Born: Sep­tem­ber 27, 1805, Krop­pen­städt, Preussen (Prussia).

Died: March 10, 1898, Bris­tol, Eng­land.

After a pro­di­gal youth, Müller came to Christ around age 20, and stu­died the­ol­o­gy at the Un­i­ver­si­ty of Halle. One of his first pas­tor­ates was in Teign­mouth, De­von­shire. In 1832, he moved to Bris­tol, where he found­ed the Scrip­tur­al Know­ledge In­sti­tu­tion two years lat­er, and be­came well known for run­ning or­phan­ages. In the last two de­cades of his life he made evan­gel­is­tic trips to Amer­i­ca, In­dia, Ja­pan, and Aus­tral­ia.

Hymns

1. Cross of Jesus, The