He determined never to run into debt, and to get his needs supplied only by requests to God Himself. Three weeks after getting married, he and his wife decided to depend on God alone to supply their needs--never again to approach people about them. He relinquished his small salary as a preacher. Wishing that all support be spontaneous, he put a box in the chapel for his needs...

When he died, in March 1898, 68 years later, he had obtained from God more than any one else who ever lived - seven and a half million dollars !!