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 Sept. 11th, we left Wiesbaden for Mannheim, where my husband preached
four times; and on the 16th started for Heidelberg, at which place, on
Sunday, Sept. 17th, he preached at the Evangelical Capelle both morning
and afternoon. During our stay at Heidelberg, he held four other
meetings at the same place of worship, and on the 22nd we went to
Munich, in Bavaria, 210 miles from Heidelberg, a very popish place,
where, though _some_ openings for service presented themselves, none
were of a very extensive character. On Sunday, the 24th, in a Hall, at 3
p.m., Mr. Müller addressed a company of about 200, including children,
teachers, and young persons, and at 5.15 the same afternoon gave an
address to a congregation of 200, at the Hall of "The Herberge zur
Heimath." On the 27th and 28th he spoke again at this Hall; preached at
the Evangelische Hauptkirche on the 29th, and on Sunday afternoon, Oct.
1st, held another meeting at the same church at 3 o'clock. At half past
5, he preached at the Deaconesses' Institution also, which was his last
service at Munich.
On Oct. 2nd we left for Vienna (272 miles from Munich) where he held a
number of meetings and we remained 18 days. He preached repeatedly at
Mr. Millard's Hall, at the German Reformed Church, at the Presbyterian
Church (in English), at the German Methodist Church, and gave an address
also to colporteurs and to other Christian workers. As Vienna is full of
popery, service for the Lord there is connected with many difficulties.
One regulation (by order of the Government) is, that three days' notice
must be given to the police before extra religious meetings can be held;
but the work of God is carried on, and prospers to some extent, though,
on account of the little religious liberty that exists it is often
greatly hindered.
Several years ago, the spread of the gospel in Austria was resolutely
opposed by the Government; for the agent of the British and Foreign
Bible Society, after being turned out of Vienna with all his Bibles, was
conducted by a military escort to the frontier, and told that he must
leave the country. Though it is not as difficult to hold Protestant
services in Austria now, as was formerly the case, scarcely any real
religious liberty is to be found in that land. The Presbyterian minister
at Vienna said, that, during his comparatively short residence in this
city, he had been obliged to appear seven times before the magistrates,
to give an account of the services at his church, and to answer
questions put to him.
Vienna is a large splendid city on the Danube; it contains upwards of
one million one hundred thousand inhabitants, and is considered one of
the finest capitals of Europe.
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