Eleventh Tour
ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES.
From August th to October 2nd, 1884.
HAVING decided upon visiting a few places in England and in South Wales, to which we had never been, on Aug. 1 8th, 1 884, Mr. Müller and I left Bristol for Leominster, where we stayed at an Hotel until the 23rd; went on, upon that day, to Hereford, and from there proceeded on the 30th, via Newport and Cardiff, to Tenby, where we remained at the house of a friend until Sept. 6th. Leaving Tenby on that day, we went on to Manorbier, returned to Tenby on the 8th, and, during this our second visit to that town, paid short visits to Begelly, Saundersfoot and Coldinn. On Sept. 16th we went on from Tenby to Haverfordwest, stayed at the College there until the 18th, and on that day went to Milford Haven, where we passed one night at the Lord Nelson Hotel. From Milford Haven, a waggonette conveyed us, on Sept. 19th, to Nayland (or New Milford), where we remained, at the South Wales Hotel, until the morning of the next day, when, crossing the Haven by steam ferry-boat, and going to Pembroke Dock, we remained there in lodgings until Oct. 2nd.
Whilst at Leominster, my husband spoke occasionally at the Conference Meetings held there; at Hereford, at Tenby, Manorbier, Begelly, Saundersfoot, Coldinn, Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Nayland (or New Milford), Pembroke Dock, and at Pembroke, he held meetings, and, at some of the towns just mentioned, preached many times; but, for the sake of brevity, and as our previous Tours were so long, passing reference only is made to these services.
Our Tour through South Wales would have been continued; we should have visited Swansea, Cardiff, Newport, and many other towns in that part of the country; but, whilst at Pembroke Dock, I was taken ill with an attack of erysipelas, brought on through sitting in crowded meetings at night, where the atmosphere had an injurious effect upon me, because it was polluted by numbers of gas lights, and by the breath of the crowds of persons who attended my husband’s meetings, as the Chapels, where they were held, were not sufficiently ventilated. Going out immediately after these services were over too, into the cold air, brought on erysipelas, and the physician, whom Mr. Müller called in to prescribe for me, strongly advised our returning at once to Bristol On the morning of Oct. 2nd, therefore, we left Pembroke Dock, and, returning by railway to Ashley Down, Bristol, arrived at the New Orphan House No. 3, on the afternoon of that day, after a short journey of 150 miles from Penabroke.
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TWELFTH TOUR.
From May 16/A to July lst, 1885.
IN consequence of having decided upon taking another Home Tour, on May 16th, 1885, Mr. Müller and I again left Bristol, engaged apartments at a house in Wellington, Shropshire, but went afterwards to the Admaston Spa Hotel, near that town, and whilst at Wellington, including services at the Old Hall, he held nine meetings altogether, which were attended by large congregations of attentive hearers. It was our intention to have gone on afterwards to Dublin, in order that he might labour for the Lord a second time in that city, and we purposed afterwards to visit Londonderry Belfast, and other towns in the North of Ireland, because he desired to preach also in them; but, as my beloved husband became extremely unwell, through a violent cold, caught whilst he was standing in a draught, immediately after he had been preaching at Wellington, I strongly advised him to give up his labours for some time, and proposed a visit to the Isle of Wight, because I earnestly desired that he might rest, and have every facility for recruiting his health, instead of going to Ireland, as we had thought of doing. Accordingly, on June 10th, we went to Eyde, stayed there at the Esplanade Hotel until the 17th, and, going to Sandown on that day, remained in lodgings at Bella Vista until July 1st. Oh June 6th, before our departure from Wellington, we took a drive to Wroxeter; saw the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Uriconium, five miles distant; and, whilst in the Isle of Wight, took frequent long drives, in pony carriages, for the purpose of visiting Spring Vale, Quorr Abbey, Brading, West Cowes, Shanklin Chine, Black Gang Chine, Bonchurch, Ventnor, the Undercliff, Carisbrook Castle, Godshill and Aveton. In this way, being as much as possible in the open air, entire rest, and my own careful nursing, proved, through the Lord’s kindness, so beneficial to my husband, that he became fully restored to health. We brought this short tour, therefore, to a close, and on July 1st returned to Bristol.
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