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DOCUMENT 253.
TESTIMONY OF THE REV. NICHOLAS COLLIN,
RECTOR OF THE SWEDISH CHURCH IN
PHILADELPHIA.
The Rev. Samuel Noble expresses himself in his " Appeal”
(p. 188) in respect to the testimony of this gentleman as
follows: "The Rev. Nicholas Collin does not profess the senti
-ments of Swedenborg : but in the year 1801 , when, in con
sequence of the adoption of those sentiments by many in
America, the character and life of Swedenborg had there be
come the subject, as he states, of ’frequent and sedulous in
quiries,’ he published the above letter of his illustrious country
man, with a comment of his own, in the Philadelphia Gazette
of August 5th, 8th, and 10th. It was reprinted in the New
Jerusalem Church Repository, published at Philadelphia in 1817,
at which time Mr. Collin was still performing the duties of
pastor of the Swedish church in that city. Mr. Collin was
well qualified to give authentic information, having, when a
very young man, lived three years in Stockholm, when ’Sweden
borg was a great object of public attention in that metropolis,
and his extraordinary character was a frequent topic of dis
cussion. Not seldom he appeared in public, and mixed in
private societies ; therefore sufficient opportunities were given
to make observations on him.’ "
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