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
pews, in a somewhat dangerous position. Mr. Müller spoke for an hour and
35 minutes, giving (by particular request) some account of his life and
labours, and the meeting, which lasted two hours, was a very blessed
one. The next morning he spoke at the Theological Seminary to the
students, and in the evening preached for the third time at the Lutheran
Church, his particular object being to address the young men from
Roanoke College and the students of the Theological Seminary. The
portion of Scripture from which he spoke was Eccles. xi. 9, 10, and
chapter xii. 1.
On Jan. 25th we rose at 4, left the railway station--at some distance
from our hotel--at a quarter past six, and travelled, _viâ_ Lynchburg,
Dundee, Salisbury, and Charlotte, to Columbia, in South Carolina, where,
after a long, fatiguing journey of 378 miles, which it took 21 hours to
accomplish, we arrived at half past 3, early on the morning of the 26th,
and (by special invitation) went to the house of Chief Justice Willard.
The next day, (Sunday,) Mr. Müller preached in the morning at the
Presbyterian, and in the evening at the Methodist Episcopal Church,
where, though the congregations were small compared with those in the
North, they were large for the Southern States. On the morning of the
28th we went through the State House, the Capitol of Columbia, and were
introduced by Judge Willard to the Governor, the Secretary of State for
South Carolina, the Comptroller-General, and other government officers.
We visited the Senate Chamber also while the senators were sitting, and
the House of Representatives, where, on the following morning (by
particular request), Mr. Müller opened the deliberations of the day,
according to custom, with prayer. At 1 o'clock he addressed the young
men and lads at the Reformatory Prison, and, before our departure from
Columbia, preached four times at the different churches, giving an
address besides to 41 students, with their President and professors, at
the Theological Seminary on Feb. 21st. Columbia _was_ a fine city once;
but two-thirds of it were destroyed by fire during the civil war, and
the place, though now re-built, has never thoroughly recovered its
former beauty. It is situated on the Bluffs of the Congaree, and used to
be celebrated for its delightfully shaded streets, its lovely
flower-gardens, and the model plantations in its vicinity.
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