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 Thursday afternoon, August 23rd, we went on board the steamship
"Sardinian" (Allan Line) and sailed at 7 in the evening. The following
morning we touched at Moville, on the North coast of Ireland; and, after
waiting there a few hours, to take in the mails, steamed out into the
Atlantic. Our cabin, the chief officer's deck room, was tolerably
comfortable, and the voyage, though rough, was a favourable one upon the
whole. Off the Island of Newfoundland, the weather became cold, and the
progress of the vessel was retarded considerably by fogs; but on August
30th, the welcome cry of "land!" from the steerage passengers was heard,
and when the fog lifted, Belle Island on our right was in full view, at
a short distance only from the ship. On the evening of that day Mr.
Müller held a meeting in the forecastle for the sailors and steerage
passengers, and spoke afterwards in the Chart Room to as many of the
cabin passengers as were able to attend. On the 31st we entered the Gulf
of St. Lawrence--460 miles in length--where a heavy sea was running, and
soon came in sight of the island of Anticosti, inhabited only (it is
said) by bears and wolves.
On the evening of that day, Mr. Müller gave an address at a meeting in
the saloon, and early on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 1st, the mail
bags were landed at Rimouski, where a few passengers went on shore. The
remainder of the day was occupied in going up the River St. Lawrence. On
its northern bank, a long range of mountain district extends for many
miles; and on its southern side close to the river's brink, numbers of
white houses--the homes of French-Canadian settlers--are dotted along
the shore for a great distance. In the evening, as we drew near Quebec,
the "Sardinian" fired guns as a signal of her approach; and at
half-past eight we reached Point Louis, South Quebec, after a voyage of
nine days, six hours and a half, and anchored alongside the wharf. From
the landing-place a carriage conveyed us up a steep hill to the Hotel
St. Louis, where a number of letters awaited our arrival, containing a
warm welcome to America, and numerous invitations for my husband to
preach in the United States. On Sunday evening, Sept. 2nd, at the
Baptist Church, he preached for the first time in Canada, and the
following day at a Hall in the city held two other services. We had
happy interviews also with several Christian friends. An abundance of
work would have been ready for him at once at various places in Canada;
but as the letter of invitation, received at Amsterdam came from pastors
in the United States, it seemed right to go there first, and
particularly to Brooklyn, where Mr. Thwing resided.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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