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pubOne.info present you this new edition. It was only after the consideration of many months, and after much self-examination as to my motives, and after much earnest prayer, that I came to the conclusion to write this little work. I have not taken one single step in the Lord's service, concerning which I have prayed so much. My great dislike to increasing the number of religious books would, in itself, have been sufficient to have kept me for ever from it, had I not cherished the hope of being instrumental in this way to lead some of my brethren to value the Holy Scriptures more, and to judge by the standard of the word of God the principles on which they act. But that which weighed more with me than any thing was, that I have reason to believe from what I have seen among the children of God, that many of their trials arise, either from want of confidence in the Lord as it regards temporal things, or from carrying on their business in an unscriptural way. On account, therefore, of the remarkable way in which the Lord has dealt with me in temporal things, within the last ten years, I feel that I am a debtor to the Church of Christ, and that I ought, for the benefit of my poorer brethren especially, to make known, as much as I can, the way in which I have been led

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A NARRATIVE OF SOME OF THE LORD'S DEALINGS WITHGEORGE MÜLLER
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
FIRST PART
NINTH EDITION
PREFACE
TO THE
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST PART.
It was only after the consideration of many months,and after much self-examination as to my motives, and after muchearnest prayer, that I came to the conclusion to write this littlework. I have not taken one single step in the Lord's service,concerning which I have prayed so much. My great dislike toincreasing the number of religious books would, in itself, havebeen sufficient to have kept me for ever from it, had I notcherished the hope of being instrumental in this way to lead someof my brethren to value the Holy Scriptures more, and to judge bythe standard of the word of God the principles on which they act.But that which weighed more with me than any thing was, that I havereason to believe from what I have seen among the children of God,that many of their trials arise, either from want of confidence inthe Lord as it regards temporal things, or from carrying on theirbusiness in an unscriptural way. On account, therefore, of theremarkable way in which the Lord has dealt with me in temporalthings, within the last ten years, I feel that I am a debtor to theChurch of Christ, and that I ought, for the benefit of my poorerbrethren especially, to make known, as much as I can, the way inwhich I have been led. In addition to this, I know it to be a fact,that to many souls the Lord has blessed what I have told them aboutthe way in which He has led me, and therefore it seemed to me aduty to use such means, whereby others also, with whom I could notpossibly converse, might be benefited. That which at last, on May6, 1836, induced me finally to determine to write this Narrativewas, that, if the Lord should permit the book to sell, I might, bythe profits arising from the sale, be enabled in a greater degreeto help the poor brethren and sisters among whom I labour, a matterwhich just at that time weighed much on my mind. I therefore atlast began to write. But after three days I was obliged to lay thework again aside, on account of my other pressing engagements. OnMay 15th I was laid aside on account of an abscess and now beingunable, for many weeks, to walk about as usual, though able to workat home, I had time for writing. When the manuscript was nearlycompleted, I gave it to a brother to look it over, that I mighthave his judgment; and the Lord so refreshed his spirit through it,that he offered to advance the means for having it printed, withthe understanding that if the book should not sell, he would neverconsider me his debtor. By this offer not a small obstacle wasremoved, as I have no means of my own to defray the expense ofprinting. These two last circumstances, connected with many otherpoints, confirmed me that I had not been mistaken, when I came tothe conclusion that it was the will of God, that I should serve Hischurch in this way.
The fact of my being a foreigner, and therefore butvery imperfectly acquainted with the English language, I judged tobe no sufficient reason for keeping me from writing. The Christianreader being acquainted with this fact, will candidly excuse anyinaccuracy of expression.
For the poor among the brethren this Narrative isespecially intended, and to their prayers I commend it inparticular.
GEORGE MÜLLER.
Bristol, July 5, 1837.
EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITIONOF THE FIRST PART
As to this second edition I would mention, that,while in substance it is the same as the first, yet, on account ofmy increased acquaintance with the English language, many verbalalterations have been made; also several alterations have been madeon account of the increased light which the Lord has been pleasedto grant me since July, 1937; a few paragraphs have been entirelyleft out, and a few new paragraphs have been added.
GEORGE MÜLLER.
Bristol, October 28, 1840.
EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION OFTHE FIRST PART
As the second edition of four thousand copies isexhausted, and as the Lord condescends to bless this Narrative moreand more, both to believers and unbelievers, it has appeared to mea debt which I owe to the church of God to publish this thirdedition. Several new paragraphs of considerable length have beenintroduced.
GEORGE MÜLLER.
Bristol, June 17, 1845.
PREFACE TO THE EIGHTH EDITION OF THE FIRSTPART
The Seventh edition of eight thousand copies is alsoexhausted, and the Lord condescends to bless yet more and more thisNarrative, both to the the conversion of unbelievers, and to theedification of His own children. On this account I feel it my duty,as well as my privilege, to send forth this new edition, in whichscarcely any alterations have been made.
GEORGE MÜLLER.
Bristol, December, 1881.
PREFACE TO THE NINTH EDITION
The reason which led me to the publication of theEighth edition of this Narrative, has influenced me also to publishthis Ninth edition.
GEORGE MÜLLER.
Bristol, March, 1895.
A NARRATIVE
I was born at Kroppenstaedt, near Halberstadt, inthe kingdom of Prussia, on September 27th, 1805. In January 1810 myparents removed to Heimersleben, about four miles fromKroppenstaedt, where my father was appointed collector in theexcise. As a warning to parents I mention, that my father preferredme to my brother, which was very injurious to both of us. To me, astending to produce in my mind a feeling of self-elevation; and tomy brother, by creating in him a dislike both towards my father andme.
My father, who educated his children on worldlyprinciples, gave us much money, considering our age; not in orderthat we might spend it, but, as he said, to accustom us to possessmoney without spending it. The result was, that it led me and mybrother into many sins. For I repeatedly spent a part of the moneyin a childish way, and afterwards, when my father looked over mylittle treasure, I sought to deceive him in making up the accounts,either by not putting down all the money which he had given me, orby professing to have more money in hand than was the case, andcounting it out accordingly before him. Now, though this deceit wasfound out at last, and I was punished, yet I remained the same. Forbefore I was ten years old I repeatedly took of the governmentmoney which was intrusted to my father, and which he had to makeup; till one day, as he had repeatedly missed money, he detected mytheft, by depositing a counted sum in the room where I was, andleaving me to myself for a while. Being thus left alone, I tooksome of the money, and hid it under my foot in my shoe. When myfather, after his return, had counted and missed the money, I wassearched and my theft detected.
Though I was punished on this and other occasions,yet I do not remember that at any time, when my sins were foundout, it made any other impression upon me than to make me think howI might do the thing the next time more cleverly, so as not to bedetected. Hence it came, that this was not the last time that I wasguilty of stealing.
When I was between ten and eleven years of age, Iwas sent to Halberstadt, to the cathedral classical school, thereto be prepared for the university; for my father's desire was, thatI should become a clergyman: not, indeed, that thus I might serveGod, but that I might have a comfortable living. My time was nowspent in studying, reading novels, and indulging, though so young,in sinful practices. Thus it continued till I was fourteen yearsold, when my mother was suddenly removed. The night she was dying,I, not knowing of her illness, was playing at cards till two in themorning, and on the next day, being the Lord's day, I went withsome of my companions in sin to a tavern, and then we went aboutthe streets, half intoxicated.
The following day I attended, for the first time,the religious instruction, which I was to receive previous to myconfirmation. This likewise was attended to in a careless manner;and when I returned to my lodgings, my father had arrived to fetchmy brother and me home to our mother's funeral. This bereavementmade no lasting impression on my mind. I grew worse and worse.Three or four days before I was confirmed, (and thus admitted topartake of the Lord's supper, ) I was guilty of gross immorality;and the very day before my confirmation, when I was in the vestrywith the clergyman to confess my sins, (according to the usualpractice, ) after a formal manner, I defrauded him; for I handedover to him only the twelfth part of the fee which my father hadgiven me for him.
In this state of heart, without prayer, without truerepentance, without faith, without knowledge of the plan ofsalvation, I was confirmed, and took the Lord's supper, on theSunday after Easter 1820. Yet I was not without some feeling aboutthe solemnity of the thing, and I stayed at home in the afternoonand evening, whilst the other boys and girls, who had beenconfirmed with me, walked about in the fields I also maderesolutions to turn from those vices in which I was living, and tostudy more. But as I had no regard to God, and attempted the thingin my own strength, all soon came to nothing, and I still grewworse.
Six weeks after my confirmation I went for afortnight to Brunswick, to a sister of my father, where I becameattached to a young female, who was a Roman catholic. My time tillMidsummer 1821 was spent partly in study, but in a great degree inplaying the piano-forte and guitar, reading novels, frequentingtaverns, forming resolutions to become different, yet breaking themalmost as fast as they were made. My money was often spent on mysinful pleasures, through which I was now and then brought intotrouble, so that once, to satisfy my hunger, I stole a piece ofcoarse bread, the allowance of a soldier who was quartered in thehouse where I lodged. What a bitter, bitter thing is the service ofSatan, even in this world! !
At Midsummer 1821 my father obtained an appointmentat Schoenebeck, near Magdeburg, and I embraced the opportunity ofent