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362 A History of Siveden
JoJutn Olof Wallin. The childlike trait of the new
literture appeared in its fullest strength in a poet who
stood very close to Romanticism though he never joined
the circle of its poets. It was the great hymnist and
eloquent preacher,
Johan Olof Wallin.
From Dalecarlia’s
plain, earnest, God-
fearing people he
came. In poor and
humble circumstan-
ces he was born.
During all his youth
he hacl to strug-
gle against poverty
and ill-health. But
through it all his
.power of will was
strengthened, which
enabled him to bear
up even when his
physical strength
wavered, and the
poor Dalecarlian youth finished his life as archbishop
of the kingdom.
He was a most eloquent preacher. His powerful
voice, according to one hearer, sounded like a strain
from another world. People gathered in large masses
to hear his eloquent spiritual sermons.
But it is especially through his beautiful hymns that
his influence has been the most powerful and last-
ing. He composed, revised, or translated from foreign
oiof waiiin.
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