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Doc.280.] 699
WENNGREN’S ANECDOTE.
we are unable to tell, since Klopstock did not allow him to
finish his speech ; but it is very probable that he intended to
say, that even if the King of Denmark demanded from him
such a proof, he would be unable to obey him, unless his
application was justified by his motive."
DOCUMENT 280.
ANECDOTE RELATED BY WENNGREN."
195*
"About the year 1766, Swedenborg went to Gottenburg,
intending to embark for England : when he arrived there, he
took his passage in a vessel which was to sail in a few days.
During his stay at Gottenburg, Dr. Beyer 22 accidentally met
him in company, and entertaining , from report , the same
sentiments with many others in that country, with respect to
his being a madman, on account of his assertion, that he had
communication with the spiritual world, he was surprised when
he observed that Swedenborg spoke very sensibly , without
discovering any marks of that infirmity of which he was
suspected ; he therefore invited Swedenborg to dine with him
the day following, in company with Dr. Rosén. After dinner,
Dr. Beyer expressed a desire, in the presence of Dr. Rosén,
to hear from himself a full account of his doctrines ; upon
which Swedenborg, animated by the request, spoke so clearly,
and in so wonderful a manner, on the subject, that the Doctor
and his friend were quite astonished. They did not inter
rupt him; but when the discourse was ended, Dr. Beyer
requested Swedenborg to meet him the next day at Mr.
Wenngren’s, and to bring with him a paper, containing
the substance of his discourse, that he might consider it
* This anecdote appeared first in the "New Jerusalem Magazine" for
1790, p. 41, with the following note : "This relation was received by one
of the editors in 1786 from Mr. Wenngren, who is now living at Gottenburg,
and is one of the magistrates of that place."
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