About Worms

"About Worms"

A minister decided that a visual demonstration
would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.

Four worms were placed into four separate jars.

The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a container of cigarette
smoke. The third worm was put into a container of
chocolate syrup. The fourth worm was put into a
container of good clean soil.

At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister
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.

So the Minister asked the congregation -

What can you learn from this demonstration?

Maxine was setting in the back, quickly raised her
hand and said, "As long as you drink, smoke and
eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"

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"Funeral Sermon"

As a young minister, I was asked by a funeral
director to hold a grave side service in a new cemetery
for a derelict man with no family or friends. He had
died while traveling through the area. The funeral was
to be held way back in a new country cemetery.

This man would be the first to be laid to rest at this
new cemetery. As I was not familiar with the backwoods
area, I became lost. Being the typical man, I didn't
stop for directions. But I finally arrived an hour late.

I saw a crew and a backhoe, but the hearse was
nowhere in sight. The workmen working on the grave
were eating lunch. I apologized to the workers (who
looked puzzled) for my tardiness, I stepped to the side
of the open grave, to find the vault lid already in place.
I assured the workers I would not hold them long, but
having a prayer service was the proper thing to do.

As the workers gathered around, still eating their lunch,
I poured out my heart and soul. As I preached the workers
began to say "Amen, Praise the Lord and Glory." I was
feeling good that they were enjoying my sermon.

I preached, and I preached, like I'd never preached before.
I began from Genesis and went pretty much all the way
through to Revelation. I preached for two hours and
45 minutes. It was a long and lengthy service. I closed
in prayer and it was finished. The workers thanked me
as I left the grave.

As I was walking to my car, I felt that I had done my duty
and I would leave with a renewed sense of purpose and
dedication, in spite of my tardiness.

As I was opening the door to my car and taking off my
coat, I overheard one of the workers saying to another,
"I've been putting in septic tanks for 20 years, and I ain't
never seen anything like that before. "
Received on Thu Dec 28 07:55:51 2006