Purpose in PrayerBounds, Edward M. (Edward McKendree)
Religion
Purpose in Prayer
Bounds, Edward M. (Edward McKendree)
Prayer -- Christianity
Major D. W. Whittle, in an introduction to the wonders of prayer, says
of George Müller, of Bristol: “I met Mr. Müller in the express, the
morning of our sailing from Quebec to Liverpool. About half-an-hour
before the tender was to take the passengers to the ship, he asked of
the agent if a deck chair had arrived for him from New York. He was
answered, ‘No,’ and told that it could not possibly come in time for the
steamer. I had with me a chair I had just purchased, and told Mr. Müller
of the place near by, and suggested, as but a few moments remained, that
he had better buy one at once. His reply was, ‘No, my brother. Our
Heavenly Father will send the chair from New York. It is one used by
Mrs. Müller. I wrote ten days ago to a brother, who promised to see it
forwarded here last week. He has not been prompt, as I would have
desired, but I am sure our Heavenly Father will send the chair. Mrs.
Müller is very sick on the sea, and has particularly desired to have
this same chair, and not finding it here yesterday, we have made special
prayer that our Heavenly Father would be pleased to provide it for us,
and we will trust Him to do so.’ As this dear man of God went peacefully
on board, running the risk of Mrs. Müller making the trip without a
chair, when, for a couple of dollars, she could have been provided for,
I confess I feared Mr. Müller was carrying his faith principles too far
and not acting wisely. I was kept at the express office ten minutes
after Mr. Müller left. Just as I started to hurry to the wharf, a team
drove up the street, and on top of a load just arrived from New York was
_Mr. Müller’s chair_. It was sent at once to the tender and placed in
_my hands_ to take to Mr. Müller, just as the boat was leaving the dock
(the Lord having a lesson for me). Mr. Müller took it with the happy,
pleased expression of a child who has just received a kindness deeply
appreciated, and reverently removing his hat and folding his hands over
it, he thanked the Heavenly Father for sending the chair.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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