| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 6 |
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His pastoral work did not mean simply making a specified number of rounds each year among his members. He had only three or four evenings a week for calls – the other evenings he was at the church; but in these evening hours he made more calls than any other pastor in Philadelphia. He had a way of learning just when and where he was needed.
Wherever he went he inspired to earnest living. Thousands would join in the message of one who was privileged to receive his calls, “The sweetness of his presence in our home was just like what I think the presence of Jesus must have been in the home of Mary and Martha.” One on whom he called frequently said he lived in accordance with the simple words of what he called his creed; “Jesus and I are friends.”
The way he was welcomed in the home of suffering is well shown by a letter from a physician:
“The comfort you ministered to our dear Mabel in her dying hours has ever been held by us as too sacred for discussion. I have often heard that pleading voice as she anxiously turned her eyes to you and said, ‘Don’t go, Dr. Miller.’”
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