BROOKLYN MEAN'S OWN

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 96, 23 April 1917, Page 2

BROOKLYN MEAN'S OWN

At the meeting of the Brooklyn Men's Own, held yesterday afternoon, the Rev. R. H. Hobday, M.A., gave an address on the life of George jVluller, the founder of the Muller Orphanages, on Ashley Downs, near Bristol, England. It was not, the speaker said, until ha had nearly completed his university course that Muller was spiritually awakened. He had a great faculty for acquiring languages, and his knowledge of Hebrew brought him in close contact with several pious men of remarkable' simplicity of living, and his faith in the wonderful providence of God soon' became a great power with him. His projects were all made the subject of systematic and fervent prayer, and by this means alone he, in eighteen months, obtained £1000 towards-his -first orphanage. He proceeded with the work, which was carried out in its entirety without the need for soliciting contributions through any other channel. • By his spiritual insight and unparalleled faith during seventy years he rendered help and succour to thousands of_prphans. When he travelled over Europe, and the colonies, over 200,000 miles, lecturing, he asked monetary help from no one, and never was lacking what he needed, Up to the day of his death, at 93 years of age, he supervised the schools. In these days, when materialism seemed to dominate, it was well to remember that, as George Muller, among others, had proved, all our projects were in the hands of God, and we could not succeed in anything without his approval and help. The Rev. W. S. Rollings, who occupied the chair, added some remarks upon the Ashley Downs Orphanages, which up to the present were still maintained on the <?ame principles of simple ' dependence upon God for