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| | This is an index for ringing jokes, for which there are many around... if you know of any, please make us all laugh, and add a page for them here! | | This is an index for ringing jokes, for which there are many around... if you know of any, please make us all laugh, and add a page for them here! |
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| − | ='''Stone the Bell Ringer''' =
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| − | =='''Gathered by the Very Rev’d Douglas Wm. McCaleb, Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Miami, from ancient sources and texts.'''==
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| − | '''A'''nd it came to pass, when Paul was at Corinth, he and certain disciples came upon a mob that was stoning a
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| − | bell ringer. And Paul said unto them, What then hath he done unto thee that his head should be bruised. And
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| − | the people cried with one voice, “He hath rung too loud and too long and his changes lack melody. Yea, he
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| − | maketh our heads to ring as if they were beaten with hammers. Behold, he standeth up high in the tower, and
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| − | mighty are the bells and mighty is the noise thereof, and though there be few of us below, he nonetheless doth
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| − | continue to ring, peal after peal, and we cannot hear the words that cometh out of our mouths. His rhythms vary
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| − | from row to row and produce no recognizable tunes. He joineth with his cohorts and they stand in an evil
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| − | circle, ringing their harsh methods and sequences. He doth confound the musical harmony of the spirit and his
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| − | changes have not the sweetness of a carillon, for they confuse us mightily. Lo, he is a plague upon the faith and
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| − | should be chastised.” Paul, hearing this, had himself picked up a small stone, and was about to cast it, but he set
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| − | it down, and bade the bell ringer to come forward. He was a narrow man, pale of complexion, dry, flaking, thin
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| − | of hair. And Paul said unto him, “Why hath thou so abused thy brethren? And the bell ringer replied, “They
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| − | mumble their prayers, and do not lift their voices in praise, so I felt called to ring with fervor to enliven their
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| − | faith.” And Paul turned round to the mob and said loudly, “Do not begrudge the bell ringer his enthusiasm, for
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| − | he at least is willing to proclaim with boldness the joy that he doth possess in his heart.” And the mob did then
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| − | stone both Paul and the bell ringer, who finally repented, and for forty days did play the flute in order to cleanse
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