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MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
when he was in town, and sitting in an ale-house with some of his
former companions, that he uttered a slight reproach to one who had
defrauded him of a large sum of money, and thereby considerably
conduced to his ruin. When they came out of the house, he received a
blow so severe, as an answer, that he fell to the ground. Now he
awakened to deeper reflection. Struck by such an end to a friendship
which had cost him a good part of his fortune, he first fell into deep
despondency. " Thou hast sacrificed all thy possessions to gain friends ;
and he whom thou hast most saved and served, rewards thee so! what
on earth is now worth seeking ?" Full of such reflections, and deeply
humbled, silent and thoughtful, he left town and passed a fortnight in
the country in dreadful anxiety; a wild uproar of conflicting feelings
filled his heart, and thoughts of suicide often tempted him. In this state
he again visited his benefactress in Stockholm. Though not converted
herself, she had some good books, and left the afflicted man a Swedish
translation of the "Anxious Inquirer," by James. Wondering, yet
anxious to see what a book could do for him, he took it and read it
with growing interest; and the Lord opened his eyes, so that soon all
his sorrow concentrated itself in one sentiment, " Father, I have sinned
against Heaven and before Thee." In short, God and His violated law
began to stand up with more importance in the views of his soul, and to
"arise" became the only subject of his thoughts. He came to town,
borrowed some numbers of my little paper, the Pietisten; and I soon
began to observe, among my hearers at meetings, an unknown
countenance whose aspect betrayed his former way of living. He seemed
ready to devour every word; his eyes expressed lively emotions; his
tears often broke forth. After a week the stranger paid me a visit. It
would take too much time to impart to you all the interesting
conversation I have had with this man, but the result has been that the great
Shepherd of souls here gave us a glorious proof of his faithfulness and
power to save the lost; a delightful evidence of the power of divine
mercy in the transformation of a human heart. Geijer (such is his
name) is now a lovely Christian, humble, broken-hearted, poor in spirit,
but he has found peace through faith in our Saviour, and cannot
sufficiently praise the wonderful and inexpressible love which has sought
out a sheep so far out of the way as he has been.
His conversion has been the occasion of my coming here, and
having an opportunity of preaching the word of eternal life to a flock
of neglected sheep without a shepherd.
I have already mentioned my being in the country; it is at the
house of this person I have been staying during these two months. To
his humble and lowly spirit it has been a subject of no little wonder
and joy that he and his people now can in this way hear the word of
God in this house, which formerly echoed with drunken carousals. He
said the other day, " If any one had told me that I should drain this
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