Preacuer: Do you say your prayers at night, little boy?
Jimmy: Yes, sir, Preacher: And do you always say them in the morning, too?
Jimmy: No, sir; I ain't scared in the daytime, Very Dark THE old negro parson was preaching from the text: "And darkness fell upon the earth, and gross darkness on the minds of the people."
"Now, brethren," he started, "dere may be some oh you who just don't know what dat gross darkness' do mean. Well, Ah'll tell you. Its 144 times darker than dark."
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