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MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
Though the wishes of the liberal party were defeated this time, the
effect on the public mind has been very strong, and all that has been
said on the subject has brought many persons to think and reflect on
it who never else would have taken it into their consideration, and not
only the cause of liberty but the cause of Christ is thus served. They
hear a voice by the wayside, and they ask, " who is passing by;" and
when they hear of a Savior, many sinburdened hearts begin to think of
him as a real, actual Savior, who only looked upon religion as a cold
theory till all this active stir about it awakened them to its practical use.
[C. O. Rosenius.]
21.
Stockholm, 17th June, 1858.1
Rev. Dr. Fairchild, New-York:
Dear Sir,—It has been by intention for some time to write to
you, but I have been expecting my friend, brother Ahnfelt, who had
announced his intention of visiting Stockholm. I hoped to be able at
the same time to give you some news respecting his travels, which
afford more variety of detail than my work. The latter, as you are
aware, consists in expounding the Bible, and proclaiming the Gospel
message to all those who will enter the Bethlehem Chapel, where I now
once more have the permission of making it known, after an interval
of fourteen years, during which time we have been confined first to
the lowly habitations of the poor, then to the small hired room, then
to a larger and a larger, till it grew into so numerous a congregation
that only the chapel in which formerly Mr. Scott, the Wesleyan minister,
used to preach, could hold it, and there we now have our meetings.
Besides these, I have my periodical to publish every month, and to be
able to get some quiet for writing the leading articles in it, I am
generally obliged to leave town for a few days each month, so great
is the number of anxious inquirers, and those who wish to consult me
on subjects connected with salvation or sanctification. Some days I
have not a moment to myself from morning till night.
From the foregoing you can gather some idea of our position
here, and that God is doing a mighty work among us also, though we
have 110 such wonderful news to tell as those we hear from America.
We are exceedingly interested in what we have read in regard to the
revivals in your country. May God in his grace give such a powerful
effusion of his Spirit over the old world too!
Before I proceed to tell you what brother Ahnfelt’s experience
has been during the last months, I should like to give a sketch, however
imperfect, of the progress that is making here in Stockholm, as well as
1 Brevet offentliggjort i tidskriften i sept. 1858, p. 304 ff.
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