PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller
Müller, George, 1805-1898 · 159,879 words · 260 reading sections
Part 241
_Without any one having been personally applied to for anything_ by me, the sum of L102,714, 9s. 6d. has been given to me for the orphans, _as the result of prayer to God_, since the commencement of the work, which sum includes the amount received for the building fund for the houses already built and the one to be bui…
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Having now obtained land, and so much, my desire was to make the best use of it, and to build for four hundred orphans, instead of for three hundred, as I had previously purposed to do. After having had several meetings with the architects, and finding that it was possible to accommodate, with comparatively little more…
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When I began the orphan work, one of the especial objects which I had in view was to benefit the church of Christ at large, by the accounts which I might be enabled to write in connection with this service; for I expected, from the beginning, to have many answers to prayer granted to me, and I confidently anticipated t…
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In November, 1856, a young Irishman, Mr. James McQuilkin, was brought to the knowledge of the Lord. Soon after his conversion he saw my Narrative advertised. He had a great desire to read it, and procured it accordingly, about January, 1857. God blessed it greatly to his soul, especially in showing to him what could be…
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Seeing, then, how greatly he has condescended to own these records regarding his willingness to listen to prayer, made to him in the name of the Lord Jesus, I am delighted, at the close of another year, in connection with this Institution, to recount a few of the very many instances in which God has been pleased to ans…
707 wordsSECTION 246MOST BELOVED SIR:
With feelings of gratitude and great thankfulness to you for all the kindness I experienced whilst under your care, and for now apprenticing me to a suitable trade whereby I can earn my own living, I write you these few lines. I arrived at my destined abode in safety, and was kindly received by my master and mistress. …
275 wordsSECTION 247MY DEAR BROTHER IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST:
Will you please to accept an order for two pounds ten shillings sixpence by the same post, for the dear orphans under your care? The history of this small sum is as follows. About seven and a half years ago your Narrative was put into my hands, which the Lord very greatly blessed to my soul. Six years and eleven months…
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The laborers aided by the Institution were peculiarly blessed during the year 1859-60. While the preaching of those laboring in _foreign_ lands was very useful, the brethren preaching in Ireland and Scotland were signally favored with success, and were permitted to see in a wonderful measure the fruit of their prayers …
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At the commencement of the last period, there were 672 orphans in the new Orphan Houses No. 1 and No. 2. During the past year were admitted into the two houses 70 orphans. On May 26, 1860, there were just 700 orphans under our care, our full number in the two houses, _i. e._ in No. 1, 300, in No. 2, 400. The total numb…
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Day after day, and year after year, by the help of God, we labor in prayer for the spiritual benefit of the orphans under our care. These our supplications, which have been for twenty-four years brought before the Lord concerning them, have been abundantly answered in former years in the conversion of hundreds from amo…
736 wordsSECTION 251APPENDIX.
Mr. Mueller is constantly receiving not only contributions in money, but a great variety of useful articles, which are regularly sent to a shop provided for their sale. The following list of such articles, given anonymously during the first six months of the year 1859-60, will not be without interest to the reader, as …
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NOVEMBER. A box containing 5 bonnets, 2 muslin jackets, 1 silk ditto, 1 silk body, 3 muslin dresses, 1 silk ditto, 1 barege skirt, 18 pairs of fine stockings, 17 pairs of coarse ditto, 3 pairs of boots, 3 stockings, 10 chemises, 3 pairs of drawers, 5 nightdresses, some pieces of ribbon, and a few artificial flowers.--6…
371 wordsSECTION 253THE INCOME AND EXPENSES OF THE INSTITUTION FOR 1859-60.
======================================================================= The Income of the first | The Expenses of the first four objects from May 26, 1859, | four objects from May 26, 1859, to May 26, 1860. | to May 26, 1860. ----------------------------------+------------------------------…
429 wordsSECTION 254BRISTOL, JUNE 22, 1860.
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412 wordsSECTION 256VALUABLE WORKS.
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178 wordsSECTION 260TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
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Public domain in the USA; original historical text digitized by Project Gutenberg.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.