Like A Mighty Army?

A minister asked a returned GI to speak in his pulpit. This is what the GI said:

“Like a mighty army moves the church of God.” The trouble is, about ten million men know exactly how an army moves.

Suppose the army accepted the lame excuses that many of you think good enough for not attending the church parade. Imagine this:

Reveille at 7 a.m. — squads on parade ground. Sergeant barks out, “Count fours.” “One, two, three”–four is missing. “Where’s Private Smith?”

“Mr. Smith was too sleepy to get up. He said to tell you he would be with you in spirit.”

“That’s fine,” says the sergeant. “Where’s Brown?”

“He’s playing golf. You know how important recreation is.”

“Sure, sure,” says the sergeant cheerfully. “Hope he has a good game. Where’s Robinson?”

“He’s sorry, but he’s entertaining guests today. Besides, he was at drill last week.”

“Tell him he’s welcome any time he finds it convenient to drop in for drill.”

If any GI pulled that suff, he’d get twenty days in the brig. Yet you hear stuff like that every week in church!

“Like a mighty army!” Why, if this church moved like a mighty army, a lot of you folks would be court-martialed within an hour.

Found in The Sword of The Lord

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