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
large, handsome, white marble monument, a column between 20 and 30 feet
high, which had angels carved upon it, with folded arms, drooping wings,
and down-cast countenances; and on one of its four sides was the
following inscription:--"A la mémoire des officiers, des soldats, et des
marins de l'armée Anglaise, et de la flotte, morts pour la patrie, dans
la guerre de la Russie en 1854, 1855, et 1856. Ce monument a été elevé
par la reine Victoria et son peuple, en 1857." After leaving the
Cemetery, we took a drive through Scutari before returning to the Hôtel
d'Angleterre. Constantinople, including Stamboul and the suburbs of
Galata, Pera, Tophana, and Scutari, contains a population of upwards of
a million.
On April 21st, at 5 p.m., we left for Athens in the "Minerva"; arrived
at the Piræus, Greece, at 6 a.m. on the 23rd, after a favourable voyage,
and proceeded immediately by rail to Athens, which is only seven miles
distant. There, on the evening of that day, Mr. Müller preached at the
Chapel of the American Congregational Mission, in English, from Phil.
iv. 6, 7, with translation into modern Greek. On the 26th he spoke at
the house of an American Baptist minister, with translation also into
Greek, and on the following evening, at 8 o'clock, preached at the
American Presbyterian Mission Chapel, from Romans viii. 28, when Dr.
Kalopothakos translated for him. On the 28th he addressed 257 Greek boys
at "The Ragged School," in the presence of their teachers and a number
of gentlemen interested in the Institution; and, after having spoken to
the boys, particularly impressed upon these gentlemen (privately) the
importance of introducing religious instruction into the school. On the
morning of the 29th, at one of the prisons in Athens, he addressed 275
male prisoners, for half an hour, who were all assembled in a yard, and
went afterwards to a second gaol, where he preached the gospel to 155
other prisoners. These men, who were very quiet and attentive, listened
with much interest to the instruction given. On Sunday the 30th Mr.
Müller preached at the American Presbyterian Mission Chapel in the
morning; and in the evening, at the same place, addressed the largest
congregation that had ever assembled in the Chapel during the ten years
it had been open. On May 1st he spoke there again, and on the 2nd
addressed the 700 children belonging to Mrs. Hill's School, in German;
upon this occasion (as at all other times) with translation into Greek.
Whilst at Athens we visited the Areopagus, or Mars Hill;--stood on the
spot where Paul preached, explored the Acropolis, and saw the ruins of
many idol temples, celebrated ancient buildings, etc., some of which are
said to be nearly 4,000 years old. We ascended Mount Lycabettus also,
and admired the beautiful view obtained from it of Athens and the
neighbourhood. During the whole of our visit, Dr. Kalapothakos and Mr.
Sakkalarios (two missionary brethren) were most kind and attentive to
us.
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