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
On the 27th, we left Pau for Bordeaux, about 150 miles distant, where,
at the Chapelle Evangélique, he held two French meetings. An address was
also given by him at a Hall belonging to the "Union Chrétienne de jeunes
gens," and on the 29th, we went to the Asylums of La Force, of which the
late Mr. John Bost was the Founder and Director. After a journey of 70
miles we reached our destination, and in the afternoon accompanied Mr.
Bost in a small omnibus belonging to the Institution, to visit his
Asylums, which are situated at some little distance from each other.
They are eight in number. "La Famille Evangélique is for Orphan girls of
all ages. Bethesda is an asylum for girls infirm or incurable, blind, or
threatened with blindness, idiot, imbecile, or of feeble intellect.
Ebenezer is an asylum for epileptic girls. Siloam is for boys infirm or
incurable, blind or threatened with blindness. Bethel is an asylum for
epileptic boys. Le Repos is for invalid governesses, infirm school
mistresses, widows or spinsters who are ill or without resources. La
Retraite is for servants, widows or spinsters, who are ill, infirm, or
without means of support, and afflicted with incurable diseases; and La
Miséricorde is for idiot girls who have lost all intelligence; also for
epileptics, who are idiot and infirm." After we had inspected these
deeply interesting, and most Christ-like Institutions, a very large
gathering of the inmates who were well enough to attend, assembled at
"La Famille," where Mr. Müller addressed them for three quarters of an
hour; for though the community is so afflicted as a _whole_, a meeting
was hailed by them with delight, many of the patients being intelligent,
and some of the epileptics even, persons of sound mind, when not
suffering from their dreadful fits. The next day, at half past 2,
another service was held at "Le Temple" (the Church of the Institution)
where upwards of 400 individuals assembled; and as Mr. Bost would not
hear of a translation--because, said he, "Monsieur Müller, est
admirable"--my husband addressed this large company for an hour and a
quarter in French. Afterwards we drank tea at "La Famille," and returned
by railway in the evening to Bordeaux. [Since our visit to these
Asylums, their beloved Founder and Director, Mr. Bost, has departed to
be with Christ. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; they rest
from their labours and their works do follow them."] On the afternoon of
Jan. 31st, at the Chapelle Evangélique, Mr. Müller held his fourth and
last meeting in the city, and at 6.50 we left by the night express for
Cannes. Toulouse was reached in the middle of the night; the next
morning we stopped at Marseilles, and proceeded along the coast of the
Mediterranean, until (after a journey of 480 miles) at a quarter to 1
p.m. we arrived at Cannes.
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