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MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
and for the first time in her life, she could believe and praise the
Lord for His grace. At ten o’clock her husband at last returned, he
had forgotten the promise as well as his business, " the woman then
left her water-pot," and now he came home full of joy a!nd praise.
What he had heard that day, had brought a new light even to his heart,
and every believing soul may easily imagine the happiness of this
couple, when they met and could communicate to one another, the
experiences of that memorable day.
Though I have only related some few peculiar events, you
may-see by what is told, that the Lord is working among us with His Spirit.
If it be so God’s will, I hope to have the pleasure of writing to
you more than this time. I hope you have not lost your old interest
and love to Sweden, and that you remember us in your prayers, as I
most heartily wish to my old friend, Dr. Baird, health and strength to
continue the labors in the vineyard of the Lord.
Remember me to other members of your board.
Yours most affectionately and respectfully,
C. O. Rosenius.
29.
Stockholm, Dec. 31, 1861.1
Rev. Dr. Baird,—As I have seen by the " Magazine" of your
Board, that, notwithstanding the troubles of the war within your own
country, your Christian activity has not been interrupted, and your love
in the Lord is still attentively directed to the work of God in foreign
countries, in such a way that you appreciate even the poor intelligence
I have been able to communicate to you from Sweden, I hasten to give
1 Brevet publicerades med följande introduktion i Christian World, april
1862, p. 107 ff.:
Our readers will be pleased to see the subjoined letter from our Swedish
Missionary, the Rev. Carl O. Rosenius. The Rev. George Scott, whose visit to
this country, in the summer of 1841, in a note which accompanies Mr. R.’s letter,
says: "My desire on receiving Rosenius’ communication was to write you a full
letter, but you will excuse my not doing so when I tell you that I have been a
prisoner in my bedroom for nearly three weeks, with a low influenza fever, and two
of the members of my family have been and are still quite ill. Yet all is well!
I have often thought that your peace-loving heart must have bled over the strife
and bloodshed going on in your beloved country, and especially lest the work of
God should be arrested thereby. May our gracious Lord soon bring about a
reconciliation. I receive the ’ Christian World,’ and feel greatly interested in it. Things
are going on encouragingly in Sweden."
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