MULLER. GEORG FRIEDRIC•II ( 1805-95) . A German evangelist and philantln•opist. Ile was born at. Kroppenstiidt, Prussia, near ;Magdeburg, September 27. 1805. He entered the University of Halle (1825) as a divinity student, although his life was anything but exemplary. Late in that year he was converted, and in 1826 began preach ing. In June, 1S25, he was invited to London by the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, to engage in its service for six months, and in 1829, reached London. He settled as pastor of Ebenezer Chapel, Teignmouth, in connection with the Plymouth Brethren; in 1832 he removed to Bristol, and was co-wo•ke' with Henry Craik. While at Teignmouth he gave up pew-rents and depended on voluntary gifts, for which a box was placed in the chapel. The re sult was a hugely increased income, and from that time on he would take no salary, depending wholly upon voluntary gifts. In December, 1835, after a visit to the Continent, he published a proposal for the establishment of an orphan house for destitute children bereft of both par ents. Spontaneous offers of money and service
were received, and the opening of the home was announced Slay 18, 1536. At the end of 1856 there were 297 orphans under his care. The number of orphans increased and the buildings were multiplied, until in 1875 "2000 children were lodged. fed, and educated, without a shilling of endowment, without a committee, without or ganization. by funds drawn from all parts of the world." In 1849 he moved the orphanage to Ashley Down, a suburb of Bristol. to specially constructed buildings. Attended by his wife, he made evangelistic tours all over the world. His .Varratire and other books and pamphlets had a large sale, and gave information of his work. He died at Ashley Down, Starch 10. 1595. Consult his biography. by A. 1'. Pierson (New York, 1899).