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See also:- MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
- MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
- MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
- MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
- MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
- MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
- MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
- MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
- MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
- MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)
MULLER, See also:GEORGE (1805-1898) , See also:English preacher and philanthropist, was See also:born near See also:Halberstadt, See also:Germany, on the 27th of See also:September 1805, the son of an exciseman. He subsequently became a naturalized See also:British subject. Educated in Germany, he resolved in 1826 to devote himself to missionary See also:work, and in 1828 went to See also:London to prepare for an See also:appointment offered him by the Society for promoting See also:Christianity among the See also:Jews. In 183o however he gave up the See also:idea of missionary work, and became See also:minister of a small See also:congregation at See also:Teignmouth, See also:Devonshire. He contended that the temporal as well as the spiritual needs of See also:life could be supplied by See also:prayer, and on this principle abolished See also:- PEW (Mid. Eng. puwe, through O. Fr. puya, pui, mod, puy, in the sense of hill, cf. appuyer, to lean against; from Lat. podium, a high place, balcony; Gr. lrb&ov, pedestal, 'roes, foot)
pew rents and refused to take a fixed See also:salary. After two years at Teignmouth, Muller removed to See also:Bristol, where he spent the See also:rest of his life. He devoted himself particularly to the care of See also:orphan See also:children. He began by taking a few under his See also:charge, but in course of See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time their number increased to 2000, settled in five large houses erected for the
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purpose at See also:Ashley Down, near Bristol. The See also:money required for the carrying on of this work was voluntarily contributed, mainly as a result of the wide circulation of Muller's narrative The See also:Lord's Dealings with George Muller. When he was over seventy he started on a See also:preaching See also:mission, which lasted nearly seventeen years and included See also:Europe, See also:America, See also:India, See also:Australia and See also:China. He died at Bristol on the loth of See also:March 1898.
See A. T. See also:Pierson, George Muller of Bristol (1899).
End of Article: MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
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