| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 11 |
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One secret of Dr. Miller’s Christlike living is laid bare in these paragraphs from his own pen:
“I seek in the morning to give myself to my Master for that day, saying: ‘Take me, Lord, and use me today as Thou wilt. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Whatever work Thou hast for me to do, give it into my hands. If there are those Thou wouldst have me help in any way, send them to me or send me to them. Take my time and use it as Thou wilt.’ I think no farther on than today, I make no attempt to give months and years to Christ…
“Sometimes the very first one to come to me in the golden hours of the morning, which are so precious to every student, is a book agent, or a man with fountain pens or stove polish, or perchance only a pious idler who has no errand but to pass an hour, or it may be one of those social news venders who like to be the first to retail the freshest gossip. Interrupted thus in the midst of some interesting and important work, my first impulse is to chafe and fret, but then I remember my morning consecration. Did I not put my plans and my time out of my own hands and into my Master’s? Let us beware that we do not bow out of our door with a frown one whom God has sent either with a message or a benediction for us; for even in these prosaic days heaven sends angels, though they may come unawares, not wearing their celestial robes, but disguised in unattractive garb.”
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