Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-27
guurnaI an0 Courier.
aturday Morning, Nov. 27, 1880.
Local News.
George Muller.


 A APhiIanthropist's VVOrk-Caring for over
 2,OOO Orphans-Over Ten Millions of
 Dollars in FOrty-Four Years-A Great
 WOrk-VfsttinR New Haven.
 George Muller, the celebrated philanthro- pist, breaches in this city tomorrow. He is widely known and reverenced both in Eng land, where his work is chiefly conducted, and in Germany, where he was born, and in this country, which of late he has visited ex- tensively, having spoken in many of the large cities of the United States. He speaks tomorrow afternoon in the German Metho- dist church, and in the evening in the Ger man Baptist church. We learn that he did not come to solicit funds or ask for money, no collections being taken up, but to tell his experience of faith in God and the efficiency of prayer, and to stimulate the churches and believers thereby, as one of the closing acts of his old age. He is now 7S, but vigorous for man of his years.
 MT. Muller has at present over 2,OOO or phans under his care, and also conducts a school for biblical instructio on, and is also engaged in other philanthropic and religious work He depends for funds to carry on his benevolent enterprises entirely upon prayer and faith in God, and has never asked any human being for any part of the more than SIC, ,OOO, ,OOO which he has received and 'ex- pended for those who need help.
 His orphanage is at Asheoydom, Bristol, England. The work was started 46 years ago. It is very large institution, as may be supposed with such population within it's walls. There are various buildings, and it is one of the great features of that section. Some particulars are found in MT. Muller's 39th annual report, published in 1878, as fol- lows: Hitherto the Lord has helped us. In entire dependence upon Him, and on Himalone this institution was begun on March 5, 1884, and during all the past A years of it's exist ence He has been pleased, year after year, to cause abundant spiritual blessing to rest upon the operations of the various objects; and he has likewise supplied it's yearly returning and increasing wants. We have never been confounded, but invariably helped; and thus we expect, unworthy though we are, that, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, our Heaven ly Father will help us in future also.
 When began this institution, and especial ly the orphan work, my hope was that, by means of it, the Lord would be pleased to lead the Church at large increasingly to see the importance and value of prayer, and that by this institution the faith of the children of God would be strengthened, and to the world would be shown the reality of the things of God. This my expectation, God be praised for 1t. has been realized above my largest expectations Thousands of instances were brought before me, through letters or by personal intercourse during very many years past, how God has been working in this particular; but all that I had witnessed before was as nothing in comparison with what has come before me dur ing the last three years and three months whilst have been laboring in word and doc Urine in preaching tours in England, Scot land, Ireland, Switzerland, the German en- pire, Holland, Canada and the United States of America. In every one of the hundreds of places where preached, generally in large cities, met great numbers who, through reading the yearly reports of the institution or the narrative of the Lords dealings with me, had either been converted, or had had their faith strengthened, or were made more entirely to commit all their affairs into the hands of God by prayer and faith. Thus it came that wherever I appeared, in these hundreds of different places, am welcomed as an old friend who has been loved for twenty, thirty years or more; great numbers desired to see and converse with me and to listen to me whilst preaching the Word of Life; and hundreds of thousands came thus in these various countries for instruction. During the past year, as intimated in the last report, have been on a preaching tour in the United States of America, in order that might comply with the oft repeated request to labor in the word in that vast country also"
 Mir. Muller during the greater part of a year ending June 27, 1878, was in the United States, had spoken in hundreds of cities.
 The report continues: "Since the founding of the institution (The Orphanage) he has re- ceived, simply through prayer and the exer- else of faith, above e794, ,OOO. Should any of the readers be unacquainted with the previ- ous reports and therefore feel inclined to ask What has been accomplished instrumentally by this large sum we reply, 66,600 children or grown persons have been taught in the various schools entirely supported by the, funds of the institution, beside the tens of thousands who have been benefited in the schools which assisted by it's funds l. 500 now frequent the schools; 124, 900 Bibles, 315, ,OOO testaments, 19,OOO copies of the Psalms and 195,O0O other small portions of the holy scriptures in various languages, have been circulated since the formation of the institution and above 63, GOO, O00 books pamphlets and tracts have been circulated. From the earliest days of this institution missionaries have likewise been assisted by it's funds and of late years more than 160 in number. On this object alone above e169, 900 have been expended from the beginning Also 5, 409 orphans have been under my care, and five large houses, at expense of e115, 900, have been erected and fitted up for the ac- commodation of ?, O5O orphans. As to the spiritual results will here say nothing; in deed, eternity alone can unfold them; yet even in so far as God has been pleased to al- low us to see already the result of our ser xinA rvn hoyn raoT0ad ohI1T1f7 pJ do so more and more with every year whilst going on in the work Even my late service in the United States has given to me again abundant proof how vast the blessing which rests upon the various departments of this institution. How supplies come in during the year is the next subject. A sample as follows (relative to the supplies for school, Bible, missionary and tract funds) will show
 On May 2S, 1877, we received from Penn sylvania e6; on May 29th from Hereford e1O, and on May 30 from Dalston e5, beside some other donations. On June 4th came in from Glasgow for these objects e17, with e3 for my own personal expenses, and on June 9th e6O from another part of Scotland and e25 from Norfolk, with e25 for the support of the orphans On June 9th was received from Christian friends at Amsterdam 624 horins, with the same amount formysef also from various Christian friends at Zeist, Holland 22o horins-e1S, ,6s.-with 1Oforins 
 at Leyden 30 forins,-e2 1O5. On June 13 was received from the Hague, Holland, 150 1 forins,-e12 1Os.- and also 15 horins on the l 11th. On June 27 we entered upon 1 the second month of this new period of the ] institution without penny on hand for 1 these objects, when in the course of the day 1 came in from Redland, from most unexpect- 1 ed donor, to make the hand of God the more l $50; and from servant of the 1 Lord Jesus who, constrained by the love of | Christ seeks to lay treasure in heaven e2O0: al- SO from Rotterdam 40 horins, also after many 1 other donations $500 came from Ireland July l II. July 14 e10O from Greenock with e2O | for personal expenses, July 31 from the | of Chippenham e1OO for For l sign Missions; from London e25 for Home | e25 for Foreign Missions, | e20 for the orphans, e5 for myself | and e5 for Mir. Wright Gone of the helpers | n the york; On my arrival in the | United States was preaching on September | 10, 1877, in Dr. Buddington's church in | Brooklyn, when slip of paper was handed | ;o me, on which it was stated that if I would | apply at such 8 place in Philadelphia, I | night obtain this legacy of $5, GOO. I did so | and after some time received the whole | This was for the orphans" {" s'From | he diamond fields in South Africa G6."