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WESTIN, JiREV FRÅN C. O. ROSENIUS
287
14.
Stockholm, the 16th Feb. 185s.1
Rev. Dr. Baird, New-York:
Dear Sir,—Again some months have elapsëd since my last letter.
During that time all has been going on in my field of labor in a uniform
sameness, as it would appear to those who merely look on the surface
of things, but thanks be to God, I can record many a delightful instance
of the power of the Word of God. Among my present hearers are the
members of a family which four months ago was living a very worldly
life. The eldest daughter, aged nineteen, was seriously awakened to
the emptiness of that life. She has been a missionary in her family,
and now, a sister and a brother, both younger than herself as well as
her parents, are her constant companions when she comes to my lectures.
This is a very interesting case, and is remarkable, because the family
are of those to whom the words of our Lord, in Mark x. 23—27, are
applicable. They have in truth left all their former gay pleasures, and
are now only intent on employing their time and their means to the
glory of God. Such instances, praised be the Lord, are not so rare
now as formerly; we see and hear so much every day that we can but
wonder and extol His transforming power. This country is specially
blessed at present. But to return to my sphere, I can also tell you with
much thankfulness that my periodical the Pietist is more and more
spread. The newspaper called the Aftonblad, which is considered the
most popular in the country, has a little more than 4,000 subscribers.
Of the Pietist I have been obliged to print 7,000 this month to supply
all demands. No one would have dreamed of such a possibility twenty
years ago.
Mr. Ahnfelt is going on much in the same way, holding meetings,
traveling about, now accused by one person in office, now by another,
but somehow the Lord holds His hand over him and he is never silenced.
Next month he is expected to come up here.
With the exception of a few instances, in which it seems as if
persecution redoubled her efforts before the last struggle, we may almost
say that we have religious liberty here, all but the name. During the
last year some Baptists have been imprisoned and suffered the
punishment of living 011 bread and water for a fortnight. This is a crying
fact, but I almost think it is the only one. In words, however, and
threats, much is done, and all the States of the Diet united in proposing
to the king that a law should be enacted which laid heavy penalties on
those wo received the sacrament from any one but a clergyman, and
more severe still on the layman who would venture to administer it.
1 Brevet publicerades i tidskriften American and Foreign Christian Union
maj 1855, p. 224 ff.
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