A letter to George Muller by an anonymous contributor to the orphanage 1827
Hold fast the faith which God has given you by His Holy Spirit. It is the most precious treasure in this life. And it contains in itself true happiness. Only seek by watching in prayer more and more to be delivered from all vanity and self-complacency, by which even the true believer may be ensnared when he least expects it, (1 Cor. 10-12). Let it be your chief aim to be more and more humble, faithful, and quiet, (add to your faith 2 Peter 1:5-7). May we not belong to those who say and write continually Lord, Lord, but have them not deeply in their hearts. Christian faith consists not in words but in power (grace), there must be life in us, (manifest reality, and not position by proxy)…For therefore God loved us first that we might love Him in return, and that by loving we might receive power (grace), to be faithful (steadfast obedience from the heart) to Him, and to conquer ourselves, the world, distress, and death. May His Spirit strengthen you for this (once again the empowerment of grace), that you may be a messenger of His gospel. amen