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Told by Leo McKellops, Anderson, Mo., May, 1933. An old story, known in many parts of Missouri and Arkansas.

"One time there was a fellow come walking into town, a-hollering how he's going to quit farming and preach the gospel. He was just a big country boy, all pecker and feet, the kind of a fellow that couldn't find his butt with both hands in broad daylight. Anybody could see he didn't know enough to pour piss out of a boot, with directions printed on the heel. But he stood right up in meeting anyhow, and told everybody he had a call to preach."

The story continues. Click HERE and scroll down to "50. The Call to Preach."

And it was undoubtedly around long before that. I think the emperor Caligula said it about Claudius just before, he, Caligula, was assassinated by his many enemies, who then appointed Claudius the new emperor.

Don Firth