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ASHLEY DOWN ORPHAN HOUSES, BRISTOL, ENG.THE
LIFE OF TRUST:
BEING A
NARRATIVE OF THE LORD’S DEALINGS
WITH
GEORGE MÜLLER,
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
EDITED AND CONDENSED BY
REV. H. LINCOLN WAYLAND,
PASTOR OF THE THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH, WORCESTER, MASS.
With an Introduction
BY
FRANCIS WAYLAND.
BOSTON:
GOULD AND LINCOLN,
59 WASHINGTON STREET.
NEW YORK: SHELDON AND COMPANY.
CINCINNATI: GEORGE S. BLANCHARD.
1861.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by
GOULD AND LINCOLN,
In the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
GEO. C. RAND AND AVERY, 3 CORNHILL.
EDITOR’S PREFACE.
Having been requested by Messrs. Gould and Lincoln to examine the workentitled “A Narrative of some of the Lord’s Dealings with GeorgeMüller,” the Editor was convinced that its republication in this countrywould greatly promote the piety of American Christians. But to reproducethe work in its original form was attended with difficulty. The“Narrative,” in four parts, (published respectively in 1837, 1841, 1845,and 1856,) and the four “Annual Reports” issued in 1857, 1858, 1859, and1860, would occupy not less than eighteen hundred pages of the size ofthose contained in this volume. The cost of such a work would greatlylimit its circulation and its usefulness, if indeed any publisher shouldundertake its issue. There seemed no alternative except to abandon theidea of an American edition altogether, or to present it to the publicin a condensed form.
Such a condensation seemed, on examination, to be entirely practicable.Owing to the “Parts” of the “Narrative” having been published at fourseparate periods, it often happens that the same matter is several timesrepeated. A large portion of the space is occupied with theacknowledgment of donations received. These entries, althoughappropriate in a report made to the donors and to the British public,have[vi] not the same interest for American readers. The discussion of somepoints in church polity, and the account of the Author’s journeys uponthe Continent, though interesting and instructive, are not necessary tothe continuity of the history. Although in some cases the portions whichhave been omitted cover a considerable period of time, yet it isbelieved that all which is essential has been retained. No pains havebeen spared on