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Title: George Muller of Bristol
His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God
Author: Arthur T. Pierson
Release Date: September 10, 2008 [EBook #26522]
Language: English
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GEORGE MULLER OF BRISTOL
AND
HIS WITNESS TO A PRAYER-HEARING GOD
BY
ARTHUR T. PIERSON
Author of "The Crisis of Missions," "The New Acts of the Apostles,"
"Many Infallible Proofs," etc.; editor of "The Missionary
Review of the World," etc.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
JAMES WRIGHT
Son-in-law and successor in the work of George Muller
Illustrated
NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO
Fleming H. Revell Company
LONDON AND EDINBURGH
Copyright, 1899,
BY
THE BAKER AND TAYLOR CO.
[Transcriber's Note: George Muller's family name is Germanic in origin.
Everywhere that his name appears in the printed text, the letter "u" is
marked with two dots above it (called an 'umlaut') to show that it is
pronounced differently from the way the unmarked vowel is normally
pronounced. So his name is usually pronounced in English as Myew-ler,
not as Mool-ler or Mull-ler.]
Introduction
VERY soon after the decease of my beloved father-in-law I began to
receive letters pressing upon me the desirableness of issuing as soon as
possible a memoir of him and his work.
The well-known autobiography, entitled "Narrative of the Lord's Dealings
with George Muller," had been, and was still being, so greatly used by
God in the edification of believers and the conversion of unbelievers
that I hesitated to countenance any attempt to supersede or even
supplement it. But as, with prayer, I reflected upon the subject,
several considerations impressed me:
1st. The last volume of the Narrative ends with the year 1885, so that
there is no record of the last thirteen years of Mr. Muller's life
excepting what is contained in the yearly reports of "The Scriptural
Knowledge Institution."
2d. The last three volumes of the Narrative, being mainly a condensation
of the yearly reports during the period
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