroom,
he discovered several cartons of new bibles that had never
been opened and distributed.
So at his Sunday sermon, he asked for three volunteers
from the
congregation who would be willing to sell the bibles
door-to-door for $10 each to raise the desperately needed
money for the church.
Jack, Paul and Louie all raised their hands to volunteer
for the
task. The minister knew that Jack and Paul earned their
living as salesmen and were likely capable of selling some
bibles. But he had serious doubts about Louie who was a
local farmer, who had always kept to himself because he
was embarrassed by his speech impediment. Poor Louis
stuttered badly, but, not wanting to discourage Louis, the
minister decided to let him try
anyway.
He sent the three of them away with the back seat of their
cars
stacked with bibles. He asked them to meet with him and
report the
results of their door-to-door selling efforts the
following Sunday.
Anxious to find out how successful they were, the minister
immediately asked Jack, "Well, Jack, how did you make out
selling our Bibles last week?"
Proudly handing the reverend an envelope, Jack replied,
"Using my sales prowess, I was able to sell 20 bibles, and
here's the $200 I
collected on behalf of the church."
"Fine job, Jack!" The minister said, vigorously shaking
his hand.
"You are indeed a fine salesman and the Church is indebted
to you."
Turning to Paul, "And Paul, how many bibles did you sell
for the
church last week?"
Paul, smiling and sticking out his chest, confidently
replied, "I
am a professional salesman. I sold 28 bibles on behalf of
the church, and here's $280 I collected."
The minister responded, "That's absolutely splendid, Paul.
You are
truly a professional salesman and the church is also
indebted to you."
Apprehensively, the minister turned to Louie and said,
"And Louie,
did you manage to sell any bibles last week?" Louie
silently offered the minister a large envelope.
The minister opened it and counted the contents. "What is
this?"
the minister exclaimed. "Louie, there's $3200 in here! Are
you
suggesting that you sold 320 bibles for the church, door
to door, in just one
week?"
Louie just nodded. That's impossible!" both Jack and Paul
said in
unison. "We are professional salesmen, yet you claim to
have sold 10 times as many bibles as we could."
"Yes, this does seem unlikely," the minister agreed. "I
think you'd
better explain how you managed to accomplish this, Louie."
Louie shrugged. "I-I-I re-re-really do-do-don't kn-kn-know
f-f-f-for sh-sh-sh-sure," he stammered. Impatiently, Peter
interrupted.
"For crying out loud, Louie, just tell us what you said to
them when they answered the door!"
"A-a-a-all I-I-I s-s-said wa-wa-was," Louis replied,
"W-w-w-w-would
y-y-y-you l-l-l-l-l-like t-t-to b-b-b-buy th-th-th-this
b-b-b-b-bible
f-f-for t-t-ten b-b-b-bucks ---o-o-o-or--- wo-wo-would yo-you
j-j-j-just l-like m-m-me t-t-to st-st-stand h-h-here and
r-r-r-r-r-read it
t-to y-y-you??"
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