The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-08
GEORGE MULLER.
The Man Who Had Tens of Thousands
of Answers to Prayer.
Westminster Gazette.

Westminster Gazette
Mr.: George Muller, the well-known found
Sr or the orphan Asylum at Ashley Downs
bristol, was found dead on the floor of his
bedroom at the asylum this morning 1t is
supposed that the deceased, who was ninety
thiee years OF age, tainted, and, his heart
being weak. he died from this cause. Though
the name Of George Muller will be looked
for in vain in Who's Who?" he had excep-
tlonal claims, from the character of his
Work-pursued as 1t had been for period
longer than the Queens reign, and notwith-
standing the circumstance that he was born
IN dernany-to be regarded as one of our
grand old men. Since March, 1884, Mr.. Null
Ter stated in a recent report, the total
amount Of money received by PRAYER and
faith for his various institutions amounted
TO Il ,424 GAG 6s Sgd; III, 6o3 persons had been
taught in the schools supported by his in
sututlons, and he had had 5,744 orphans I'M
der his care.
Mr.. George Muller was educated at Halle
University, and soon after attaining his ma
JorIty came to England for the purpose of
engaging IN missionary work. He travelled
through the country, preaching at many
places, and finally. in 1929. became pastor
shire: In 1892 he left Telgnmouth and set
tied down near Bristol where he established
an orphanage, which was opened on Nov.
9, 1885 Accommodation is provided for 1850
orphans and liz assistants, and the inmates
are educated, clothed, fed and ultimately
apprentlced to trade and given a start
conditions of the child's admission for the
work is carried on on purely unsectarian
principles; the only stipulation is that every
child must have lost both parents
But it is the method by which this vast
establishment is maintained which constf-
tuteS It's most remarkable feature. Mr.. Null
Ter mas never asked any one for a penny
and he attributes the good work he has ac-
compHshed as well as the provision of the
means for carrying it out entirely to the
power of prayer Prayer had been his sal
Eat1on, he declared in the course of an in
Eerestlng account of his life some time since
from which the following quotations are
ho hoH
believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. The first
twenty years of his life were spent thought
iessly. carelessly and unconcernedly. In the
high classical schools he attended he had
thirty tutors, but none of them spoke to him
about his soul. One of his tutors, in fact
tried to lead him aStray and make him an
intidel; but at last while a student at Halle
University, he attended a prayer meeting
and found Christ: That was in the begin
been a very happy man. He had faith in
prayer, and God had answered his prayers.
He had during his life obtained tens Of
thousands OF answers to his prayers Very
frequently before he left his bedroom in the
morning he had one or two answers in the
course of the cay, perhaps, five or six, and
on for more than seventy years. During the
seventy years he had prayed to God he had
obtained 81, 3s5, 800; With that sum he had
founded and established schools and had
educated and sent into the world no fewer
than $4,000 pupils, more than 10000 of
whom We're converted while at school. He
O5> Bibles in various languages. 2.100 copies
of the Book of Psalms. and 100000 smaller
portions of the Word of God.
From the beginning of his conversion he
took lively interest in missionary work,
and he aided the missionaries in every way
possible. In money alone he had assisted
them to the extent of 9255, 600. When he
had passed his SEVENTEEN year he went out
as missionary and travelled through forty
two countries in Europe, America, Asia,
Africa. and Australia For about twenty
years he was constantly going about in all
parts of the world preaching the gospel.
He preached in three different languages
German, French, and English-and with the
aid of interpreters, in eighteen other lam
guages.
But his greatest work, he declared, was
the establishment of his orphange, a work
which showed what could be accomplished
by means of prayer. He bad been in diff
CultieS hundreds and thousands of times,
but God had always answered his prayers.
The five immense buildings at Ashley
Downs, Bristol, were Gods monument to
the power of prayer. They cost ELS 600,
and yet he had never asked a single human
being in the world for penny. He had
obtained the money to establish the orphan
age simply through the fundamentally of
prayer. The 3115,000 was not all that was
required, because 1t took 926,00O year to
maintain the institution and the work in
which he was engaged. But all through
God had never failed to help him.