| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 9 |
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Many letters told of lives that had been changed by God’s blessing on these simple volumes. A useful minister said:
“Dr. Miller’s fine spiritual articles and editorial have often inspired me to higher living and greater devotion to the cross. One of his little books, ‘Go Forward,’ helped me to determine a field of labour in harmony with the will of God. Had I not read it at the time, I might have gone to the other field.”
One, who became an earnest Christian after the experience described in his letter, wrote:
“When I took the book up, I was in utter despair. I had been longing for over a year to become a Christian, but had been unsuccessful, and had almost determined to give up the struggle. When I lay down the book all my miserable doubts and fears had vanished, and I was so perfectly happy that I doubted the reality of the change. Not until two or three years had passed did I dare to believe in my new peace.”
An anxious mother cheered the author by saying:
“I have thrown ‘The Every Day of Life’ in the way of my son, who is rather careless about reading such books, and I am glad to tell you I often find him reading it. And only this morning at breakfast, when we were talking about the book, he remarked, ‘I tell you, Dr. Miller is a great man. He knows how to say things that go to the heart.’… Last night I received a letter from a young man, thanking me for a copy of the book which I had sent him, and expressing a desire to lead a new life.”
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