The Two Deacons

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 8, 1881

The Richmond Religious Herald vouches for this: "There was serious trouble between two deacons, and the pastor preached a tender sermon for their special benefit, and the deacons were in tears. Next morning, one of them called at the shop of the other and said: 'That sermon was more than I can stand, and I have come to say this difficulty between us must be settled; and to that end we ought to be willing to make any sacrifice.' 'Very well,' said the other, 'on what terms are you willing to settle it?' 'On the same terms I proposed at first, and on no other.' Oh, the human nature there is in deacons!"