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

has been expended upon the Schools, the circulation of the
Scriptures, and in aiding Missionary purposes. More than 1100l.
therefore we have needed during the past year, and our good Lord has
supplied all, without one single person having been asked for any thing.
Dec. 12. Today the hundred pairs of blankets arrived. How kind of the
Lord to give us the privilege of being instrumental in providing, in this
respect, for some of the poor, both among the saints and in the world!
This donation came in most seasonably, as, on inquiring into the
circumstances of some of the poor, most affecting cases of distress
were discovered, on account of the want of blankets. May the Lord give
me grace to deny myself, in order to provide for the necessities of the
poor! How much may be done even by a little self-denial! Lord, help
me!-—The blankets were of a very good quality. It is a Christlike spirit
in supplying the necessities of the poor, not to ask how little will do for
them, but how richly may I possibly supply their need.

Dec. 14. A sister, who a short time since had given me 5l. for my own
personal expenses, gave me another 5l. today. How very kind is the
Lord in providing so abundantly for us, and giving us far more than we
need!
Dec. 16. My head is not at all better, but rather worse. My medical
attendants have today changed the medicine. But however kind and
skillful they are, however nourishing the food which I take, however
much I seek to refrain from over-exertion, and however much I take
exercise in the air:—-till Thou, my great Physician, Thou, Creator of
the Universe, Lord Jesus, dost restore me, I shall be laid aside!—-I
have been working a little during the last fortnight, but only a little.
Dec. 17.-—Lord’s day. This morning I saw the 32 orphan girls, who
are above seven years old, pass under my window, to go to the chapel.
When I saw these dear children in their clean dresses, and their
comfortable warm cloaks; and when I saw them walking orderly under
the care of a sister to the chapel; I felt grateful to God that I had been
made the instrument of providing for them, seeing that they are all
better off, both as it regards temporal and spiritual things, than if they
were at the places from whence they were taken. I felt, that, to bring
about such a sight, was worth the labour not only of many days, but of
many months, or years. I felt that it answered all the arguments of some
of my friends who say "you do too much."
Dec. 24. This is the seventh Lord’s day that I have been laid
aside.—-This day I determine, by the help of God, no more to send
letters in parcels, because I now clearly see that it is against the laws of
the country, and it becomes me, as a disciple of Jesus, in every respect
to submit myself to the Government, in so far as I am not called upon
to do any thing contrary to the word of God.
Dec. 26. Today the same brother who sent me the hundred pairs of
blankets, sent me 100l. to purchase as many more blankets as I can
satisfactorily distribute.
Dec. 29. Applications for the admission of orphans become more and
more numerous. Almost daily fresh cases are brought before us. There

are already as many applications for Orphan-Girls above seven years as
would fill another house. There are also many more Infant-Orphans
applied for than we can take in. Truly this is a large field of labour!
Dec. 31. This is the eighth Lord’s day since I have been kept from
ministering in the Word, nor did I think it well, on account of my head,
to go to any of the meetings today. Whether I am really getting better I
know not, yet I hope I am. My head is yet much affected, though my
liver seems somewhat more active.—-This morning I greatly
dishonoured the Lord by irritability, manifested towards my dear wife,
and that almost immediately after I had been on my knees before God,
praising Him for having given me such a wife.

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1837.

I. There are now 81 children in the three Orphan-Houses, and nine
brethren and sisters who have the care of them. Ninety, therefore, daily
sit down to table. Lord look on the necessities of Thy servant!
II. The schools require as much help as before; nay, more, particularly
the Sunday School, in which there are at present about 320 children,
and in the Day Schools about 350.—-Lord, Thy servant is a poor man;
but he has trusted