A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 4Müller, George
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A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 4
Müller, George
Orphanages -- Great Britain; Prayer
May 23. Today I received 360l., of which I took half for the current
expenses for the Orphans, and half for the other objects. By this
donation I am still further provided with means to meet all the expenses
connected with the removal of the children into the New Orphan-House,
the reception and fitting out of many fresh children, the filling the
stores of the New Orphan-House, &c. How does the Lord by all this
clearly say, that, when this house shall have been filled with children,
He will provide the means for their support!
June 18. Today, as the fruit of the prayers of three years and seven
months, the children began to be moved from the four Orphan-Houses in
Wilson Street, Bristol, into the New Orphan-House.
June 23. Saturday Evening. This has been indeed a week of great and many
and peculiar mercies. All the Orphans with their teachers and overseers
have been moved into the New Orphan-House, during Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday; so that there are now about 140 persons under
one roof. The Lord has most signally helped.--As I had for more than
three years sought the help of God concerning all matters connected with
the New Orphan-House, I did expect His help in this particular also; but
He has done beyond my expectations. Though only the day before yesterday
the last children were moved in, there is already such a measure of
order established in the house, by the help of God, as that things can
be done by the minute hands of the timepieces. His name is to be praised
for this, and my soul does magnify Him for His goodness!--Also with
regard to temporal supplies for the dear Orphans, the Lord has been
exceedingly kind. On the second day of receiving the children, there was
sent 20l. On the third day, an individual, who walked with me through
part of the house, said, "These children must consume a great deal of
provisions," and, whilst saying it, took out of his pocket a roll of
Bank of England notes, to the amount of one hundred pounds, and gave
them to me for the Orphans. On the same evening there was also sent for
the Orphans a very large cask of treacle, and for their teachers and
overseers 6 loaves of sugar. Also a cooper made gratuitously two large
new casks for treacle. On the next day I received information that about
10 cwt. of rice had been purchased for the Orphans, which should be
sent. Besides this, several small donations have come in. So bountifully
has the Lord been pleased to help of late, that I have not only been
able to meet all the extraordinary heavy expenses connected with moving
the Orphans from Wilson Street into the New Orphan-House, filling the
stores of the New Orphan-House, &c.; but I have more than five hundred
pounds in hand, to begin house-keeping in the New Orphan-House. How true
that word that those that trust in the Lord shall not be confounded!
After all the many and long-continued seasons of great trial of faith
within these thirteen years and two months, during which the Orphans
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