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MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
now found it necessary to search with deeper attention into the Word
of God, and fly from that servitude of men, in which they had been
kept. In this way the leaven of the kingdom of God is now working
more quietly and unnoticed, but with more true blessing among the
Finnish population. The increased spread of Bibles, tracts, and religious
treaties, in a pure evangelical spirit, during these last years, has not a
little contributed to these happy results. In consequence of more liberal
laws, seeking and believing souls now more frequently assemble for
devotion in churches and private houses, with enlightened clergymen or
laymen as leaders. One of the most distinguished Finnish ministers, to
whom I owe part of these details, ends his letter in these terms: "In
spite of the numerous errors with which the revivals in our country
have been tainted, they have had an immense influence on the whole.—
The spiritual authorities and even the theologians at the University,
have now a more awakened interest than before for Christendom and
their high calling. The efforts made for the instruction and learning of
clergymen, during these last twenty years, have been increased. Youths
do not now enter into the ministry as inconsiderately as before, and the
public have now much higher claims upon a minister of the Gospel
than before. Bibles, New Testaments, tracts, and religious treatises, are
spread in enormous quantities. Most of the peasantry are now able to
read, and the zeal for the instruction of children has been increased.—
All this plainly shows us that vivifying Spirit of the Lord is working
among us, and all this good seed promises more and more blessed
harvests."—With this I finish, hoping soon to be able to give you the
wished-for information from Norway and Denmark. Here in our
land the work of God is quietly going on. Even about this I hope to
speak more at another time. Dear brethren! remember our North in
the love of the Lord! God bless you, my dear old and esteemed friend,
and all your brethren.
Your most warmly affectionate,
C. O. Rosenius.
32.
Stockholm, Jan. 9th, 1863.1
Rev. Dr. Baird,—Though I have not yet received information
from Norway, which I have expected for several months, I hasten 1o
1 Brevet publicerades i förut nämnda tidskrift, april 1863, p. 113 f., och
hade följande introduktion:
We begin our extracts from the letters from Missionaries in the Foreign
Field this month, with one from the Rev. C. O. Rosenius. Stockholm. In trans-
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