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of the Swedish Diet during many years, and died on
the 4th of May, 1825.
The judgments of his character were rather at variance.
He was accused of being a fortune-hunter, but his long
stay with the congregation of St Jakob seems to disprove
this. As to scholarly attainments, he did not equal his
brothers, but he possessed a good head and great industry.
As a clergyman he shone more in the paths of practical
Christian work than in the pulpit, where his grating voice
produced a disagreeable effect. With great zeal and energy
he devoted himself to the better teaching of children and
to the better care of the paupers. The school for poor
children at Stockholm, when he commenced his parish
work there, could only accommodate ten children ; when he
left Stockholm the number provided for was one hundred
and twenty. The duties of his office were sacred to him,
and he discharged them without regard of rank or persons,
without fear of giving political offence. As an enthusiastic
Mason he was a friend of all sound progress, though he
was often accused of being the contrary. His long
connection with the Royal Court made it natural that in
dress and manners he should maintain a certain stiff
dignity,1 and that he should take a particular delight in the
solemn ceremonies of his episcopal functions.
Besides speeches and sermons, a children’s book, which he
wrote for the use of the Crown Prince, has been printed.2
Around these two dignitaries of the Swedish Church
there are grouped quite a number of other clergymen
bearing Scottish names. As the first on our list let
us mention Jacobus Guthrie, or Guthrie, as the name is
often written. He had been born at Montrose in
1 We are told that he used to wear a long wig, long after this ornament
had been discarded by others.
2 Cp. Sv. Biogr, Lexikon ; Muncksell’s Vester’as Stifts Herdaminne.
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