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SINGLE SINS A company was walking in a Park, when one drew attention to a large sycamore-tree, decayed to the core. “That fine tree,” said he, “was killed by a single worm.” Two years pre viously, the tree was as healthy as any in the park, when a woodworm, about three inches long, was observed to be forcing its way under the bark of the trunk, ií It then caught the eye of a naturalist who was staying there; and he remarked, “Let that worm alone, and it will kill the tree.” This seemed very improbable; but it was agreed, that the black-headed worm should not be disturbed: After a time, it was dis covered ithat the worm had tunnelled its way •a considerable distance under the bark. The. next summer, the leaves of the tree dropped off very, early; and, in the succeeding year, it was a dead, rotten thing, and the hole made by the worm might be seen in the very heart of the once noble trunk. “Ah!” said one who was present, “let us learn a lesson from that single tree. How many who once promised fair for usefulness in the world and the church have been ruined by a single sin!”
“What are jiou doing with that Bihle cover?”
“It’s all IJiave left. 1 tore out what jlou said in your sermons, was not authentic.”
D. D. “Here, give me that.cover.” Church Member. “No air: you got the rest, I’m going to hold to this.”
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