New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
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when Is was sent from ClaphaW' VIII" ''>
Of new clothes for the orphans
nv the month Of July. 1871. his orphan asy-
um was occupying four houses ana II" he'ur"
,,.,o room, His funds then in hand were suili-
c;ont to warrant the building OF large house
which should hold three hundred children This
was ~ once begun The building cost ti''""'
and WAS erected on land at Ashley Down near
Bristol Miller and his waits moved III III june
1910 The work continued to grow. until people
wondered where it would stop. In course OF
time A second house which held four hundred
moro was nut up: then a third, which held
four hundred and fty and then fourth ana
efth which increased the total population of
tho ornhanape to ,wenty-onc hundred children.
An IF those received the best possible care, and
we're kent under Mullers charge until the boys
were old enough to be apprenticcd to different
trades and the girls to become house servants
MIR. MUELLER IN AMERICA
Miller visited this country three times ana
one who saw MIN on the last occasion In De-
ceuber 1850 and talked with him about ms
work. says:
He was then scvcnty-hvc years old. though
he looked younger He was a man OF med'uh
size. with a broad face of German type. Irlnged
with a coarse. iron-gray beard. Th'cK' IRON
gray hair stood out around his head, and his
small black eyes looked out keeny from under
his heavy eyebrows He talked in a low voice
with a slight German accent
"ue said that this was his third visit since
1877. and that since his arrival in September
1850. he had been preaching in Boston and adj
dressing tn students of the prominent New
England colleges He said he usually preached
md
or six years previous to that time he had made
nreachinC tour through the British Isles.
Switzerland Germany. France, Holland italy
Spain Canada and the United States. He
preached with equal ease In English German
and French. Up to that time ne had received
he said about 100000 for his philanthropic in
stitutions.
"If could get a gift of f20000 10y simply ask
ing for it, he declared, 1 wouldn't do it. We
simply depend upon answers to our prayers. We
have no money invested, and consequently no in
come. Sometimes, however. We have balance
in hand to begin the new year with AT present
we are entirely out Of debt. ~
Some extracts from Muller's book. which he
wrote in the form OF diary. and published In
four parts in the interval between 1881 and
1876. show his extraordinary faith in prayers
of all kinds The exact ti;le Of his book is: THE
Life Of Trust: \ Narrative Of Some of the
Lords Dealings with George Muller"
This is a specimen entry after a short trip to
Dartmouth:
Il have had five answers to prayer to-day: |.
| awnke at : o'clock for which had asked the
Lord last night. =. The Lord removed from my
dear wife an indisposition under which she had
been suffering and it would have been trying to
me to leave her in that state :. The Lord sent
us money. T. There place vacant on the
Dartmouth coach 2. This evening was assist
ed in preaching and my own soul refreshed"
on another occasion at the end of trip
across the English Channel, ne wrote that he
had been preserved from scasckness on four
previous voyages by means Of prayer, but on
this trip he had purposoy refrained from pray
ing because he was not whether it would
Ice better for his health to be seasick or not,
Tha, ne occasionally failed t. receive an an
swer 70 a petition is recorded. but at such times
he always managed to construe the refusal into
warning or instruction. one year, for in
stance his prayer for money TO pay his rent
failed and the rent became three days overdue
before the sum arrived This accepted by
Muller as a divine admonition fer him TO depart
a little from his usual practice Of taking no
thought for the morrow" and to save out there
after from his receipts enough to insure the
payment of the rent on time.
An instance Of Muller's extraordinary con-
scicntiousness was afforded on a visit which ne
made to Portshcad for the benefit OF his
health His doctor had ordered him 10 take
sea baths. and especially to devote himself to
horseback riding. For some days he followed
the directions until ne CHANGED to learn that
the man whose horse he was hiring had no IL
cense 10 rent the animal Miller at once ceased
his rides, and apparently without making any
effort to fird a dealer who could lawfully rent