The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26

| Christ like that. so II the letter is sent
| they'd give Ii to you.
Stop Being Pigmiea
| Oh, people have regulations of be-
] ing social leaders. Look at you
! through a single-barreI eyeglass Men
| have got regulations for being. poll
| tfcians: they have got regulations for
being financiers; they have got repu
| tattons for being captains of industry;
they have got regulations for being
ssS. '25r e., ss s, s', s,smr for
Traith, -F'althhf 80 much as 4 grain
OF mustard seed."
Then another Illustration. George
Mueller lived In Bristol, England He
lived life of trust for sixty years.
He was born in 1905 and he died in
1888. He was ninety three years old.
He supported thousands and thousands
OF orphans, built the homes, educated
them. clothed them, and he never
asked anybody for dollar. He was
educated by his father for the minis
try. the Episcopal ministry. the Church
Of England. The English government
supports the Church Of England. He
knew II would furnish him a good liv-
ing when he grew old. His father was
soldier. He had hts son educated for
the ministry. but before he graduated
he was converted. He~went to Eng
land ana he lived in netghborhood
whore they had little prayer meeting.
and he was converted. He was con-
verified In q neighborhood prayer-meet-
ing. % that's an encouragement for
you to continue your work.
He loved the Bible He read Il
through l3s times. One hundred and
twenty -nve times, he read the Bible
YyH az. ~
with the Bible. read a Tine here and a
line there. And when you kneel in
prayer You hurry ana yawn through
your prayer. You treat the book of
Jesus ~ you treat no other book Just
paragraph disjointed: Just q crude
impatient look.
Cry abroad. oh steady few;
You will kneel with raptura,
When you read the Bible through.
One hundred and twenty-five times
he read the Bibiet He became i'm
pressed with the fact that It said:
BLESSED is the man that trusteth in
him"
No matter who. no matter where. He
said. 81 viii be that man. Blessed is
the man that trusteth In HIM"
Listeni He went to his official
board He said. II will agree to con-
tinuo pastor Of the church on one con-
dition."
A Good scheme.
What Is THAR"
That receive no salary: that you
put little boxes by the doors and have
ii understood that every dollar that
goes In those boxes belongs to me. and
you must not provide for the current
mine. You provide for that In other
ways"
They said, You will starve.-
He said, Very well, IL I starve then
am not doing what God wants me
to do. If ! am doing Gods work. II IL
up to God TO take care OF me. II you
will do that will stay: otherwise
resign"
At the end Of the year he found
more money had been put In the boxes
than he would have received had he
been on salary. He hadn't Increased
his living expenses. so he had money
left At the end OF the second year
there was at the end OF the first year,
and A he hadn't increased his living
expenses. he had more money
Three or four children came to him
to be adopted. and children came to
him from year to year until he had
great numbers OF them Then he rent
ed house and filled 1t with orphans.
then he rented another and filled that,
then another and filled that Then the
neiKhbors began to growt and kick;
wouldn't do anything to help the
orphans. He began to be known as
the fellow that was trying to clothe,
feed and educate the children, and he
be his LIES work. He laid the mat
ter before the Lord and said. Lord.
these houses are rented: if you want
me to feed and take care OF the chill
dren you will have to give me money
for q permanent home-"
One morning he found q letter with
a check for several hundred pounds
and that was the beginning of the
fund, and money streamed In. In a
little while he had $4,000. He put
up building. Fifty thousand dollars
more came in. and streams of money
poured In to HIM He planted himself
sQuarely on the promise of God. over
100000 passed through his hands in
sixteen years, and no never asked man
or woman for q cont 1t all came in
response to prayer.
George Mueller was one OF the best
illustrations of the life of faith that
tho world has ever produced. In my
opinion He was determined not to
run into debt. He said, Gods able to
pay cash. why should 1 ask people to
stand God orr"
And he wouldn't run . monthly &C.
count Not At ALI And he paid his
rent quarterly. He had to. He laid
aside enough money 30 that when the
rent was due he always had that
amount OF money. and he set apart
enough each week. He was sorely
tried many . time. but God never failed
him.
Many = time the milkman would
come around to leave milk He would
say, Il haven't the money to pay you
this morning"
Tho man would say. It'll leave the
milk: you can pay me when you get
the money
He said, No. sir God knows that
these children are here and he knows
that they need milk. and he knows
that we cant pay for it without money,
and IL the Lord wants me to taxa care
of these children he's got to have the
money around"
And somebody would send the money
around and he'd send one Of tho boys
out and tell him to have the milkman
come back.
Never in Debt.
he never ran into debt, and ne made
II q rule never to take step alone.
He always asked the Lord to help him.
He built his life on these two verses. |