“It is quite true that my heart was affected by the deplorable physical condition in which I saw destitute Orphans before I began to care for them; but a higher motive by far actuated me than merely seeking to benefit their health…It is further true, that I had a desire to benefit the Orphans by seeking to educate them; but I aimed at far more than this…Further, when I began the orphan work, I aimed at the salvation of the children…Yet even this was not the primary object I had in view; but in carrying on this work, simply through the instrumentality of prayer and faith, without applying to any human being for help, my great desire was that it might be seen now, in the nineteenth century, God is still the living God, and that now, as well as thousands of years ago, He listens to the prayers of His children and helps those who trust in Him.”
George Mueller in Ten Years After: A Sequel to the Autobiography of George Mueller comp. G. Fred. Bergin (London: J. Nisbet & Co., 1909) 11, as quoted in Money for Ministry, ed. Wesley K. Willmer (SP Publications, 1989) 224.