| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 4 |
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The entry that makes this record worth its place in this biography follows immediately afterwards. It tells of the triumph of the strong faith of the lonely helper of the soldiers as he wrote in triumph:
“Jesus is my friend, and why then languish in vain for earthly comforters? Christ alone is true and sure – Jesus Christ my all shall be.”
The reader can see the strong man throwing off his discouragements, squaring his broad shoulders, and rising with new courage to face the burdens of his life of ministry.
It was by daily, hourly communion with his Friend that he gained strength for his tasks. And the knowledge that others were praying for him cheered him.
“As I have knelt late at night in my tent, to praise God for his goodness and invoke still longer the sunshine of his favour, I have always felt that I was not alone. I have felt that far away loved ones were – possibly at that very moment – bowing like myself in prayer. I have known that for me a voice of prayer arose to him who answers. I have felt stronger in heart and stronger in faith. I bless God for the privilege of prayer, and doubly, when it becomes the electric chain that binds heart to heart, and all to heaven.”
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