The Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller (of Bristol) — John Shaqi
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
We passed many negro log-cabins, built where the ground was tolerably
firm; but they were wretched-looking habitations, damp and miserable,
many of them being mere hovels of a most unhealthy character. Though the
rice fields, cotton, sugar, and tobacco plantations may be benefited by
a constant supply of moisture, the damp heat produced by the sun's
scorching rays in summer, as they fall upon this marshy ground, is
exceedingly unhealthy, and produces yellow fever, which is often most
fatal in the Southern States.
Upon our arrival at Savannah--a beautiful city with plantations of
orange and lemon trees growing in winter in the open air, and adorned
with geraniums, creeping plants and various choice flowers--we accepted
an invitation to the house of Mr. Charles Green, a Christian merchant;
and during our short stay were entertained at his mansion most
hospitably. Whilst there, Mr. Müller preached at the Baptist,
Independent, Presbyterian, and Methodist Episcopal Churches, gave
addresses to the girls of the Episcopal Orphan Asylum, of Whitefield's
Orphanage in Georgia, and spoke to the children of the Preventive Home.
Before our departure from Savannah, we took drives to Buonaventura
Cemetery, to Plantation, and to Thunderbolt, and particularly noticed
the luxuriant, but peculiar-looking, Spanish moss which attaches itself
to the trunks and branches of the trees, and grows in great profusion
all through the Southern States. Being of a grey colour, it is unlike
European moss, and forms a long, deep fringe, a kind of sweeping,
mournful drapery, which, as it is waved about by the wind, has so
melancholy an appearance that it seems appropriate for cemeteries, where
it is found in great abundance.
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