PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
George Müller of Bristol, and His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God
Pierson, Arthur T. (Arthur Tappan) · 137,521 words · 207 reading sections
Iv.--Questions Relative To The Lord'S Supper.
* The practice, later on, gave place to a week-night meeting, on Tuesday, for transaction of such "church acts."--A. T. P. N.B. (1) Should any persons be present who do not break bread with us, they may be requested to withdraw whenever such points require to be stated as it would not be well to speak of in the presen…
440 wordsSECTION 182Habits Of Sleep.
FEW who have not carefully read the Narrative of Mr. Muller and the subsequent Reports issued year by year, have any idea of the large amount of wisdom which there finds expression. We give here a few examples of the sagacious and spiritual counsels and utterances with which these pages abound. I find it a difficult t…
503 wordsSECTION 183Neglect Of Children.
As far as my experience goes, it appears to me that believers generally have expected far too little of present fruit upon their labours among children. There has been a hoping that the Lord some day or other would own the instruction which they give to children, and would answer at some time or other, though after man…
548 wordsSECTION 184Keeping Promises.
Seek to cherish in your children early the habit of being interested about the work of God, and about cases of need and distress, and use them too at _suitable times,_ and under _suitable circumstances,_ as your almoners, and you will reap fruit from doing so. God alone can give spiritual life at the first, and keep i…
295 wordsSECTION 185The Lot And The Lottery.
It is altogether wrong that I, a child of God, should have anything to do with so worldly a system as that of the lottery. But it was also unscriptural to go to the lot at all for the sake of ascertaining the Lord's mind, and this I ground on the following reasons. We have neither a commandment of God for it, nor the e…
257 wordsSECTION 186Surety For Debt.
What a difference grace makes! There were few people, perhaps, more passionately fond of travelling, and seeing fresh places, and new scenes, than myself; but now, since, by the grace of God, I have seen beauty in the Lord Jesus, I have lost my taste for these things.... What a different thing, also, to travel in the s…
624 wordsSECTION 187Formalism.
It has been my own happy lot, during the last thirty-seven years, to become acquainted with hundreds of individuals, who were not inferior to apostolic Christians. That the disciples of Jesus should meet together on the first day of the week for the breaking of bread, and that that should be their principal meeting, a…
592 wordsSECTION 188Inquiry Meetings.
As to the importance of the children of God's opening their hearts to each other, especially when they are getting into a cold state, or are under the power of a certain sin, or are in especial difficulty; I know from my own experience how often the snare of the devil has been broken when under the power of sin; how of…
462 wordsSECTION 189State Churches.
An _unvisited_ church will sooner or later become an _unhealthy church._ 1. Pew-rents are, according to James ii. 1-6, against the mind of the Lord, as, in general, the poor brother cannot have so good a seat as the rich. 2. A brother may gladly do something towards my support if left to his own time; but when the qua…
269 wordsSECTION 190Dependence On God.
Where Faith begins, anxiety ends; Where anxiety begins, Faith ends. Ponder these words of the Lord Jesus, "Only believe." As long as we are able to trust in God, holding fast in heart, that he is able and willing to help those who rest on the Lord Jesus for salvation, in all matters which are for His glory and their …
392 wordsSECTION 191Self-Will.
It pleased the Lord, I think, to give me in some cases something like the gift (not grace) of faith, so that unconditionally I could ask and look for an answer. The difference between the _gift_ and the _grace_ of faith seems to me this. According to the _gift of faith_ I am able to do a thing, or believe that a thing …
252 wordsSECTION 192Trials Of Faith.
The Lord gives faith, for the very purpose of trying it for the glory of His own name, and for the good of him who has it; and, by the very trial of our faith, we not only obtain blessing to our own souls, by becoming the better acquainted with God, if we hold fast our confidence in Him, but our faith is also, by the e…
410 wordsSECTION 193Giving In Adversity.
It is not enough to obtain means for the work of God, but that these means should be obtained in God's way. To ask unbelievers for means is _not_ God's way; to _press_ even believers to give, is _not_ God's way; but the _duty_ and the _privilege_ of being allowed to contribute to the work of God should be pointed out, …
548 wordsSECTION 194Motives To Giving.
I have every reason to believe, that, had I begun to lay up, the Lord would have stopped the supplies, and thus, the ability of doing so was only _apparent._ Let no one profess to trust in God, and yet lay up for future wants, otherwise the Lord will first send him to the hoard he has amassed, before He can answer the …
301 wordsSECTION 195Systematic Giving.
It is the Lord's order, that in whatever way He is pleased to make us His stewards, whether as to temporal or spiritual things, if we are indeed acting as _stewards_ and not as _owners,_ He will make us stewards over _more._ Even in this life, and as to temporal things, the Lord is pleased to repay those who act for H…
654 wordsSECTION 196Systematic Giving.
"If I am ever worth 20,000 dollars I will give one half of my net profits; and if ever I am worth 30,000 dollars, I will give three fourths; and the whole after 50,000 dollars. So help me God, or give to a more faithful steward, and set me aside." "To this covenant," says his memoir "he adhered with conscientious fide…
364 wordsSECTION 197Faithfulness Of God.
_In the whole work we desire to stand with God, and not to depend upon the favourable or unfavourable judgment of the multitude._ _Our Heavenly Father never takes any earthly thing from His children except He means to give them something better instead._ The Lord, in His very love and faithfulness, will not, and cann…
561 wordsSECTION 198Trust In God.
A brother, who is in about the same state in which he was eight years ago, has very little enjoyment, and makes no progress in the things of God. The reason is that, against his conscience, he remains in a calling, which is opposed to the profession of a believer. We are exhorted in Scripture to abide in our calling; b…
353 wordsSECTION 199Will Of God.
How important it is to ascertain the will of God, before we undertake anything, because we are then not only blessed in our own souls, but also the work of our hands will prosper. Just in as many points as we are acting according to the mind of God, in so many are we blessed and made a blessing. Our manner of living i…
635 wordsSECTION 200Answers To Prayer.
To enter upon the marriage union is one of the most deeply important events of life. It cannot be too prayerfully treated. Our happiness, our usefulness, our living for God or for ourselves after wards, are often most intimately connected with our choice. Therefore, in the most prayerful manner, this choice should be m…
378 wordsSECTION 201Anxiety Avoided By Prayer.
Though all believers in the Lord Jesus are not called upon to establish orphan houses, schools for poor children, etc., and trust in God for means; yet all believers, according to the will of God concerning them in Christ Jesus, may cast, and ought to cast, all their care upon Him who careth for them, and need not be a…
602 wordsSECTION 202Conditions Of Prayer.
As regards borrowing money, I have considered that there is no ground to go away from the door of the Lord to that of a believer, so long as He is willing to supply our need. How truly precious it is that every one who rests alone upon the Lord Jesus for salvation, has in the living God a father, to whom he may fully …
776 wordsSECTION 203Snares Of Satan As To Prayer.
_Prayer and faith, the universal remedies against every want and every difficulty;_ and the nourishment of prayer and faith, God's holy word, helped me over all the difficulties.--I never remember, in all my Christian course, a period now (in March 1895) of sixty-nine years and four months, that I ever SINCERELY and PA…
290 wordsSECTION 204Preaching.
Often the work of the Lord itself may be a temptation to keep us from that communion with Him which is so essential to the benefit of our own souls.... Let none think that public prayer will make up for closet communion. Here is the great secret of success. Work with all your might; but trust not in the least in your …
332 wordsSECTION 205Rewards.
Restitution is the revealed will of God. If it is omitted, while we have it in our power to make it, guilt remains on the conscience, and spiritual progress is hindered. Even though it should be connected with difficulty, self-denial, and great loss, it is to be attended to. Should the persons who have been defrauded b…
293 wordsSECTION 206Universalism.
Rumblings last our whole life. Jesus came not to save _painted_ but _real_ sinners; but He _has_ saved us, and will surely make it manifest. At Stuttgart, the dear brethren had been entirely uninstructed about the truths relating to the power and presence of the Holy Ghost in the church of God, and to our ministering …
444 wordsSECTION 207*** End Of The Project Gutenberg Ebook George Müller Of Bristol, And His Witness To A Prayer-Hearing God ***
_The word of God is our only standard, and the Holy Spirit our only teacher._ Besides the Holy Scriptures, which should be always THE book, THE CHIEF book to us, not merely in theory, but also in practice, such like books seem to me the most useful for the growth of the inner man. Yet one has to be cautious in the cho…
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