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Title: A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Mueller
Written by Himself, First Part

Author: George Mueller

Release Date: January 15, 2007 [EBook #20379]

Language: English

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A NARRATIVE OF SOME OF THE LORD'S DEALINGS WITH GEORGE MUeLLER

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF

FIRST PART

NINTH EDITION

J. NISBET & CO., BERNERS STREET, LONDON.

TO BE ALSO HAD IN BRISTOL,

AT THE BIBLE AND TRACT WAREHOUSE OF THE SCRIPTURAL KNOWLEDGE
INSTITUTION FOR HOME AND ABROAD, No. 78 PARK STREET, AND THROUGH
ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1865

[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

LONDON:
DRYDEN PRESS: J. DAVY AND SONS, 137, LONG ACRE.

PREFACE

TO THE

FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PART.

It was only after the consideration of many months, and after much
self-examination as to my motives, and after much earnest
prayer, that I came to the conclusion to write this little
work. I have not taken one single step in the Lord's service,
concerning which I have prayed so much. My great dislike
to increasing the number of religious books would, in
itself, have been sufficient to have kept me for ever from it, had I not
cherished the hope of being instrumental in this way to lead some of my
brethren to value the Holy Scriptures more, and to judge by the standard
of the word of God the principles on which they act. But that which
weighed more with me than any thing was, that I have reason to believe
from what I have seen among the children of God, that many of their trials
arise, either from want of confidence in the Lord as it regards temporal
things, or from carrying on their business in an unscriptural way. On
account, therefore, of the remarkable way in which the Lord has dealt with
me in temporal things, within the last ten years, I feel that I am a
debtor to the Church of Christ, and that I ought, for the benefit of my
poorer brethren especially, to make known, as much as I can, th