| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 9 |
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In similar vein he wrote to another correspondent:
“There is something pleasant about the way my books have gone. I confess myself mystified when I think of it. The sales on the other side, through my British publishers, are quite as great as on this side. God has chose to use these little books with their simple messages in a way which no thought of mine can understand or account for. The only solution I can find is that God graciously accepts the little things laid on His altar and uses then as He wills, to carry comfort, cheer, inspiration and help to His children.”
In 1893, after a Sunday in Oakland, California, where the people had thronged about him, he wrote to Mrs. Miller:
“I am getting little glimpses of the place I hold in the people’s hearts over the country through books, articles, lessons, etc. People say in their introductory speeches that my ‘name is a household word.’ One stranger said that no man in this country has the place I have in the hearts of the Christian people. I feel silly to write this, as it seems like self conceit. But you say I ought to tell you everything. It does not make me self conceited at all, but just the reverse. It gives me a sense of responsibility which will make me far more careful of my life hereafter.”
Strong in that resolution, the gifted author returned to his desk to prepare fresh messages of comfort and stimulus for the friends of his Friend and those he would introduce to that Friend.
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