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 afternoon of June 7th, we visited the "Orphelinât des Vallées
Vaudoises," a small Orphan Establishment for 50 girls, in a delightful
situation, just outside La Tour. The Directrice conducted us through the
various departments of the Institution, where cleanliness and order
reigned supreme; for all the back, out-of-door premises, yards, courts,
etc., were so beautifully neat and clean, as well as the schoolrooms and
the dormitories, that we asked whether this was because visitors were
expected. The reply, however, was: "Les départments sont tous les jours
comme vous les voyez maintenant." The garden too was admirably kept. It
contained an abundance of vegetables and fruit trees; vines were
gracefully trained against a wooden paling surrounding the enclosure,
and a few flowers were cultivated in beds. After visiting the different
departments of the institution, the Directrice conducted us to a
schoolroom, where all the girls were busily engaged with needlework.
They rose as we entered, Mr. Müller spoke to them for a few minutes;
and, when they had sung a hymn, we took leave of the interesting party.
On the evening of that day my husband preached at the Ecole de Saint
Marguerite; on Sunday morning, June 8th, he held a French meeting at "Le
Temple," and in the afternoon we went to an old Church at Chabas, built
by the Vaudois Christians, after the persecutions, from which they
suffered so long, had in a great measure terminated. Here, the building
was crowded to the utmost, and Mr. Müller's address in French (which
occupied an hour) was listened to by the audience with the greatest
interest. At the close of the service, Monsieur Pons (one of the
pastors) was deputed "to express the best thanks of the Christians of
that locality to Mr. George Müller for his timely and most acceptable
visit to the Valleys, and to express their gratitude to him and to Mrs.
Müller for coming amongst them."
Having finished our little tour of 125 miles in the Waldensian Valleys,
on June 9th we returned viâ Pignerola to Turin. There, on the evening of
that day my husband held a meeting at the Italian Baptist Church, and on
the following evening at half past 8 preached a farewell sermon at the
Tempio Valdese Evangelico.
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