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 March 12th, at midnight, we left for St. Paul, Minnesota, 324 miles
from Milwaukee; and, after travelling for many miles along the banks of
the _Upper_ Mississippi through a beautiful district, reached our
destination on the 13th, at 1.25 p.m. After our arrival the cold became
so severe, that the thermometer registered 10 degrees below zero, that
is, 42 degrees of frost. The next morning (Sunday, 14th), at Immanuel
Church, Mr. Müller held a meeting for the Germans, who form more than
half the population of St. Paul; and in the evening a mass meeting of
Germans assembled at the Opera House, where he addressed them in their
own language for an hour. On Monday morning, the 15th, he attended a
meeting of pastors, and on that evening and the next, preached to large
congregations of Germans. During the remainder of our stay at St. Paul,
he preached in English also at the Congregational, Methodist Episcopal,
and Baptist Churches, and gave an address at a meeting of ladies one
afternoon.
"St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, is on the river Mississippi, 2,082
miles from its mouth at New Orleans, and is the largest city in the
State. The Mississippi rises in Minnesota; at its source it is 3,160
miles from its mouth, and passes over more than 18 degrees of latitude."
During our visit to St. Paul the weather was intensely cold, but the air
was of the dryest, purest, most invigorating character, and is
considered particularly healthy even for invalids.
On March 20th, we went to Minneapolis, where, on the morning of Sunday,
the 21st, Mr. Müller spoke at the Hall of the Young Men's Christian
Association, and preached in the evening at the Plymouth Congregational
Church, to about 1,800 people. On March 22nd, at a pastors' meeting, he
addressed 50 of his brethren in the ministry, by whom he was most
affectionately received; preached on the 24th at East Minneapolis, on
the opposite bank of the Mississippi; held a meeting for the Germans on
the 25th; answered written questions at the Methodist Episcopal
Centenary Church the following evening, which had been handed in; and on
the 27th, addressed the students of the College at Minneapolis, 275 in
number.
The following note from a pastor at Minneapolis was received after our
departure:--
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