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io. PRESENT CONDITION. 421
io. CONCLUSION. FOUR QUESTIONS PROPOSED: (i)
WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE OF THE SWEDISH
CHURCH? DISESTABLISHMENT AND DISENDOW-
MENT IMPROBABLE. DOCTRINE ; (2) HOW FAR HAS
IT LOST GROUND? EVIDENCE FROM U.S.A.
SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES. BISHOP S CHARGES
UPSALA, KALMAR, STRENGNAS ; (3) WHAT ENCOUR
AGEMENTS ARE APPARENT? I. IMPROVEMENTS IN
TASTE AND WORSHIP. 2. NEW MOVEMENTS AMONG
YOUNG PEOPLE AND CLERGY. STUDENT MOVE
MENT. DlAKONI-STYRELSE. SVENSKA KRYKO-
FORBUNDET. MEETINGS AND ASSOCIATIONS; (4)
WHAT DEVELOPMENT MAY BE EXPECTED? SWEDEN
NO LONGER ISOLATED. ENLARGEMENT OF THE
LUND CONCEPTION OF THE CHURCH. TRAINING
FOR THE PRIESTHOOD. GREATER FULNESS OF
WORSHIP. GREAT POSSIBILITIES OF AN ALLIANCE
WITH THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION.
Finally, I would venture to propose the following
questions :
(1) What is the probable future of the Swedish Church
as regards its relation to the State and nation, and as to its
doctrine?
(2) How far has it lost ground, and what are the chief
difficulties and anxieties reported by its own representa
tives ?
(3) What are the encouraging features of its present
condition?
(4) What line of development may we hope and expect
that it will take, and what may be its main contribution to
the progress of the Kingdom of God and to the life of the
Catholic or Universal Church?
Such questions are easier to ask than to answer; but
merely to ask them may help to stimulate thought and tend
towards the creation of that ideal which all institutions
need to set before themselves if
they are to respond to
God s design.
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