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436 VIII. THE MODERN PERIOD (A.D. 18121910).
"
Mosseberg Conference
"
of clergy held in the autumn of
1908, at a watering-place in West Gothland. It lasted a
week, and was attended by 150 priests, and was the first of
its kind in Sweden. Its object was mutual edification, and
those who took part in it lived a common life for the time.
I presume it was somewhat of the nature of the Keswick
Conference, but that it also had something of the character
of a
"
Retreat
"
for clergy.
Further great Kyrkliga-moter or Church congresses
have recently been held in some of the cathedral cities,
attended by, perhaps, 1,000 members from different parts
of the country. The first was in Stockholm (1908); the
second in Skara (1909); the third in Hernosand (1910).
The questions discussed seem to have been very much like
those brought forward at our own congresses.
It would be easy to add to these details by the description
of more local efforts. Probably the many
"
mothers
meetings
"
which are being held will in time develop into
a society like our
"
Mothers Union," the work of which
I should like to commend to any of my Swedish readers
who may be interested in the maintenance of Christian
family life. Our English society has a membership in the
Empire and elsewhere of 316,990, and 6,359 branches (Ch.
Y.B.j 1910, p. 74).
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Quite as important for Sweden, if it
were possible to introduce it, would be an association like
the
"
Girls Friendly Society," the need of which is shown
so sadly by the Upsala statistics. Our G.F.S. was
founded in 1875. It has, in England and Wales alone, a
membership of 180,396, with 37,004 associates; and it
works in 7,000 of our parishes (I.e., p. 73).
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It is also,
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The objects of the
"
Mothers Union "
are :
(i) To uphold
the sanctity of marriage ; (2) to awaken in mothers of all classes
a sense of their great responsibility in the training of their boys
and girls ; (3) to organize in every place a band of mothers who
who will unite in prayer and seek by their own example to lead
their families in holiness and purity of life.
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The objects of the G.F.S. are: (i) To band together in
one society women and girls as associates and members, for
mutual help (religious and secular) for sympathy and prayer ,*
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