The Pipeline That Built Itself
In 1857, a Scottish minister named George Muller ran five orphanages in Bristol, England, housing over two thousand children. He never once asked for a...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Zechariah 4:6.
In 1857, a Scottish minister named George Muller ran five orphanages in Bristol, England, housing over two thousand children. He never once asked for a donation. Not a single fundraising letter. Not one public appeal. Each morning, the children sat before empty plates while Muller prayed, and each morning — without fail — a baker would arrive with surplus bread, or a milk cart would break down outside the front door, its driver offering what would otherwise spoil.…
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