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REV. SAMUEL NOBLE. 1209
"ADJUNKT" KNös, who is mentioned in Document 310, p. 851 ,
was Olof Andersson Knös, an elder brother of Carl Johan Knös,
who was born in 1756. He distinguished himself by historical in
vestigations, and in 1786, while at Upsal, he and some other studious
young men interested in history established a literary society, under
the name of The Historical Society. In 1784 he was appointed an
"adjunkt" or extraordinary professor in the university; which position
he retained until 1796. He died as lector of Greek in the gym
nasium at Skara in 1804.
There were two more brothers interested in the New Church:
ANDERS KNÖS who was Dean of Wånga and GUSTAVUS KNÖs, the
youngest of the brothers born in 1773, who was professor of the
oriental languages at Upsal. "In a work entitled : Samtal med mig
sjelf om werlden, menniscorna och Gud (Talks with myself about the
world, mankind, and God)," says his biographer, "his sympathies
with Swedenborg’s doctrine appeared so openly and manifestly, that
it created considerable stir and comment, so that the author was
compelled to write another critical work entitled : Försök at utreda
några vigtiga frågor (Attempt to explain important questions). He
died the following year, in 1828.
NOTE 237.
REV. SAMUEL NOBLE.
The Rev. Samuel Noble in his work entitled, "An Appeal"
(Section III, Part II), made the first systematic presentation of
"Documents respecting Swedenborg," and he was also otherwise in
terested in bringing such documents to light. He it was who first
published Provo’s Testimony (Document 263); and in his "Appeal,"
Section III, Part IV, he subjected to a most thorough examination
the Testimony which John Wesley bore concerning Swedenborg;
the whole of Document 268 (pp. 564-571) which treats on this
subject is introduced from Mr. Noble’s work, as well as portions of
Document 270, namely, pp. 599 and 610. Besides, Mr. Noble in his
capacity of Editor of the "Intellectual Repository" has been in
strumental in preserving important information respecting many men
whose names occur in connection with Swedenborg, such as Clowes,2
Hindmarsh,225 Servanté,227 and others, who are discussed in the Notes ,
so that both the Editor and the readers of these Documents are
under many and great obligations to him. The following account
of Mr. Noble’s Life is taken mainly from the admirable "Memoir of
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