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WESTIN, JiREV FRÅN C. O. ROSENIUS
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esteemed and beloved brethren who are with you, from their Swedish
brethren in the faith. With much affection, I sign myself your
humble friend,
C. O. Rosenius.
Stockholm, the 20th June, 1854.
P. S. I am just making myself ready to start for the north, from
which I have had the most pressing invitations. There is a still greater
want of christian leaders for those who are awakened there than in the
southern parts of Sweden.
13-
Stockholm, the 2d Nov. 1854.1
Rev. Dr. R. Baird, New-York:
Dear Sir—Since I wrote to you last I have been traveling in the
north part of Sweden, in the province of Norland, for nearly thirteen
weeks; and during that time I have experienced almost more than at
any preceding period, the truth of the words we so often write: We
have much cause to praise the Lord. What we see before our eyes makes
the deepest impression on our minds.
I had received many pressing invitations from the north, and
could no longer resist them. I went to Norland, and remained in one
place five weeks. The people assembled from several adjoining parishes,
some as far as thirty miles, whenever any meeting took place. I held
these at stated times. During the other weeks I traveled, preaching
every day in the week, and sometimes twice in the day. In some places
churches were opened in school-rooms or private houses.2 In others,
when the crowd was great, and the weather was favorable, I spoke out
of doors. The Lord be praised for what He granted us to see! We
also entertain the hope that He will grant visible effects of all the Gospel
that was proclaimed, and more perhaps that we shall not see. What I
especially would praise Him for is my having been permitted to be a
means in His hand partly to awaken and call back to life and activity
powers that have been languishing and nearly dying, partly to reunite
and encourage souls who, from want of care, from dissensions and
growing worldliness had begun to wax cold and separate. They now
again joined together in devotional meetings, and had happy intercourse
with each other. I had also the pleasure to see worldly people, who had
1 Brevet var infört i sällskapets månadsskrift, febr. 1855. p. 84 ff.
2 Det förefaller, som om i denna sats något utfallit, t. ex. efter opened, and
sometimes we assembled.
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