A young preacher was asked by a funeral director to hold a graveside service for a man who died with no family or friends. The graveside funeral was to be held way back in the country and the young preacher got lost on the way. When he arrived an hour late, he saw a backhoe and crew but the hearse was nowhere in sight. The workmen were still eating lunch so the pastor went to the open grave to find the vault lid in place. He poured out his heart and preached an impassioned and lengthy service.
Returning to his car, the preacher felt that he had done his duty and he would leave with a renewed sense of purpose and dedication, in spite of his tardiness. As he got into his car, he overheard one of the workers say to the other worker, "I've been putting in septic tanks for 20 years and I ain't never seen anything like that before! Sort of gives new meaning to the term 'Holy Shit, don't it?"
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