A Narrative of some of the Lords Dealings with George Müller | Page 8

time to get up: if you will get up and make the
breakfast, I will go with you to the meeting." Still the wife thought, he
only meant to mock her, and that perhaps he would beat her again,
when she was on the point of going to the meeting. Nevertheless she
rose, prepared the breakfast, and at last, as he continued meek and kind
as before, she made herself ready to go to the meeting. How great was
the astonishment and surprise of the people in the small town, where
the thing had become known almost to every one, when arm in arm he
walked with his wife to the meeting and entered it himself, which he
had never done before! After the meeting was over, he related before
all persons present, what had passed in his mind between Exeter and
Ashburton, how he had most cruelly beaten his wife, how he had

ordered her to go to the children’s bed, how he had run into the kitchen
to fetch a piece of wood to beat his wife a second time, how he had
thrown her on the bed for that purpose, and how he had already lifted
up his hand with the piece of wood in it, when there was like an audible
voice saying to him: "Why persecutest thou me!" The piece of wood
had then fallen out of his hand, and he had felt instantly that he was
persecuting the Lord Jesus. From that moment his soul had become
most distressed. He had been sleepless and miserable during the night
from Friday to Saturday. On Saturday morning he had left the house
early in the greatest agonies of soul, and had been roving about in the
fields and neighbouring villages all the day. He had come home, and
spent another sleepless night from Saturday to the Lord’s day. And then
passed what has been related.
From this time this persecutor became a disciple of the Lord Jesus. He
found peace through the blood of the Lord Jesus, by faith in His name,
and walked about thirty years in peace and love with his wife, and
adorned the gospel of the grace of God.
His wife outlived him. The husband died more than thirteen years ago.
The aged sister told all the particulars of the case to a brother in the
Lord, out of whose mouth I heard them; and I have related them
faithfully to the best of my knowledge.
Surely the arm of the Lord is not shortened in our days! In a moment
He may turn the heart of the greatest persecutor. Think on Paul, think
on Manasseh!
The other case of a remarkable conversion, which I am about to relate
for the encouragement of the believing reader, occurred in my native
country, the kingdom of Prussia, about the year 1820. I relate it as
circumstantially as it was brought before me by a brother in the Lord.
Baron von K. had been for many years a disciple of the Lord Jesus.
Even about the commencement of this century, when there was almost
universal darkness or even open infidelity spread over the whole
continent of Europe, he knew the Lord Jesus; and when about the year
1806, there was the greatest distress in Silesia among many thousands
of weavers, this blessed man of God took the following gracious step

for his Lord and Master. As the weavers had no employment, the whole
Continent almost being in an unsettled state on account of Napoleon’s
career, it seemed to him the will of the Lord, that he should use his very
considerable property to furnish these poor weavers with work, in order
to save them from the greatest state of destitution, though in doing this
there was not only no prospect of gain, but the certain prospect of
immense loss. He therefore found employment for about six thousand
weavers. But he was not content with this. Whilst he gave the bread
which perishes, he also sought to minister to the souls of these weavers.
To that end he sought to set believers as overseers over this immense
weaving concern, and not only saw to it that the weavers were
instructed in spiritual things, but he himself also set the truth before
them. Thus it went on for a good while, till at last, on account of the
loss of the chief part of his property, he was obliged to think about
giving it up. But by this time this precious act of mercy had so
commended itself to the government, that it was taken up by them, and
carried on till the times altered. Baron von K. was, however, appointed
director of the whole concern as long as it existed.--This dear man of
God was not content with