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
On Oct. 4th, at 8 p.m., we left Quebec by rail, arrived at Boston, in
the United States, at 10 minutes past 5 on the following afternoon, and
remained there five weeks. During that period, Mr. Müller preached many
times at the different places of worship, and attended the "Market men's
prayer meeting" at noon, where he habitually gave addresses. This
meeting was frequented chiefly by men of business, who met every day for
prayer and exhortation from 12 to 1 o'clock. My husband preached also at
East Cambridge, Chelsea, Newton, and Newtonville; addressed the students
of the Theological Seminary at Newton Central, seven miles from Boston,
and on Oct. 27th held a meeting for the students of the Theological
Seminary of the University of Boston.
On Oct. 29th we went to Wellesley College, 16 miles from Boston, where,
on that evening and the next morning, he addressed the 360 lady students
who belong to it, many of whom were Christians. Neither in Great
Britain nor on the Continent of Europe, have we ever seen educational
establishments for young ladies equal to the Colleges which are to be
found in the United States. When visiting four of these Institutions, we
heard that the pupils are not only instructed in the various branches of
a first-class education, but that the young ladies are carefully trained
in a knowledge of housekeeping also, and of the numerous domestic duties
connected with home life. By turns, they each do the portion of the
daily work of the establishment assigned to them, both for the sake of
learning _how_ it should be done properly, and also that physical
exercise may be healthfully combined with the culture of the mind. The
religious training at these Colleges too is excellent, and the spiritual
interests of the young ladies are carefully attended to.
Before our departure from Boston, we visited Plymouth, New England, 37
miles distant, where Mr. Müller preached at the "Church of the
Pilgrims," an interesting place of worship, because it represents the
Church erected by the "Pilgrim Fathers" on their first arrival in the
United States. Plymouth is noted as being the place where they landed on
the 22nd of Dec., 1620, and as containing the site of the first house
ever built in New England. At "Pilgrims' Hall" are many interesting
relics that belonged to them, brought over to America in the
"Mayflower," which conveyed the strangers across the Atlantic to their
new home. At Boston and in the neighbourhood my husband spoke 38 times
in public altogether.
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