George Muller dared to trust God for "great and mighty things" (Jer. 33:3). He dared to take God at His word and ventured to establish the Orphan Houses to prove that "with God nothing shall be impossible" (Luke 1:37). Over his lifetime, George Muller cared for countless of orphans - all without asking anyone for a penny but only by going to God, his Jehovah-Jireh.
How did George Muller cultivate this faith? George Muller's faith was no different from my faith and your faith, as he once proclaimed. But his faith was stretched by the trials he went through which caused him to trust God for the "impossible." George Muller learned to depend on the Lord from his youth. He knew also the importance of spending quality time with the Lord first thing in the morning. George Muller "delighted in God" and He gave him the desires of his heart (Psalm 37:4). Over his lifetime, George Muller read the whole bible over one hundred times which developed his faith for the bible says that "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17).
We trust that this page will cause you to trust God for "great and mighty things" like George Muller and will inspire you to seek the God of George Muller who is the God of the impossible and of answered prayer.
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The Autobiography of George Muller - 3rd Edition, April, 1914. The subtitle reads "A Million and a Half in Answer to Prayer."
Left - Portrait of George Muller with his autograph.
Right - Portrait of George Muller on his 90th birthday.
A page from the "Autobiography of George Muller."
Portrait of Mr. Wagner of Halle. It was at his house that George Muller first started to fellowship with other Christians who "read the Bible, sang, prayed, and read a printed sermon." Before that time he said that he "never heard the gospel preached."
House of J. V. Wagner in Halle where George Muller attended a home fellowship worship service one Saturday evening with his friend Beta where he heard the gospel first preached. "That evening was the turning point in my life," he said in his autobiography. And he told his friend Beta that "all we have seen on our journey to Switzerland, and all our former pleasures, are as nothing in comparison with this evening."
Franke's Orphan Houses in Halle where George Muller lived for about two months. He said in his autobiography: "About the time I first began to preach I lived for about two months in free lodgings, provided for poor students of divinity in the Orphan House, built in dependence upon God, by that devoted and eminent servant of Christ, A. H. Franke, Professor of Divinity at Halle, who died in 1727. I mention this, as some years afterwards I was benefited myself through the faith of this dear man of God."
Bethseda Chapel (exterior) where George Muller's fellow laborers ministered.
The interior of Bethesda Chapel.
The First Wilson Street Orphan Houses.
Mr. Muller's House, 21, Paul Street, Bristol.
New Orphan House, No. 1.
New Orphan House, No. 2.
New Orphan House, No. 3.
New Orphan House, No. 4.
New Orphan House, No. 5.
"On January 6th, 1870, the long-looked-for, and the long-prayed-for day, arrived, when the last house also, the New Orphan House No. 5, could be opened. The immense work connected with sending out Orphans from the other four houses, filling up again the vacancies thus made, and going on with all the other parts of the work, had made it impracticable to open this house sooner. Since the opening of No. 5 there have been received into it 153 Orphans. All the expenses in connection with No. 4 and No. 5 being built, fitted up, and furnished, were met to the full, and, after all had been paid, there was left a balance of several thousand pounds. See esteemed reader, how abundantly God answered our prayers, and how plain it is, that we were not mistaken, after we had patiently and prayerfully sought to ascertain His will. Be encouraged, therefore, yet further and further to confide in the living God." - G. Muller
Portrait of Mr. Muller in Middle Life.
Left - Orphan Girls Making Beds.
Right - Elder Orphan Girls Sewing.
Top - Orphan Girls Blacking Boots.
Bottom - Orphan Girls at Work in the Laundry.
Top - Orphan Boys in Gymnasium.
Bottom - A Carpentry Class.
Left - Orphan Girls on Swing.
Right - Orphan Girls in Playground.
Top - Orphan Boys at Play: Jumping Competition.
Bottom - Orphan Boys at Play: Tug of War.
Portrait of Mr. Anthony Norris Groves, From an Old Engraving.
He was the brother-in-law of George Muller. Muller said: "My brother-in-law, Mr. A. N. Groves, of whom mention has been made, as having been helpful to me by his example when I began my labours in England in 1829, in that he, without any visible support, and without being connected with any Missionary Society, went with his wife and children to Bagdad, as a Missionary."
Portrait of Mr. Henry Craik, Muller's "beloved fellow-labourer and intimate friend for thirty-six years."
Portrait of the first Mrs. Muller from an old photograph on glass. She went to be with the Lord before him.
Left - Portrait of Lydia Muller the daughter of George Muller about the time of her marriage.
Right - Portrait of Mr. James Wright, Muller's principal helper in the work of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution who married Muller's daughter. This portrait was taken about the time of his marriage.
The Five New Orphan Houses and Some of Their Little Inmates.
Bird's Eye View of the Five New Orphan Houses. (The surrounding fields are now nearly all built upon.)
Orphan babies in the nursery.
Orphan girls in school.
Orphan Girls: Swedish Exercises.
Infant Orphan Girls Learning to Sew.
Mr. Muller's study room as he left it. This is where he cultivated his faith by having a quiet time with the Lord each day.
The Visitor's Room, as arranged for The Daily Prayer Meeting. Mr. Muller's large print bible is on the chair on which he sat.
Portrait of the Second Mrs. Muller Taken About the Time of Her Marriage.
Orphan Babies Out of Doors.
Group of Orphan Girls.
Off to Purdown for the Annual Outing.
On Purdown - The Annual Outing.
The Swimming Bath, Opened 1910.
The Latest Portrait of Mr. Wright, Mueller's Son-in-Law.
Group of over 1500 boys and girls, specially taken in August, 1905, for his autobiography book.
Portrait of the Late Mr. R. C. Chapman, Mr. Muller's Friend for 68 Years.
The latest portrait of Mr. G. Fred Bergin. He was appointed as the honorary director of the new orphan houses, Ashley Down, Bristol.
George Muller's Funeral.
Funeral Procession, Orphan Boys Following the Hearse.
Tombstones of Mr. and Mrs. Muller
The writing on the tombstone is as follows:
"In Loving Memory of George Muller, Founder of the Ashley Down Orphange.
Born September 27, 1805
Fell asleep March 10, 1898
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He trusted in God with whom "nothing shall be impossible," and in His beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord who said "I go unto My Father, and whatsoever ye shall ask in My name that will I do that the Father, may be glorified in the Son."
And in His inspired word which declares that "All things are possible to Him that believeth."
And God fulfilled these declarations in the experience of His servant by enabling him to provide and care for about ten thousand orphans.
