George Muller and the Crying Baby

George Muller of Bristol went one day to preach in the Free Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, and the place was packed to overflowing. A well-known agnostic, inspired by curiosity, pressed his way into the hall. Just when the preacher began to deliver his address, a young mother attempted to leave the building because her baby began to cry rather loudly, but the crowd was so great that exist was impossible. Mr. Muller came at once to the troubled mother’s help by saying, “Will that dear mother sit down, and we shall ask Jesus to put the baby to sleep.”

The mother quietly took her seat, and the great assembly bowed their heads while Mr. Muller prayed as follows: “Blessed Lord Jesus Christ, be pleased to put this baby to sleep.” Immediately teh child went to sleep, to the evident astonishment of the audience. The agnostic was startled beyond measure and said to himself, “If that man has a God like that, it is time for me to seek Him.” Under the power of the Holy spirit he sought and found Muller’s God. He became a true Christian and an earnest advocate of the faith he so long tired to destroy, and God used him to win many souls to Christ.

Taken from the “Uplook” Magazine, April 2002