A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 1

Müller, George, 1805-1898Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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450K words
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45

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English Originals General BiographyReligion Humanistic CareLife PhilosophyInspirationSpiritual PracticeSpiritual ComfortTruth Goodness BeautyMoral CultivationDocumentary Narrative

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 1 by MüllerAuthor: Müller, George, 1805-1898,Language: English, Class: HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare, Release Date: Jan 15, 2007

Editor's review

This is the first part of George Müller's own account, recording his early years up to a certain stage: his faith experiences, life's turning points, and specific events in his ministry. Its readability comes from the plain first-person narration: the author does not embellish with rhetoric but sets out circumstances, decisions, and what he saw and felt in chronological order, so readers can directly see how one person understood his own path and the social relief practices of his time. As a public-domain ebook, it is suitable as auxiliary reading for students of religious history, the history of charity, and biography writers, and also for general readers interested in nineteenth-century English society. It should be noted that this book presents the author's personal perspective and carries a distinct faith standpoint; statements involving funds, institutional operations, and the like have not been independently verified, so readers are advised to treat it as a first-person account rather than neutral historical criticism, maintaining an attitude of both caution and sympathy.

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Reading tips

  1. Start with the table of contents and opening, clarify the timeline, then proceed by stages to avoid confusing people and events
  2. Mark passages involving institutions, funds, and decisions as you go, and review them after finishing to form an overall picture
  3. Compare with background material on nineteenth-century English social relief to understand the era in which the account is set
  4. Leave room for judgment: record the author's statements separately from verifiable historical facts to develop habits of source criticism

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Contents

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FAQ

Is this book a complete biography? No. This book is marked as Part 1 and covers only the early stage of the author's account; later content must be found in other parts. To understand the whole, read the parts in order, or first clarify the time span each part covers before deciding where to start.
Can I read it without a religious background? Yes. Much of the book concerns specific circumstances, decisions, and institutional operations; non-believers can also see the landscape of nineteenth-century social relief and individual action. Just accept that the narrative carries a distinct faith standpoint and treat it as material for understanding another person's perspective, without requiring yourself to agree.
How should I judge the credibility of the account? This book is the author's first-person account, carrying personal memory and faith interpretation; claims involving numbers, institutions, and outcomes have not been independently verified. It is best treated as a firsthand account: value its perspective while keeping a awareness of verification for specific facts, and do not equate the account directly with settled fact.
Is the English original difficult to read? The text is a nineteenth-century English self-account with long sentences and many religious terms and archaic expressions, but it is not showy overall. Try reading the first few pages to judge the difficulty, and read slowly with a dictionary and paragraph notes; if you only want to understand the content, you can first grasp the timeline and main events, then return to details.

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About the author

Müller, George, 1805-1898 Author

George Müller (1805-1898) is a well-known figure in nineteenth-century Christian faith missions and orphanage work. Public information is limited, and details of his life rest largely on his own accounts. The library holds six of his works, including the representative multi-volume A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller, Parts 1 to 4, along with Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives and The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller. These writings are first-person records of his religious experience, answers to prayer, and a life dependent on God's provision; their style is close to diary and memoir, concrete and plain. His narratives have circulated widely in Christian devotional literature and are often used as testimony to a life of faith and prayer, offering readers insight into nineteenth-century British, especially Bristol, faith-based charitable work.