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each arc found supplementary articles on specific phases
of the synod’s activities, such as missionary enterprises,
educational work, charities, publishing, etc., by a
number of contributors, Rev. A. Johnston, D.D., was
in charge of the compilation. One writer, Dr. Julius
Lincoln, epitomizes the story of the Angustana Synod
in these words:
In the middle of the past century the i i vandringslust? 7
seized upon the inhabitants of the North. The roving spirit
of the Vikings had been cooled by the ordered state of society,
and, with the exceptions of the great military campaigns and
the attempt at settlement upon the banks of the Delaware, the
descendants of the Vikings had been living in quiet. The
rumors of glowing possibilities in the great western republic
reached Sweden, where the prospects for the future seemed
doubtful, and a pilgrimage to America was begun, which has
continued up to the present day, sometimes stronger, sometimes
weaker in numbers, but never ceasing. It is an eternal [-farewell-] {+fare-
well+} to the native land. It means a new home for all time.
We travel, we visit often, but we emigrate only once. Our
fathers havo even sworn off allegiance to their former ruler,
the Swedish king, They remained loyal, however, to the King
of Kings and the Lord of Lords, They brought with them
centuries of religious training and yearning, which coursed
in their very blood. They did not quench the fire of spiritual
intelligence, which had been kindled in their souls. The
Swedish pilgrim fathers were as pious as their cousins who
stepped out from the Mayflower upon the granite surface
of Plymouth Eoek many years before. The meeting-house was
as necessary as the dwelling. Such was the actual beginning
of the August ana Synod. That body existed in the hearts
of the Swedish pilgrims long before it became a reality.
The history of the Angustana Synod is wonderful. The
statistics for 1860, the year of organization, show that then
there were twenty-seven ministers engaged in the work,
seventeen of whom were Swedish and ten Norwegian; forty-nine
congregations, of which number thirty-six were Swedish and
thirteen Norwegian; 4,967 communicants, 3,753 Swedish and
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