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
There we stayed at the Rossmore Hotel until Sept. 20th, but Mr. Müller
did not commence his work before the evening of Sunday, the 14th, when
he preached at the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Second Street,
Brooklyn, about six miles distant. Here, the pastor of the Church (who
longed so earnestly for the conversion of sinners, that he described his
desire for their salvation as "a consuming fire" within him) introduced
the preacher to his congregation by making the following original
remarks:--"My dear Friends, I rejoice to tell you that we are about to
hear the gospel from the heart and lips of our venerable friend, who,
though now aged 74, has preached the gospel upwards of 1,400 times
during the last four years, in the various cities and countries he has
visited. Hear this, you young men, and remember that he is no smoker,
nor lover of alcoholic drink; but see how God can strengthen for His
blessed service, those who trust in Him, and seek to live to His honour
and glory. I have now great pleasure in introducing to you Mr. George
Müller, of Bristol, England." After this opening speech, all eyes (as
may be supposed) were fixed upon the preacher, who took Isaiah iii. 10,
11, for his text, and was enabled to speak with great faithfulness and
power.
The following evening we went to Newark, nine miles distant, when he
preached at one of the churches to a German congregation, held a German
meeting at New York on the 16th, preached at Newark in English the next
evening, and on the 18th and 19th conducted services in German at New
York.
On Sept. 20th, we left for Morristown, New Jersey, where he held several
important meetings, and at Drew Theological Seminary addressed the
students--91 in number--for an hour and ten minutes. About nine months
afterwards, one of the hearers (a gentleman who has since become the
pastor of a church) told us, the blessing he had received, through this
address, was so great, that he had experienced something like a second
conversion by means of it. He added, that about one half of the other
students also were similarly blessed upon the same occasion.
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