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
MANUEL MATAMOROS
DE
MALAGA.
8 Octobre, 1834. 31 Julio, 1866.
"Porque yo me resuelvo en que lo que en este tiempo se padece
no es de comparar con la gloria venidera que en nosotros ha de
ser manifestada."--Rom. viii. 18.
"Y nos gloriamos en la esperanza de la gloria de Dios."--Rom.
v. 2.
"Por la ovra de Cristo ha llegado hasta la muerte."--Fili
(Phil.) ii. 30.
The tomb of this beloved brother was an interesting object, and the
Cemetery, in which it was, looked beautiful; for, although the autumn
was so far advanced, roses, and other flowers were in full bloom. That
evening Mr. Müller preached at the Presbyterian Church, and on the 24th,
at the Temple Allemand, he gave a farewell address; when, at the close
of the service, Pastor Wagner--in the name of the Evangelical
Alliance--thanked him, in the presence of the whole congregation, for
his labours at Lausanne. Before our departure we saw a lime-tree at
Prilly, measuring 14 yards round the trunk, which was said to be 1,000
years old; but, though the branches were large, and its circumference
was great, it looked small compared with the "Big Trees" of California.
On the afternoon of Oct. 25th, we left Lausanne and embarked in a
steamer at Ouchy (a small port on the Lake of Geneva) for Vevey. There
Mr. Müller preached at the German Church in the evening; but, in
consequence of a heavy thunderstorm and the torrents of rain which fell,
the congregation was very small. On the following Sunday morning we
attended a Brethren's meeting for the breaking of bread, where he spoke
in English, with translation into French; in the evening he preached at
the German Church a second time, and on the 28th held his last meeting
at Vevey, at the same church.
The next day we went on to Montreux, where he preached that evening, and
the next morning at the German Church. On the morning of Oct. 31st, and
Nov. 1st, and the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 3rd, at the Eglise
Ecossaise, he addressed large congregations of visitors staying at
Montreux, Bex, Aigle, Clarens, Vernex, and Vevey, and, on the evening of
the 3rd, preached at the Eglise Libre in German, for the last time at
Montreux. This town--sometimes called the Nice of Switzerland--is
generally considered the most beautiful on the Lake of Geneva; and the
Dent du Midi, the lake scenery, and the mountain ranges round it, are
very grand. Before our departure, we went through the Castle of Chillon,
upon the margin of the lake, which is built in the style of the middle
ages, and is now used as a prison for the whole Canton de Vaud. Its
dungeons--hewn in the foundation rock, and extending 100 yards beneath
the Castle, where, in the 14th and 15th centuries, thousands of Jews
were decapitated, and other cruelties committed--are shown to strangers.
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