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Doc. 10.] 123
BISHOP JESPER SWEDBERG .
was received on these occasions he left to the chaplains.
He looked upon it as a shameless abuse, when anything was
demanded from the communicants before going to the Lord’s
table. "If Peter," he said, "should rise again, he would say,
Be ye consumed with all your money .” During Swedberg’s
term of office at the University, perfect concord and unity
prevailed among the academical teachers. There can be no
doubt that his presence and activity greatly contributed to
bring about this happy result. “During my abode in Upsal,"
he writes, “ which was over ten years, I experienced this
grace from God, that there was such unity and trust among
the teachers, that there never was any dissension. I lived in
the large square, and I can affirm that, during these ten
years, I did not hear ten brawls or disturbances in the
streets. When both my dwellings were burnt down, in the
great conflagration on the night after Ascension day, the
students manifested towards me so much kindness, carrying
out and saving everything except the fixtures, that, thank
God, I suffered little harm ; and such pure affection they
constantly exhibited towards me during the whole of my
stay amongst them. I can also assert that, during the whole
of this time, His Majesty never received an unfavourable report
from the university, although previously these reports had been
very unfavourable indeed ."
With regard to the two dwellings mentioned here, one of
them was “a large, new stone house with a costly establish
ment, in the large square, which he several years before
(1690-1698) had built for himself. It is interesting to hear
him speak about the building of this new house. “I know, and
I can testify — for I was always present- that not the least
work was done, that not a single stone was raised, with sighs
or a troubled mind, but all was done cheerfully and gladly.
No complaint, no hard or disagreeable word was heard, no
scoldings and no oaths were uttered.” When the house was
finished in the autumn of 1698, he inaugurated it by inviting
and entertaining all the poor of the town. He and his wife
and children waited upon them. Everything was done in an
orderly manner, and this feast of charity was concluded with
singing, prayer, thanksgiving, and mutual blessing. When he
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