"'THROW THAT thing out of the window!”
Soldiers can, most of the time, entertain themselves very well by funny jokes at which they wholeheartedly laugh, especially when aboard a train. A young recruit sat in a corner and read his pocket Bible.
“We will play a joke on this pious lad and throw his Bible out of the window.”
This took only a second, and the Bible lay between the rails. Was the young soldier angry? No, he had a Master who said: “I am meek and lowly in heart.” (Matth. 11:29). He was sad, but he remained silent.
A few days later our young friend received a package which contained his Bible. Enclosed was a very interesting letter. A rail worker found the Bible and heard through it the voice of God. He was afraid because of his sins, but when reading the Holy Scriptures, he truly met his Saviour.
Now the soldier understood why he had to be separated from his Bible for a few days, and that the devil had been defeated again.
ML-12/26/1971