Divine protection of Sister Ford's son from machinery accident

“My other incident is illustrative of the efficacy of prayer. I felt at the close of a meeting in Merthyr very much impressed to pray for the Saints who are engaged in the pits and iron works. The language of my heart was, Lord, let not the flesh nor the bones of any of them be broken; neither let any of them be killed. The next morning I went to Dowlais to see the Saints. The first house I went to was Sister Ford’s. She has two sons in the works. When I went in I observed tears in her eyes. I asked her the cause of her grief. She stated that the engine had by some means caught the trousers of her eldest son and had torn them off his body, but he had escaped unhurt. Another brother had just been home after another pair. She said, I have just come from that little room where I have been thanking God that my son's flesh is not broke nor one bone in his body, that he is not killed. Brother Lewis, your prayer is answered.”

— John A. Lewis, The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star