The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller (of Bristol)Müller, Susannah Grace Sanger
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The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller (of Bristol)
Müller, Susannah Grace Sanger
Müller, George, 1805-1898
From Indianapolis, on April 28th we proceeded to Cincinnati, Ohio,
where, during our visit of 10 days, he preached three times at the Vine
Street Congregational Church, and twice at the Central Presbyterian
Church; gave an address at the Friends' Meeting House, conducted three
services in the city for the Germans (of whom there are many thousands
in Cincinnati), addressed about 200 ministers at a pastors' meeting,
and, on the evening of May 5th, preached in German at Immanuel Methodist
Church, Covington, Kentucky, about five miles distant. Besides these
services, on May 1st we visited Mr. Shipley's Home for Children, when he
gave a short address to the young people.
Cincinnati is 861 miles from New York. It extends along the northern
bank of the river Ohio, and has a population of between three and four
hundred thousand.
From there, on May 8th we went to Dayton, Ohio, 56 miles from
Cincinnati, where Mr. Müller preached the same evening at a German
Church. During our stay, he held meetings also at the First Presbyterian
and First Baptist Churches, and gave an address at the Hall of the Young
Men's Christian Association.
On May 11th we visited the "Central National Soldiers' Home," three
miles and a half from Dayton, which consists of a group of buildings
more than 40 in number, where (up to that time) 4,245 men had been
received, all of whom were soldiers disabled or invalided by wounds,
received during the late war. The Brick Hall (which seats 3,000) is the
largest dining hall in the United States. As numbers of these soldiers
were either walking or sitting about in the beautiful grounds belonging
to the Institution, we were able to distribute tracts amongst them. The
average expenses of the Home are 400,000 dollars (or £80,000) per annum.
From Dayton, on May 12th, we went to Cleveland, Ohio, 190 miles distant,
where, on that evening and the next, my husband preached at the United
German Church.
On the 14th we left for Buffalo, and the following day continued our
journey to Dansville, Livingstone County, New York (283 miles from
Cleveland) where, at "Our Home on the Hill Side" (a Hygienic
Institution) we spent eleven days, having received an invitation from
Dr. Jackson, the Principal of the Establishment, to be his guests.
There, on Sunday morning (the 16th) Mr. Müller preached at "Liberty
Hall" (the Chapel belonging to the Institution) to the patients, and the
other inmates of the Home; and in the evening addressed a large, crowded
audience, at the Methodist Episcopal Church, Dansville. During the week,
he conducted morning family worship at "Our Home," gave one or two
addresses at the prayer meetings; and on the following Sunday (May 23rd)
preached at the English and German Lutheran Churches.
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