A timid knock at the door of the bishop’s office interrupted a Halloween evening meeting. Outside, grotesque in their costumes, were the children of the bishopric.
“Trick or treat! Trick or treat!” they shouted.
The bishop explained that a meeting was being held and no treats were available.
“That’s what we thought. Have some of ours,” the children responded, as they passed around their paper sacks filled with candy, cookies, and apples gleaned from generous neighbors.
Merwin G. Fairbanks was professor of journalism at Brigham Young University. This anecdote was originally published in The Improvement Era in 1969. He has been dead since 1988.
