. Men and women of deep piety. arried him in. He wound his watch, then asked, Isthis the Luapula? *No. How many days is it to theLaupula? Three days. He sighed. They helped him to select some medicine, then he badethem go to rest. The one left with him called to Susi justbefore dawn. They entered the hut, and by the flickeringcandle they saw his motionless form, kneeling by his bedside,with his head buried in his hands. His last act had been tocommend himself to God, and perhaps breathe a prayer forAfrica, shrouded in heathen darkness. The prayer wasended. He had found the Path to the Celestia
. Men and women of deep piety. arried him in. He wound his watch, then asked, Isthis the Luapula? *No. How many days is it to theLaupula? Three days. He sighed. They helped him to select some medicine, then he badethem go to rest. The one left with him called to Susi justbefore dawn. They entered the hut, and by the flickeringcandle they saw his motionless form, kneeling by his bedside,with his head buried in his hands. His last act had been tocommend himself to God, and perhaps breathe a prayer forAfrica, shrouded in heathen darkness. The prayer wasended. He had found the Path to the Celestial City. Tenderly his five faithful natives wrapped his embalmedbody, tying it securely to a pole, and through three thousandmiles of wilderness, jungle, marsh and desert, facing dangersfrom wild beasts, savage men, hunger and thirst, they bore theprecious dust to the sea, whence it was taken by ship to Eng-land, and amid the honors of the nation and all the world itwas laid in Westminster Abbey, with the most illustrious GEORGE MULLER. GEORGE MOLLER npO effectually apply the test of prayer to the unseen God,??• in such a way as to leave no doubt that, in these verydays in which we live, it is perfectly safe to cut loose fronievery human dependence and cast ourselves in faith upon thepromises of a faithful Jehovah, was the unusual aim and lifepurpose to which the subject of this sketch, George Miiller,devoted his long, useful life. He was born near Halberstadt, Prussia, September 27,1805. While in training for the ministry, he was dissipatedin his habits, and at sixteen was sent to prison for defraudinga hotel-keeper. He went to Halle as a student of visit to a private meeting for prayer and praise proved theturning point in his life. He was soundly converted. In 1 826 he began to preach and teach. In his pastorateat Ebenezer Chapel, of Teignmouth, England, he abolishedcollections, and depended on voluntary gifts. He undertook to demonstrate to the unbelievin
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