| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 6 |
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Many of the young converts were encouraged to be present at the prayer meeting, and to take part, and so many responded that the weekly meetings were always a joy and inspiration. Dr. Miller would speak only about ten minutes; the remainder of the hour was filled by many eager participants. No wonder the meeting became famous throughout the city, and beyond. Once members of the senior class in Princeton Theological Seminary visited many prayer meetings in New York and Philadelphia, and then decided which was the most helpful. In the ballot Dr. Miller’s prayer meeting led all the rest.
Dr. Miller was as faithful on Sunday as on week nights. He was not content to attend preaching service only; he was a regular attendant at the Sunday school, where he taught a large and enthusiastic class of women. At Hollond the membership of his class was about four hundred; his class at St. Paul was half as large. His loyalty to the Sunday school was delightfully indicated by a little girl whose parents asked her if she knew Dr. Miller. “Oh yes!” was the reply, “he goes to our Sunday school!”
In the Christian Endeavour Society, too, this young people’s pastor who never grew old was a constant encourager and helper. He never forgot a meeting. When in Europe in 1896 he sent this message for the monthly consecration meeting of his society:
“No matter where we go – away from home, away from work – we can never get away from God. We must be careful to live so that we shall never want to get away from ourselves; and we must also live so that we shall never desire to get away from God.”
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