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3. EVANGELICAL MOVEMENTS. 369
book which is at present still in use. It was brought out
by him in 1819, and contains five hundred hymns, of which
a hundred and fifty were written or translated by himself.
Of his single poems
"
The Angel of Death "a
majestic
and terrible poem, written at the time of the cholera, but
ending with a hopeful note is the best known. Wallin
died himself in harness. He had once experienced a
delightful time of quiet work in an irresponsible position
in his first pastorate, and had often longed for similar
repose from the responsibilities and conflicts of his high
office. But only death brought release from them. The
following quatrain from his great poem is his epitaph :
Earth s unrest ends,
Sure peace remains ;
Death makes all friends,
Heaven all explains.
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3. EVANGELICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE NINETEENTH CEN
TURY DERIVED FROM PlETISM. LARGELY ORIGI
NATE IN NORTHERN SWEDEN. THE "NEW
READERS" OPPOSE THE BOOKS OF 1810 1811.
BECOME ANTINOMIAN AND SEPARATIST. LARS LEVI
L^ESTADIUS (l8oO l86l) IN THE EXTREME NORTH.
HIS LEGALISM. CHANGE AFTER HIS DEATH. ERIK
JANSSON (18081850) IN HELSINGLAND. His
COLONY, BISHOPS HILL, IN U.S.A. DOCTRINE OF
SINLESSNESS. RosENius (1816 1
868). SKETCH
OF HIS LIFE BY BlSHOP NlELSEN. P.P. WALDEN-
STROM (b. 1838). THE "
SVENSKA MISSIONS
FORBUNDET" FOUNDED 1878. ITS WORK.
I must not attempt to give details of all the movements
of religious thought in Sweden during the nineteenth cen
tury, especially of those of more recent years. It will
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See Carl Grimberg : Sv. Hist., p. 574. The original is :
Jordens oro viker
For den frid som varar.
Graven allt forlikar ;
Himeln allt forklarar.
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