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<h2 class="western" style="margin-top: 0.01in;">SEVEN MOTIVES FOR
GEORGE MULLER’S TOURS</h2>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center">(From
“George Muller of Bristol” by Dr. A.T. Pierson, Revell, 1899)</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"> Mr. Muller
traveled over 200,000 miles when he was over 70, to make known the
secrets and principles of faith that God had taught him through the
Orphanage in Bristol, and 8 other endeavors of faith. He felt a
divine compulsion to share these truths near and far.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>1.
</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>To
</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>preach the
gospel </b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>in its
simplicity</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">,
especially to show how salvation is based, not upon feelings or even
upon faith, but upon the finished work of Christ; that justification
is ours the moment we believe, and we are to accept and claim our
place as accepted in the Beloved without regard to our inward states
of feeling or emotions.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>2.
To </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>lead
believers to know their saved state</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>,
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">and to realize their
standing in Christ. Great numbers not only of disciples, but even
preachers and pastors are themselves destitute of any real peace and
joy in the Lord, and hence unable to lead others into joy and peace.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>3.
To </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>bring
believers back to the Scriptures</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>,
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">to search the Word
and find its hidden treasures; to test everything by this divine
touchstone and hold fast only what will stand this test; to make it
the daily subject of </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>meditative
(vocal) </b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">and
prayerful examination in order to translate it into daily obedience.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>4.
To </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>promote
among all true believers, brotherly love</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>;
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">to lead them to make
less of those non-essentials in which disciples differ, and to make
more of those great essential and foundation truths in which all true
believers are united; to help all who love and trust one Lord to rise
above narrow sectarian prejudices, and barriers to fellowship.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>5.
To </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>strengthen
the faith of believers</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>,
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">encouraging a simpler
trust, and a more real and unwavering confidence in God, and
particularly in the sure answers to believing prayer, based upon His
definite promises.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>6.
</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">T</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>o
</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>promote
separation from the world</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">and deadness to it,
and so to increase heavenly-mindedness in children of God; at the
same time warning against fanatical extremes and extravagances, such
as sinless perfection while in the flesh.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>7.
And finally to </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>fix
the hope of disciples on the blessed coming of our Lord Jesus</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>;
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">and, in connection
therewith, to instruct them as to the true character and object of
the present dispensation, and the relation of the church to the world
in this period of the outgathering of the Bride of Christ.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>Summary</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>:
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">These seven objects
may be briefly epitomized thus: Mr. Muller’s aim was to lead
sinners to believe on the Name of the Son of God, and so to have</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>eternal life</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>;
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">to help those who
have thus believed, </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>to
</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>know</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">that they have this
life; to teach them so </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>to
</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>build up</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>
themselves</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"> on their
most holy faith, by diligent searching into the word of God, and
praying in the Holy Spirit, so that this life shall be more and more
a real possession and a conscious possession; to promote among all
disciples </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>the </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>unity
of the Spirit </b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>and
the </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>love</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">which is the bond of
perfectness, and to help them to exhibit that life before the world;
to incite them to cultivate </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>an
</b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>unworldly and
spiritual type of character</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">such as conforms to
the life of God in them; to lead them </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>to
the </b></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>prayer of
faith</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i> </i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">which
is both the expression and the expansion of the life of faith; and to
direct their hope to the </font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><b>final
appearance of the Lord,</b></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>
</i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">so that they should
purify themselves even as He is pure, and occupy till He comes. Mr.
Muller was thus giving himself to the double work of evangelization
and edification, on a scale commensurate with his love for a dying
world, as opportunity afforded doing good unto all men, and
especially to them who are of the household of faith. </font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">It
was laid upon his heart frequently to address his <u>brethren in the
ministry</u> of the Word and the care of souls. Everywhere,
throughout the world, he welcomed opportunities for interviews,
whether with many or few, upon whom he could impress his own deep
convictions as to the vital secrets of effective service in the
pulpit and pastorate. Such meetings with brethren in the ministry
numbered hundreds and perhaps thousands in the course of his long
life, and as his testimony was essentially the same on all occasions,
a single utterance may be taken as the type of all. During his
American tours, he gave an hour's address which was reported and
published, and the substance of which may therefore be given.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>First</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of all he laid great stress upon the </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u>need
of conversion</u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
Until a man is both truly turned unto God and sure of this change in
himself he is not fitted to convert others. The ministry is not a
human profession, but a divine vocation. The true preacher is both a
</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">herald</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and a </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">witness</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and hence must back up his message by his personal testimony from
experience.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
even conversion is not enough: there must be an </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>intimate
knowledge of the Lord Jesus. </b></span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">One
must know the Lord as coming near to himself, and know the </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">joy
and strength found in </span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><b>hourly</b></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">
access</span></u></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
However it be done, and at any cost, the minister of Christ must
reach this close relationship. </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="">It
is an absolute necessity to peace and power.</span></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;">
<br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">Growth
in happiness and love</span></font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
was next made very prominent. It is impossible to set limits to the
experience of any believer who casts himself </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">wholly</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
on God, surrenders himself </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">wholly</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to God, and cherishes deep love for His word and holy intimacy with
Himself. The first business of every morning should be to secure
happiness in God, </span></span></span></font>
</p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">He
who is to nourish others must carefully </span></span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">feed
his own soul</span></i></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
</span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">Daily
reading and study of the Scriptures</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
</span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">with
much prayer</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
</span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">especially
in the morning hours</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
was strenuously urged. Quietness before God should be habitually
cultivated, calming the mind and freeing it from pre-occupation.
Continuous reading of the Word, in course, will throw light upon the
general teaching of the Word, and reveal God's thoughts in their
variety and connection, and go far to correct erroneous views.</span></span></span></font></p>
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</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Holiness</span></font></b></i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
must be the supreme aim: prompt obedience to all known truth, a
single eye in serving God, and zeal for His glory. Many a life has
been more or less a failure because habits of heart well pleasing to
God have been neglected. Nothing is more the crowning grace than the
unconscious grace of </span></span></span></font><b><i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">humility</span></font></i></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
All praise of man robs God of His own honor. Let us therefore be
humble and turn all eyes unto God.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
</span></span></span></font><i><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">message</span></font></b></i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
must be gotten from God, if it is to be with power. “Ask God for
it,” said Mr. Muller, “and be not satisfied unto the heart is at
rest. When the text is obtained ask further guidance </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">in
meditating upon it</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and keep in constant communion so as to get God's mind in the matter
and His help in delivery. Then, after the work is done, pray </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">much</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
for blessing, as well as in advance.” He then told some startling
facts as to seed sown many years before, but even now yielding fruit
in answer to prayer.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">He
laid also sp[ecial emphasis upon </span></span></span></font><i><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">expounding
the Scripture</span></font></b></i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
He laid also special emphasis upon expounding the Scripture. The word
of God is the staple of all preaching; Christ and nothing else the
center of all true ministry of the Word. Whoever faithfully and
constantly preaches Christ will find God's word not returning to him
void. Preach simply. Luther's rule was to speak so that an ignorant
maid-servant could understand; if she does, the learned professor
certainly will; but it does not hold true that the simple understand
all that the wise do.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Mr.
Muller seldom addressed his brethren in the ministry without giving
more or less counsel as to </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">the
conduct of church life</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
giving plain witness against such hindrances as unconverted singers
and choirs, secular methods of raising money, pew-rents and caste
distinctions in the house of prayer, etc., and urging such helps as
inquirers' meetings, pastoral visits, and, above all else, </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">believing
prayer</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
</span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">He
urged definite praying and importunate praying</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and remarked that Satan will not mind how we labor in prayer for a
few days, weeks, or even months, if he can at last discourage us so
that we cease praying, as though it were of no use.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">As
to prayers for past seed-sowing, he told the writer of this memoir
how in all supplication to God he looked not only forward but
</span></span></span></font><i><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">backward</span></font></b></i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
He was accustomed to ask that the Lord would be pleased to bless seed
long since sown and yet apparently unfruitful; and he said that, in
answer to these prayers, he had up to that day evidence of God's
loving remembrance of his work of faith and labor of love in years
long gone by. He was permitted to know that messages delivered for
God, tracts scattered, and other means of service had, after five,
ten, twenty, and even sixty years, at last brought forth a harvest
Hence his urgency in advising fellow laborers to </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">pray
unceasingly</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that God would work mightily in the hearts of those who had once been
under their care, bringing to their remembrance the truth which had
been set before them.</span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
</span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">humility</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Mr. Muller enjoined </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">he
practiced.</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
He was ever only the </span></span></span></font><i><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">servant</span></font></b></i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of the Lord. Mr. Spurgeon, in one of his sermons, describes the
startling effect on London Bridge when he saw one lamp after another
lit up with flame, though in the darkness he could not see the
lamp-lighter; and George Muller set many a light burning when he was
himself content to be unseen, unnoticed, and unknown. He </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">honestly</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sought not his own glory but had the meek and quiet spirit so
becoming a minister of Jesus Christ.</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
man - from his seventieth to his eight-seventh year - when most men
are withdrawing from all activities, had traveled in forty-two
countries and over two hundred thousand miles, a distance equivalent
to nearly eight journeys round the globe! He estimated that during
these seventeen years he had addressed over three million people; and
from all that can be gathered from the records of these tours, we
estimate that he must have spoken, outside of Bristol, between five
thousand and six thousand times. What sort of teaching and testimony
occupied these tours, those who have known the preacher and teacher
need not be told. While at Berlin in 1891, he gave an address that
serves as an example of the vital truths which he was accustomed to
press on the attention of </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">fellow
disciples</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
We give a brief outline:</span></span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">He
first urged that believers should </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">never,
even under the greatest difficulties, be discouraged</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and gave for his position sound scriptural reasons. Then he pointed
out to them that </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">the
chief business of every day is first of all to seek to be truly at
rest and happy in God.</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
Then he showed how, from the word of God, </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">all
saved believes may </span></span></font><i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">know</span></font></i><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">
their true standing in Christ</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
and how in circumstances of particular perplexity </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">they
might ascertain the will of God</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
He then urged disciples </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">to
seek with intense earnestness</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to become acquainted with God Himself as revealed in the Holy
Scriptures, and carefully to form and maintain godly habits </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">of
systematic Bible study</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">prayer</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
</span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">holy
living</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
and </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">consecrated
giving</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
He taught that </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">God
alone</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the one all-satisfying portion of the soul, and that we must
determine to possess and enjoy Him as such. He closed by emphasizing
it as the </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">one,
single, all-absorbing, daily aim</span></span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to glorify God </span></span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="">in
a complete surrender to His will and service.</span></span></font></u></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;">NOTE</span></font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">:
George Muller was introduced to me in 1944 by some unremembered
person who gave to me as a new believer, his book “Answers to
Prayer.” I memorized the 6 points of the Preface How to Ascertain
the Will of God, and the 5 points of Appendix A, How to Prevail in
Prayer. Later I purchased his biography by Dr. A. T. Pierson, by
Revell publishers, 1899, from which appear the quotes from above. I
count him as one of the 4 most effective mentors in my life out of
144. I am currently rereading this biography each month, and seeking
by God's grace to walk in the same steps of George Muller. Will you
join me? - Jim Watt</span></span></span></font></p>
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