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George Müller
1805–1898
Best known for building the Bristol orphan houses and living by a remarkable trust in prayer, this 19th-century evangelist became one of the most widely read Christian figures of his time. His story moves from a troubled youth in Prussia to a life spent caring for children and supporting missionary and Bible work.
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Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives
by George Müller
About the author
Born in Prussia in 1805, George Müller was originally named Johann Georg Ferdinand Müller. After a wayward youth, he experienced a religious conversion while studying theology, and his life took a sharply different course. He later settled in England, became a Christian preacher, and made Bristol the center of his work.
Müller is especially remembered for founding and leading the orphan work at Ashley Down in Bristol. Through the orphan houses and the wider work of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution, he became known for supporting children, schools, Bible distribution, and missionary efforts. His reputation rested not only on the scale of the work, but on his insistence that needs should be met through prayer rather than public fundraising appeals.
In later life, he also traveled widely as a preacher, speaking in many countries. By the time of his death in Bristol in 1898, he was known on both sides of the Atlantic as a preacher, philanthropist, and a lasting symbol of practical faith.