Phool"Joseph Parker stepped into the pulpit of the City Temple in London for his Thursday sermon and announced that he was under some trepidation that day because of a letter he had received.
"It seemed that a gentleman wrote to tell Parker that he would be in the congregation that day for the express purpose of making a philosophical analysis of the sermon.
"After a long pause, Parker said, 'I may add that my trepidation is somewhat mitigated by the fact that the gentleman spells philosophical with an f!'"
Parker, Joseph (?- ) British preacher
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