p. 13 | What One Little Worm Did

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 3, 1907

What One Little Worm Did

A NUMBER of persons were once assembled in a grand park; and the owner pointed to a magnificent sycamore tree, which was dead and decayed to the core. “That tree,” said he, “was killed by a single worm.” Two years before it was as healthy as any tree in the park; but one day a worm about three inches long was seen to be forcing its way under the bark. A naturalist who saw it told the owner that if left alone it would kill the tree. The master of the park scarcely believed it possible; but, next summer, the leaves of the sycamore fell very early, and in the following year it was a dead, rotten thing. One worm can kill a whole tree. One sin or evil habit persisted in can ruin a child for whom Christ died.—Children’s Bread.