The Missionary's Horse
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   A man has been lost and walking in the desert for about 2 weeks.
One hot day, (of course, they're all hot) he comes to the home of a
missionary.  Tired and weak, he crawls up to the house and collapses
on the doorstep.  The missionary takes him in and nurses him back to
health.  Feeling better, the man asks the missionary for directions to
the nearest town.  The missionary tells him, and that he must barrow
the horse to make it.  He says, "However, there is a special thing
about this horse.  You have to say 'Thank God' to make it go and
'Amen' to make it stop."

   Now anxious to get to town, the man says, "Sure, OK." and gets on
the horse.  He says, "Thank God" and the horse starts walking.  A bit
later he says louder, "Thank God, thank God, " and the horse starts
trotting.  Feeling really brave, the man say, "Thank God!  Thank God!
THANK GOD!" and the horse is soon up to a full run!

   About then he realizes he'd heading for a huge cliff edge, and
yells "Whoa!" but the horse dosen't even slow!  It's coming up REAL
QUICK and he's doing everything he can to make the horse stop.  "Whoa,
stop, hold on!"  Finally he remembers; "AMEN!!!"

   The horse stops 4 inches from the cliff, almost throwing him over
its head.  The man, panting and heart racing, wipes the sweat from his
face and leans back in the saddle.  "Oh!" he says, gasping for air,
"Thank GOD!"