Saturday Smile - Object Lessons

A minister decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon. During the introduction of his sermon, he took four worms and placed into four separate jars.

He put the first worm into a jar of alcohol. The second worm he put into a jar of cigarette smoke. The third was put into a jar of chocolate syrup. But the fourth worm was put into a jar of good clean soil.

With the jars all placed on a table beside him, he preached his heart out on the virtues of clean living and the dangers of bad habits. At the conclusion of the sermon, the minister revisited the worms and the jars he had put on display before his sermon. He reported the following results:

The first worm in alcohol - Dead.
The second worm in cigarette smoke - Dead.
Third worm in chocolate syrup - Dead.
Fourth worm in good clean soil - Alive and well.

"So," the Minister asked the congregation, "What can we learn from this demonstration?"

Everyone just sat there quietly. No one wanted to be the first one to speak up, but the preacher was determined to wait for someone to answer his question. He asked again, "What have we learned?"

Finally, a little old woman in the back raised her hand and said, "As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"