Pastor and philanthropist George Müller is most renowned for his work among the orphans of Bristol, England, and the trust in God that he modelled during that ministry. His companion for 34 years of this work was Mary, his devoted wife; one biographer wrote that “their happiness in God and each other was perennial, perpetual, growing as …

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Marvin Olasky, professor of journalism at the University of Texas, became well known in Washington when every Republican freshman in the 1994 House of Representatives received a copy of his book, The Tragedy of American Compassion.[1] In this work and in its sequel, Renewing American Compassion, Olasky argued that private citizens do a better job of caring for their …

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Robert Murray M’Cheyne was a nineteenth-century Church of Scotland minister revered for the depth of his piety. Upon hearing him preach, a listener once wrote, “I saw in you a beauty in holiness that I never saw before.”[1] He served two churches, including St. Peter’s Church in Dundee, before dying at age 29. Upon M’Cheyne’s death, …

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