| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 6 |
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Love for the young people led Dr. Miller to consent to direct the Wellesley school for young women, which was financed by John Wanamaker. Dr. Miller looked on this as part of his pastoral work. For several years he gave much time and thought to the young women and their teachers, and both teachers and pupils gratefully acknowledged their indebtedness to him. One of the teachers in the school he had first met when pastor at Rock Island, Illinois. There he encouraged her with the words: “Move right on, with a brave, cheerful heart. The Master is with you and your work cannot fail.” Through him she was invited to Philadelphia and there he continued to say the words that enabled her to go on to noble achievements.
But the heart of Dr. Miller’s pastoral work was not the school, or his association with the young people, or his helpful letters. The greatest thing in his life among the churches was his habit of calling from house to house.
Once a visitor to St. Paul Church looked from the characteristic Sunday evening audience that filled the building, to the speaker who could be heard only with difficulty in the back of the room and said: “How does he do it? Where is that man’s power?” One standing near said: “Oh, sir! If you were in trouble, and Dr. Miller called on you or wrote to you, you would never ask that question again. He has built up this church by his wonderful pastoral work.”
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