A pastor had on his desk a notebook labeled, "Complaints of members against members".

When one of his people called to tell him the faults of another, he would say, "Well, herešs my Complaint Book, I'll write down what you say, and you can sign it. Then, when I have to take the matter up officially, I shall know what I may expect you to testify to."

The sight of the open book and the ready pen had its effect. "Oh, no, I could not sign anything like that." - And no entry was made. The minister says he kept the book for forty years, opened it a thousand times, but never wrote a line in it.