Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - II. Meddelanden och aktstycken - Brev från C. O. Rosenius till Amerika, av Gunnar Westin
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
330
MEDDELANDEN’ OCH AKTSTYCKEN
Finally I wish to give you some details of what is done in the
capital for the salvation of souls by the Stockholm city Mission, a
branch of the Evangelical Fatherland Institution, working in many
different ways. As for instance: i. The spread of books. 2. Meetings
for proclaiming the Word of God. 3. Sunday-schools. 4. Every-day
schools for poor children. 5. Visits to Prisoners.
In i860 this Society alone, working only within the precincts of
the capital, has sold or given gratuitously, 547 Bibles and new
Testaments, 95 collections of sermons by Luther, and over twenty thousand
Tracts. The Word of God has been regularly preached in four locals,
belonging to or hired by the Society. The number of Sunday-schools
amounts to nineteen, of which one has been visited by eighty children.
Every-day schools four. The success of the activity displayed in the
prisons has been highly gratifying, so much the more when we remember
all the difficulties and opposition with which this division of our city
Missions has had to struggle—and this especially from the side of the
authorities of the prisons. Now in their last account, annually presented
to the King, these same authorities have spoken most favorably, and
very much praised the results of the work of the visitors. Ten ladies
and four gentlemen, (one of these four, an old man, is governor of
this province) are now regularly visiting the prisons of the capital, and
find pleasure to sit down near these poor captive culprits, and speak to
them of Him. who is come " to proclaim liberty to the captives and the
opening of the prisons to them that are bound."
I do not recollect if I have before told you the interesting fact,
that though the collections of Luther’s sermons have seen many large
editions in the last twenty or thirty years, nevertheless the E. F.
Institution resolved, two years ago, to begin the publication of a new one. This
edition, with not less than thirty-six thousand extra [=ex. ?], was so
soon sold, that we have been obliged to make preparations for a new one.
When you remember that we have a population amounting only to three
millions, this is indeed a striking occurrence, which very well shows that
the Lord has sent " a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a
thirst for water, but of hearing the Words of the Lord."
The week appointed for prayer, which we have newly celebrated
will, I hope, bring new blessings over the land. Here in Stockholm our
" Bethlehem Chapel," as well as the hall of the Baptists, was every
evening crowded by devout and praying souls. And from all the parts
of the country I have heard that this opportunity of joining in common
prayer has been embraced with interest and joy. "A sound of abundance
of rain is heard "—we expect showers of blessing. The promises of the
Lord give ground to these expectations.
If Dr. Baird has come back to his place among you, I beg you
to give him my compliments. He is the only one of your Society with
whom I am personally acquainted.
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
