The Proof of the Living God. 77 manifested in obedience and benevolence; and, subduing him more and more, it became perfected so as to expel all torment ing fear and impart a holy confidence and delight in God. FAVORITE TEXTS. Among the texts which strongly impressed and moulded Mr. Muller’s habits of giving was Luke 6:38: “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.” He believed this promise and he verified it. His testimony is, “I had given, and God had caused to be given to me again, and bountifully.” Again he read, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” He says that he believed what he found in the word of God and by His grace sought to act accordingly, and thus again records that he was blessed abundantly and his peace and joy in the Holy Spirit in creased more and more. I t will not be a surprise, therefore, that, as has been al ready noted, Mr. Muller’s entire personal estate at his death, as sworn to, when the will was admitted to probate, was only £169. 9s. 4d., of which books, household furniture, etc., were reckoned at over 100 pounds, the only money in his posses sion being a trifle over sixty pounds, and even this only await ing disbursement as God’s steward. THE SECRET OF IT ALL. To summarize Mr. Muller’s service we must understand his great secret. Such a life and such a work are the result of one habit more than all else—daily and frequent com munion with God. He was unwearied in supplications and intercessions. In every new need and crisis, the one resort was the prayer of faith. He first satisfied himself that he was in the way of duty, then he fixed his mind on the un changing word of promise; then, in the boldness of a suppli ant who comes to a throne of grace in the name of Jesus
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