George Müller
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as soon as the conveyance could be made out, and the plans be ready for the new orphan-house No.
4, and arrangements be made with contractors.
but i was not discouraged by this difficulty for i expected through prayer to make happy and satisfactory arrangements with the tenant being willing to give him a fair compensation for leaving before his time had expired but before i had time to see about this two other great difficulties presented themselves
The one was that the owner asked £7,000 for the land, which I judged to be considerably more than its value, and the other that I heard that the Bristol Waterworks Company intended to make an additional reservoir for their water on this very land, and to get an Act of Parliament passed to that effect.
Pause here for a few moments, esteemed reader.
You have seen how the Lord brought me so far with regard to pecuniary means that I felt now warranted to go forward, and I may further add that I was brought to this point as the result of thousands of times praying regarding this object.
and that there were also many hundreds of children waiting for admission and yet after the lord himself so manifestly had appeared on our behalf by the donation of five thousand pounds he allows this apparent death-blow to come upon the whole
but thus i have found it hundreds of times since i have known the lord the difficulties which he is pleased to allow to arise are only allowed under such circumstances for the exercise of our faith and patience and more prayer more patience and the exercise of faith will remove the difficulties
Now, as I knew the Lord, these difficulties were no insurmountable difficulties to me, for I put my trust in Him, according to that word.
The Lord will also be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble, and they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee, for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.
Psalm 9, verses 9 and 10
I gave myself therefore earnestly to prayer concerning all these three especial difficulties which had arisen regarding the land.
I prayed several times daily about the matter, and used the following means.
1.
I saw the acting committee of the directors of the Bristol Waterworks Company, regarding their intended reservoir on the land which I was about to purchase, and stated to them what I had seen in print concerning their intentions.
They courteously stated to me that only a small portion of the land would be required, not enough to interfere with my purpose, and that, if it could be avoided, even this small portion should not be taken.
too.
This being settled, I now saw the tenant, after many prayers, for I desired, as a Christian, that if this land were bought it should be done under amicable circumstances with regard to him.
At the first interview I stated my intentions to him, at the same time expressing my desire that the matter should be settled pleasantly with regard to himself."
he said that he would consider the matter and desired a few days for that purpose after a week i saw him again and he then kindly stated that as the land was wanted for such an object he would not stand in the way
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