A minister of a city church enjoyed a few drinks, but his passion was
for peach brandy.

One of his congregants would make him a bottle each
Christmas.

One year, when the minister went to visit his friend, hoping
for his usual Christmas present, he was not disappointed, but his friend
told him that he had to thank him for the peach brandy from the pulpit
the next Sunday.

In his haste to get the bottle, the minister hurriedly
agreed and left.

So the next Sunday the minister suddenly remembered
that he had to make a public announcement that he was being supplied
alcohol from a member of the church.

That morning, his friend sat in the
church with a grin on his face, waiting to see the minister's
embarrassment.

The minister climbed into the pulpit and said, "Before we
begin, I have an announcement. I would very much like to thank my
friend, Joe, for his kind gift of peaches... and for the spirit in which
they were given!"