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Truly this is the letter of a pious man. We feel the
heart of an anxious father beating in every line of it.
And then the unconcealed fear of a new rationalistic
theology in Germany, and the moral indignation at being
considered a place-hunter !
The son to whom the above letter was addressed
became Professor of Philosophy at Göttingen.
The writer’s third son, Gustav, was the only one that
went into the Church. He also, like his brothers, proved
a boy of excellent gifts. Born on the 23rd of March,
1747, he was ready in 1760 to commence his studies at
Upsala. In 1766 he went to Göttingen, where, under the
presidency of his brother, he afterwards publicly defended
his thesis, “ De fontibus historiæ terrarum
septentriona-lium domesticis.” The same year, 1768, he took his degree
of M.A., but had to interrupt his further studies owing
to the weak health of his father, whom he had to assist
at Stockholm in his ministerial functions. From this time
onward he remained in Sweden. What the father so
indignantly refused, the son, less sensitive, obtained : he
became Court Preacher to the Duke of Södermanland,
whose trusted spiritual guide he remained to the end of
his life. In 1780 he was chosen pastor of St Jakob’s
Church, a charge which he filled for twenty-one years.
During that time he showed a warm interest in the
improvement of the Catechism and the “Psalmbok,”
whilst the favours of the Court were showered
upon him. In 1801, after having accepted the call as
pastor primarius of the Stor Kyrka (the Great Church)
he was raised to the dignity of first Court Preacher,
Commander of the Order of the Northern Star, and
Bishop of the Order, honours which were followed
by his being ennobled in 1810, and appointed Bishop
of Vesterås in the following year. He was a member
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