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MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
who visit regularly, and there is not a female prisoner in Stockholm
who is not visited once a week, or may be present at the
Sunday-school at the prison for penal servitude, which the ladies carry on
regularly with all who like to attend, and who are not in separate
confinement. Books may also be distributed there, and these are signs of
progress, wonderful to us, though to you they may appear insignificant.
When we think of Sweden as it was fifteen years ago, it seems
incredible that such a change has been effected already, and the change
which is constantly going on seems to be at a rate that increases every
day. Feelings of intense gratitude must overwhelm those who have the
opportunity of comparison, and happiness as regards the future. May
the Lord help us to be faithful fellow-laborers with him!
Mr. Ahnfelt has just arrived in Stockholm after an extensive
tour of 400 Swedish miles, (2,800 English miles.) He has preached in
churches and barns, in garrets, in the open air, and once in a lawcourt,
or rather the room where the court is generally held. It was opened
by a Christian judge. In such rooms Mr. Ahnfelt had appeared
many-times before, but standing before the judge accused of doing the
very-thing which now he was called upon to do.
If we look to the fruits of his preaching, one has sprung up in a
part of Smaland, nearest to the eastern boundaries of that province. An
Antinomian movement has taken place, against which Mr. A. preached
with much power and blessing, so that a great number of souls were
freed from the trammels of that error. In many, we may say, in
innumerable cases, blessings have followed upon his preaching.
I wish I could give you a better account of what he has
experienced during this last tour, but he only gave me a few short notes,
saying that otherwise he could not relate anything. The accompanying
circumstances are generally the same. The time and place vary, but
the subject is one, and the hearers as invariably worldly people, anxious
inquirers, or children of God already trusting in his grace through
Jesus Christ.
And now, dear sir, I must finish this, hoping that you will
pardon its not containing more of interest. I remain, with feelings of
respect and gratitude, yours in the Lord,
C. O. Rosenius
22.
[Stockholm, Nov. 27, 1858.]1
Rev. Dr. Fairchild, New-York:
Already—a month ago—I ought to have written, and wished to
do so. but the cause of the delay has been the many accumulated duties
1 Detta brev offentliggjordes i förut citerade tidskrift, febr. 1859, p. 46 ff.,
och hade följande introduktion:
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