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CHRISTOPHER SPRINGER. 705
Swedenborg presented to Ferelius a copy of his Arcana Cælestia,
and BenedictChastanier says in his" Tableau analytique et raisonnée," &c.
(London, 1786, preface, p. 21): "Mr. Springer121 reported to us in
substance, that Swedenborg strongly advised Ferelius to attach himself
to the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, without minding the opposition
which he would probably meet with from men in general, and particularly
from his colleague Mathesius,118 another Swedish minister, who had
already expressed himself strongly against these doctrines.” That
Ferelius was favourably inclined towards the doctrines taught by
Swedenborg, seems also to be proved by the circumstance that his
son -in -law, Councillor of Commerce Schönherr, was a most zealous
receiver of these doctrines, and the names of his two other sons-in
law, Billberg and Olbers, are well-known in the annals of the New
Church in Sweden; Gustaf J. Billberg himself having been the
Secretary of the Society "Pro Fide et Charitate," the object of which
was the dissemination throughout Sweden of the doctrines taught by
Swedenborg. Still during his life-time Ferelius never openly acknow
ledged himself a follower of Swedenborg, and in his letter to Professor
Trätgård he states : "I beg expressly that you will not mention my
name, as long as I live;" a request which was complied with by
the professor, who first communicated this letter to a correspondent
B [illberg ?] in Stockholm , in 1796, three years after the death of
Ferelius.
NOTE 120.
JACOB J. BJÖRNSTÅHL.
Jacob Jonas Björnståhl, a celebrated Swedish scholar and traveller,
born in 1731. In his “Travels,” published in six volumes after his
death by C. Ch. Gjörwell, he mentions having met with Swedenborg
in Paris. He died in 1779, in Turkey, after having just received the
appointment of Ordinary professor of the Latin , Greek, and Oriental
languages at Lund.
NOTE 121.
CHRISTOPHER SPRINGER .
Christopher Springer, one of Swedenborg’s personal friends, who is
often referred to as an authority, especially in matters connected with
Swedenborg’s residence in London during the latter part of his life, was
born in 1704. In his younger years he made many journeys in the
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