The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03

Al on. time one penny was absolutely needful.
after all available funds were gathered and
that penny was found In the contribution box.
and II was all there was depostedl
IL. Again, Mr. Muller found that his rcla-
tons TO God always determined the measure Of
his help from man; that In to say. unless his
fellowship with his heavenly Father was closely
maintained, all else went wrong. The more abb
solute his dependence on God his separation
unto Him and his faith In Him. the more abund-
ant and manifest His deliverances. 80 that as
no became the more Independent Of man the
more he received from God through man.
~. Another fact remains. that the work since
his death in 1893 Ia carried on by his son-In-
law. Mr.. James Wright. and his helpers. on the
same principles and with the same results. Mr..
Mnller's personality 10 removed vet tho same
God honors tho same mode OF doing his work
independent OF the human instruments en-
ployed.
Mr.. Muller, will adj. ia not regard himself.
ae your correspondent suggests, rs one OF tho
pets" Of the Almighty. In fact. he considered
Il mark OF tho degeneracy OF the Church that
the spirlt Of unbelief so prevails that his OK
perlonce Should be regarded az exceptional and
looked on al n wonder. He believed every dis
clplo Ia called upoa to exercise Just such faith.
though not to do just such work.
As to his praying for two unconvcrted
friends" for over sixty years. 10 was not with
out avail" One Of them was very signnlly con-
verified few months after Mr.. Mnllers death /:
and he had snid 70 me that he had not a doubt
that he should meet them both In heaven, for.
as he added my heavenly Father would not
lay on me the burden Of two souls for 40
many years II he had not purposes OF mercy re-
enrding them
Mr.. Nnllcr's life rurpose was to furnish to
tho world and the Church simple example ~
the fact that man can not only live. but work
on large scale. nv faith in the living God
that he has only to trust md pray md obey
md God will provc His own tai'hiulness. The
reports published were with sole reference to.
tho work already done. and because donors
| were entitled To such knowledge Of tho way In
! which their money wns expended. Mr. Muller
! never used h's reports ns appeals for help on
I work yet to he begun or carried on. Nor was
| his personal presence or influence necessary.
for he travelled for eighteen Years in forty-two
| countries. seldom mentioning his great works
and never except at urgent request; and dur
| Ing all this time the work went on Just IA when
| at homo.
One thing II obv.ou.-there II q Wide field
open for experiment Lot those who honest'y
believe that Mr.. Maller's great lie work was
entirely to be accounted for on n natural basis
| founded Ia some OF our great cities similar TO
| that In Bristol. Let thcro DO no direct appear
| made to any one beyond the circulation OF an
nual reports: or. II you please. lot there 10 the
widest advertising Of the fact that such a work
! IA carried on. and that dependence is on public
aid without direct solicitation. let there hc
| no prayer and no God acknowledged, lest
| some one should think Il was religious and
J plous people should he moved to responds
| The unbelievers outnumbcr Christian disciple,
! ut least nve 10 one and tho constituency Il
| therefore very large. Let us hy all means
have the experiment conducted not on the
! faith basis. but in strictly scientific method
! When We ace an lnhdel carrying on such a
/ work. building Ave great orphan hous el
I and sustaining over 1000 orphans from day
| TO day without any direct aprcal 10 human help
! yet finding all supplies coming IN without ev-l
n failure in sixty years. we shall he ready TO re.
! consider our present conviction that the living
| God heard an helped George M0ler to beg n
with capital 81 ono shilling nnd take care
! OF over ten thousand orphans annually supror,
hundreds Of missionaries. scatter millions o
Bibles ana tracts. and in the conrsc OF his long
life expend over 81. 500 OOO for God and human
fly md then die with nll hi. possessions valued
at less than eight hunir dol,arsl
BROOKLYN. Nov. 81. ARTHUR T. PIERsoS.