On September 27, 1805 Johann Georg Ferdinand Muller, or George Muller, was born. When he was about 14 his mother died while he was off drinking and playing cards with near by friends. With his fathers help he became a Christian and stopped stealing, lying, and drinking. He began going to church regularly and began meeting with several other churches. He was a Christian evangelist and the owner of Ashley Down orphanage in England. He cared for nearly 10,000 orphans in his life and was known for bringing education to them. He opened about 117 schools for about 120,000 children, many of which orphans. Of course his school also provided Christian education.
In 1823 he moved to England to work with a chapel/church. By the end of February 1835, he had opened five days schools, in which two for boys and the other three for girls. He did not start working with orphans till around 1836, but by 1870 nearly 1,722 children were under his and his wife's care. Shortly after his first wife died in 1781, in 1875 he became an evangelist for all around the world. One of my favorite quotes of his is, "A servant of God has but one Master." Another one of his great quotes is when is said, "The less we read the word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray to God, the less we desire to pray."
I'd say that George live a full and happy life for God. I think he did a great thing with taking in orphans, letting them go to school, and teaching them Christian ways. Through his faith in God he over came every challenge life threw, which as Christians we can learn from that. He was once in France on a missionary trip, but shortly he came home and was ill. Later in England at age 92 on March 10,1898 he died. From an outside view, I'd say he took great care of his orphans and lived a good life.
On the right is a Bible, which was in his life.
Bellow is a picture of his orphaneges.
On the left is a picture of Jesus, which was in George's heart.On the right is a picture that says pray, which george did.
To the left here is a picture of orphans, which George took care of.
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