A God-fearing miner had often experienced the blessedness of the scripture, “All things work together for good to them that love God,” Rom. 8:2828And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28), in connection with the cares and burdens of life. His fellow miners often heard it from him, but they despised the Word of God and treated him with scorn.
One day, as he was about to descend with his mates into a shaft 1500 feet deep in the earth, a dog grabbed his carefully wrapped lunch. Not wishing to go hungry, he was forced to run after the dog in an attempt to rescue his dinner. However, the foreman could wait no longer, and he and the crew started to descend the shaft. Seeing their companion running behind the dog, the men in mockery cried after him, “All things work together for good.”
Indeed this incident did work tether for good for our friend. On the way down the cable of the elevator broke, and the whole crew plunged into the depths beneath. None of the men came out of that mine alive!
ML-01/16/1977