THE TESTING TIME by The Sunlight

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 21, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 41.

THE TESTING TIME.

By The Sunlight

TRAVELERS tell us of a tree in tropical countries the inner parts of which are sometimes eaten out by ants, while the bark and leaves remain apparently as fresh as ever; and it is not till the tornado comes and sweeps it down that its weakness is discovered. But the storm did not make the tree weak; it only revealed how weak it was, and its feebleness was the result of the gnawing of insects through a long course of time. In like manner, if we let our characters be honeycombed by constant neglect of common duty, or by

daily indulgence in secret sin, or by habitual yielding to some temptation, we cannot expect anything else than ruin when the testing hour shall come.—The Sunlight.