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The Project Gutenberg EBook of George Muller of Bristol, by Arthur T. Pierson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org 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 Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GEORGE MULLER OF BRISTOL *** Produced by Carl D. DuBois 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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