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
There, on the morning of the 4th, at the Old Presbyterian
Church--founded by George Whitefield, and where he ministered--Mr.
Müller spoke from Isaiah liii. 5, 6, and read out of the Bible which
belonged to that eminent servant of Christ, a circumstance noted with
interest by the hearers, as this Bible is not generally used. He
occupied a pulpit also which stands just above the spot where the
remains of Whitefield lie interred. In one corner of the Church a
handsome monument has been erected to his memory, and the vault is shown
in which his coffin rests; but when the lid was removed, the skull and a
few bones only could be seen of the celebrated man, whose voice once
reached the ears of tens of thousands, and whose eloquent appeals, in
years gone by, made careless, unconverted sinners tremble. The
following inscription is upon the monument:--"This Cenotaph is erected
with affectionate veneration to the memory of the Rev. George
Whitefield, born at Gloucester, England, Dec. 16th, 1714, educated at
Oxford University, ordained 1736. In a ministry of 34 years, he crossed
the Atlantic 13 times, and preached more than 18,000 sermons. As a
soldier of the cross, humble, devout, ardent, he put on the whole armour
of God, preferring the honour of Christ to his own interest, repose,
reputation, or life. As a Christian orator, his deep piety,
disinterested zeal, and vivid imagination, gave unexampled energy to his
look, action, and utterance. Bold, fervent, pungent, and popular in his
eloquence, no other uninspired man ever preached to so large assemblies,
or enforced the simple truths of the gospel by motives so persuasive and
awful, and with an influence so powerful on the hearts of his hearers.
He died of asthma Sept. 30th, 1770; solemnly exchanging a life of
unparalleled labours for his eternal rest."
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