George Müller's Empty Cupboard on Ashley Down
In 1838, George Müller sat at a breakfast table in Bristol, England, with three hundred orphans and not a crumb of food in the kitchen....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 25:1-10.
In 1838, George Müller sat at a breakfast table in Bristol, England, with three hundred orphans and not a crumb of food in the kitchen. The cupboards were bare. The milkman's bill was unpaid. Every reasonable voice said to write letters, solicit donors, make his desperate need known. Müller refused. He bowed his head and prayed aloud so the children could hear: "Father, we thank You for what You are going to give us to eat."…
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