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WESTIN, JiREV FRÅN C. O. ROSENIUS
303
The Evangelical Fatherland Institution goes on well. There never
has been such a spread of Bibles and tracts as now, and we have a
large number of active colporteurs, and the whole is under good
inspection. I almost tremble, for I feel as if some great trial must be coming,
after so rich an outpouring of blessings. In regard to the state of the
question of religious liberty, and others of a more political tendency,
I do not touch upon them, because other papers and journals give you
information on those subjects.
I have not had any letter lately from Mr. Ahnfelt, but I know
that he is actively employed traveling and preaching.
May the Lord keep us and preserve us in these days of joy and
peace, so that if he means to chasten us, our hearts may be humble
and take all as from his hand! And may you long enjoy all his best
blessings, is the sincere prayer of
Your humble brother in the Lord,
C. O. Rosenius.
20.
[Odaterat.]1
I hasten to give you some details about ourselves and the progress
of Christ’s kingdom among us. I have this time nothing new to tell
you as regards my own work—it has, once for all, its given form;
but I would give you some notices regarding the Institution which
during the last year has taken up some portion of my time, namely
" The Evangelical Fatherland Institution."
Now, after its having been in existence about a year and a half,
we begin to understand it according to the test that our Lord himself
lias laid down—" by its fruit."
The regeneration of fallen and lost man is only God’s own
doing, through the means of the imperishable seed, which is his living
word; but it is our duty to bring that living word to as many souls
as possible—to bring it, read or spoken, to as many ears as possible,
and always accompanied by the testimony of holy zeal and holy power,
by prayer and intercession. This has been the aim of the Institution.
Its principal question has been, " What shall we do to spread the Word
of God to as many places, houses, and individuals as possible, and make
it as acceptable as possible in places where hitherto it has been visited
by prejudice and treated with contempt."
We must confess that the Lord has given us his help and guidance
during this the first year of the existence of the Society. It has been
enabled to spread more than a million of copies of Bibles, New Testa-
1 Publicerat under rubriken »Sweden» i förut nämnda tidskrift, april 1858,
p. 112 ff.
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