George Müller
George Müller was a Christian evangelist and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England.
Crossway, a not-for-profit Christian ministry, published the article George Mueller: A Man of Prayer which indicated:
| “ | George Mueller (1805–1898) is widely considered one the greatest men of prayer and faith since the days of the New Testament. He lived nearly the entire nineteenth century, two-thirds of it in Bristol, England. He led four far-reaching, influential ministries, but we know him best today for his orphanages.
During a time in England when most orphans lived in miserable workhouses or on the streets, like Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist, Mueller took them in, fed them, clothed them, and educated them. Through his orphanage in Bristol, Mueller cared for as many as two thousand orphans at a time—more than ten thousand in his lifetime. Yet he never made the needs of his ministries known to anyone except to God in prayer. Only through his annual reports did people learn after the fact what the needs had been during the previous year and how God had provided. Mueller had over fifty thousand specific recorded answers to prayers in his journals, thirty thousand of which he said were answered the same day or the same hour that he prayed them. Think of it: that’s five hundred definite answers to prayer each year—more than one per day—every single day for sixty years! God funneled over half a billion dollars (in today’s dollars) through his hands in answer to prayer[1] |
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Charles Dickens' newspaper article on George Müller
The Evangelical Times wrote about Charles Dickens' visit to George Müller's orphanage buildings:
| “ | Although the orphans knew that everything they had was provided by God, they were unaware that they often lived from hand to mouth. As a result, they had no sense of financial insecurity. Charles Dickens heard a rumour that George Müller’s orphans were ill-kempt and starving, and decided to investigate. Müller gave his keys to an employee with instructions that Dickens be allowed to look over any of the orphan houses. He went away entirely satisfied. The children were indeed well cared for by the standards of the day, though their routine and diet would seem monotonous today. Their state of health compared very favourably with the general population, they had plenty of toys, and the vast majority looked back on their childhood in the orphanages as a period of great happiness. All of them went into secure employment, and many of them trusted Christ during the years of their upbringing.[2] | ” |
Quote
"The vigor of our spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Bible in our life and thoughts." - George Müller
See also
External links
- Georgemuller.org
- George Müller by J. Gilchrist Lawson
- The Inspiring Life of George Müller, Guideposts magazine
- The Autobiography of George Müller by George Müller
Documentaries:
- Robber of the Cruel Streets: The Story of George Muller (2006) - Documentary
- George Müller Documentary | A Cloud of Witnesses
- The Missionary Methods of George Müller
References
- ↑ What George Mueller Can Teach Us about Prayer, Crossway website
- ↑ The faith of George Müller, Evangelical Times
