The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George MüllerMüller, George
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The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller
Müller, George
Orphanages -- Great Britain; Prayer
It is now several years that I read with great interest, and I
hope with some benefit to my soul, the account of your labors
and experiences. Ever since then your work was the object of
many thoughts and prayers, and I gave many copies of your book
to Christian friends. One of them has read it in Syria, on Mount
Lebanon, where he is for commercial business; and, whilst
praying for you and your dear orphans, the Lord put it in his
heart to send you two pounds, to which my husband added two
others; and we beg you to accept that small offering in the name
of the Lord. If you have published anything of the Lord's
dealings with you since the year 1844, we shall be very happy to
receive it. You could forward it to Messrs. * * * *, London, for
* * * * of Lyons. And now, dear brother, may the grace and peace
of the Lord rest on you and your dear home's inhabitants.
Affectionately yours in the Lord,
* * * *
I have had donations from Australia, the East Indies, the West Indies,
the United States, Canada, from the Cape of Good Hope, from France,
Switzerland, Germany, Italy, etc.; and now comes also this donation from
Mount Lebanon, with the prayer of a Christian brother whose name I never
heard nor know even now. See, dear reader, this is the way in which the
Lord has helped me in this precious service for twenty-two years. With
my fellow-laborers, or without them, and they without me, our prayers
are offered up unto the Lord for help, and he is pleased, for Jesus'
sake, to listen to our supplications, and to influence the hearts of
some of his children, known to us or not, to send us help. The donors
may be rich or poor; they may live near, or at a distance of more than
ten thousand miles; they may give much or little; they may have often
given before, or never; they may be well known to us, or not at all: in
these and many other things there may be constant variations; but God
continually helps us; we are never confounded. And why not? Simply
because we are enabled by the grace of God to put our trust in him for
what we need.
Oct. 9. This morning Luke vii. came in the course of my reading before
breakfast. While reading the account about the centurion and the raising
from death of the widow's son at Nain, I lifted up my heart to the Lord
Jesus thus: "Lord Jesus, thou hast the same power now. Thou canst
provide me with means for thy work in my hands. Be pleased to do so."
About half an hour afterwards I received two hundred and thirty pounds
fifteen shillings; also one shilling. This two hundred and thirty pounds
fifteen shillings was left at my disposal, as most needed. I took one
half of it for the current expenses for the orphans, and the other half
for the other objects. I am now amply provided for meeting the demands
of this day.
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