...my father's desire was, that I should become a clergyman: not, indeed, that thus I might serve God, but that I might have a comfortable living. (George Müller)

...my father's desire was, that I should become a clergyman: not, indeed, that thus I might serve God, but that I might have a comfortable living.

George Müller

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