THE TWO EVIL BROTHERS

There were two evil brothers.  They were rich and used their 
money to keep their ways from the public eye.  They even 
attended the same church and looked to be perfect Christians.  
Then, their pastor retired and a new one was hired.  Not only 
could he see right through the brothers’ deception, but he also 
spoke well and true, and the church started to swell in numbers.  
A fund-raising campaign was started to build a new assembly.

All of a sudden, one of the brothers died.  The remaining 
brother sought out the new pastor the day before the funeral and 
handed him a check for the amount needed to finish paying for 
the new building.

“I have only one condition,” he said.  “At his funeral, you must 
say my brother was a saint.” The pastor gave his word and 
deposited the check.

The next day at the funeral, the pastor did not hold back.  “He 
was an evil man,” he said.  “He cheated on his wife, abused his 
family, swindled his friends and the poor...”  After going on in 
this vein for a small time, he concluded with: “But, compared to 
his brother, he was a saint.”