The Golden Phone

The

Golden Phone

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. For his first
chapter he

decided to write about American churches. So he bought a plane ticket and took
a trip to Orlando, thinking that he would

work his way across the country from South to
North.
On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs, when

he noticed a golden
telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read $10,000 per call". The American,

being
intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest
replied that it was a

direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 you could talk to God.The
American thanked the priest and went along his way.


Next stop was in Atlanta. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden
telephone with the same sign under

it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone
he saw in Orlando and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.

She told him that it was
a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 he could talk to God. "O.K., thank you," said
the

American.
He then traveled to Indianapolis, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. In
every church he saw

the same golden telephone with the same "$10,000 per call" sign under
it. The American, upon leaving Vermont saw a sign

for Canada and decided to see if
Canadians had the same phone.
He arrived in Montreal and again, there was the same

golden telephone, but this time the
sign under it read "25 cents per call." The American was surprised so he asked the

priest
about the sign. Father, I've traveled all over America and I've seen this same golden
telephone in many

churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in every
state the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so

cheap here?"
The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Canada now son, it's a local call".