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
p.m., we landed at Memphis--situated on one of the Chickasaw Bluffs of
the Mississippi--after a voyage of about 800 miles. There we passed the
night at an hotel in very _un_comfortable quarters, and, at 11.15 on
the morning of the next day, left by rail for St. Louis, Missouri, a
city of more than half a million of inhabitants, where, after a journey
of 327 miles, we arrived at 7.15 a.m. on April 5th, and went immediately
to the Planters' House.
On Sunday, April 7th, Mr. Müller began his work by preaching in the
morning at the Second Presbyterian Church, and in the evening at the
Pilgrim Congregational, when, upon each occasion, the audience was
immense. On the 8th, he gave an address on prayer at the Methodist
Episcopal Church, to crowds of hearers, and preached at Pine Street
Presbyterian Church on the evening of the 9th. On the 10th and 11th, he
held meetings at the Second Baptist and at Lafayette Park Presbyterian
Churches, and on the 12th addressed an assembly of at least 2,500 at the
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, the largest in the city. On the
13th, at the German Protestant Orphan Home, nine miles from our hotel,
he spoke to 161 orphans in German, in the presence of their teachers and
other persons; on Sunday morning the 14th preached at Dr. Brookes's
Church, Walnut Street, on the second coming of Christ, and on the
evening of that day, at the Mercantile Library Hall, addressed a mass
meeting of Germans, about 2,000 in number. On the morning of the 15th,
he attended a meeting for pastors--when he spoke to 150 for an hour and
20 minutes--and in the evening preached at a German Church, at the
corner of Autumn and Tenth Streets. On the 16th, a meeting for Christian
Workers was held at the First Presbyterian Church, when he addressed a
congregation of 1,200, and on Wednesday evening, April 17th, preached a
farewell sermon at Dr. Brookes's Church, from the Epistle of Jude,
verses 20-21, with great power and solemnity. Throughout the whole of
our stay at St. Louis the meetings were exceedingly large, on week
evenings as well as on Sundays; and the interest and attention
manifested throughout the whole series of services were most
encouraging.
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