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WESTIN, JiREV FRÅN C. O. ROSENIUS
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bog, I would sooner have believed it, than that I should hear the word
of God thus preached in this room."
About brother Ahnfelt and his work I could have more to tell,
he being a travelling preacher, but must confine myself to a mere
communication of a short memorandum of his. He writes as follows:
" The first of July I went per steamboat to Linköping, whence I
continued my journey the third by land to Westergöthland, where I
was expected by numerous friends. I stayed a fortnight at a place
visited by me last autumn, and found, this year as well as last, a very
grateful soil for sowing the word of God.
In various parts of Westergöthland the people hunger and thirst
after God’s word. They come in crowds where they hope to hear it
faithfully preached in the church as well as out of it, and sometimes
come as far as twenty or thirty miles for this purpose. I staid in
Westergöthland a month, and had very interesting experience as to the
effect of the word on numerous hearers. I mostly preached out of
doors, for want of room within, but I cannot detain you by telling you
all the joyous signs among the peasantry. I will only mention what
according to the testimony of the Apostle and our own daily experience
is of rarer occurrence, that some of the wise ones of this world are
called. I had a very pleasing experience of the manner in which some
of the clergy received Gospel. For instance, in Falköping I was received
in a very friendly manner by two of the clergymen who were themselves
longing after it, and soon began to rejoice when they had heard me
some time preach and sing about the Lamb of God. They afterwards
opened a larger room for our meetings, and the curate of the town
(Prosten Linnarsson) admonished the people warmly to lay to heart
the truths proclaimed by the stranger.
There, as well as in other places, the spiritual songs I sing to
the accompaniment of the guitar, seemed to move and touch their hearts,
and pave the way for preaching. It sometimes happened that enemies
to the word, who came to deride and disturb our peace, were silenced
when they heard that some music was expected, and staid in good order
during the lecture, only to hear afterward a ’ Song to Gittith ’ which
generally moved even the hardest natures.
In another clergyman’s house near Ulricehamn, the Gospel
found a good access. The daughter of the curate was first awakened,
and sincerely inquired, ’ What must I do to be saved ?’ and afterwards
a holy feeling seemed to touch the whole family, so that the curate
himself, his wife, and several of his children showed great anxiety to
get on a dearer footing with the Lord, who one day shall judge the
whole world. My heart is filled with praise and rejoicing, when I
reflect on his mighty work on all classes of society through His holy
word. On my way home from Westergöthland, I passed through
Småland, where my experience also was of a gladdening and encouraging
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