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TESTIMONY
OF
THE CELEBRATED OBERLIN,
OF THE BAN-DE-LA-ROCHE, OR STEINTHAL,
RESPECTING SWEDENBORG’S INTERCOURSE WITH
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
This testimony is recorded in the Intellectual Re
pository for April, 1840, pp. 151-162, in a visit,
which the Rev. J. H. Smithson paid to the worthy and
exemplary Oberlin two years prior to his death. Having
described certain particulars of the journey from Stras
burg to the Ban-de-la-Roche where Oberlin lived, Mr.
S. proceeds as follows :
" On entering the house (of Oberlin) I was met by
the venerable pastor, then in the eighty-fourth year of his
age. I presented my letters of recommendation, and he
immediately saluted me with a cordial welcome, and,
taking me by the hand, led me into his apartment. He
seemed to feel a deeper interest in my visit, from the cir
cumstance of my being an Englishman. The numerous
benevolent societies in England had always excited his
admiration at the extraordinary efforts made to benefit
our race, and to distribute the Word of God in all lan
guages for the healing of the nations, and a visit of one
of the sons of Britain, who took an interest in these
beneficent undertakings, seemed a peculiar treat to one
who for nearly sixty years of his life, had devoted hmiself
so zealously to the accomplishment of those objects,
which the religious and philanthropic societies of Britain
contemplate. The stature of Oberlin was tall and well
proportioned, and the weight of four score years and
upwards, had scarcely caused his person to bend; his
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