IN ENGLAND Bernard Gilpin was I sentenced, under Queen Mary Tudor to die for his faith. During his imprisonment he repeated one text morning and night: “We know that all things work tether for good to them that love God.”
On his way to execution he fell and broke his leg. He was ordered back to prison, and while he moaned in pain, the jailer twitted him with his text.
“Ah!” the good man replied, “but it’s true all the same. It’s all working together for good!” And sure enough it was. For, while he lay there, Mary died, Elizabeth ascended the throne, and Bernard Gilpin was set at liberty.
ML-03/08/1970