The Baptists in Sweden. By Mrs. M.F. Anderson ...

110 THE BAPTISTS IN SWEDEN.
"Very important and interesting subjects were
discussed. Sweden is the land where religious
liberty is under the severest legal restraint, and yet
I never heard such freedom of speech in any similar
assembly. Even the Baptists occupied a very important position, and the opportunity to express
their sentiments was as freely and as fully granted
to them as to the ministers and other members of the
State Church."
Of the impression left by their intercourse with
the Baptists in Sweden, Mr. Kibner thus writes:
" I conceived a strong affection for the Swedish
brethren, and esteem them highly-so full of heart
and life, and so intelligent and prudent in expression. Heart and mind so sweetly blend in them,
that one feels quite at ease in their conversation
and debates."
The impression left on the minds of the English
delegates is thus given:
" It was a most interesting assembly. Composed
of young, energetic, well-informed and good-tempered men, men clear in their distinguishing views,
both of dissent and baptism; men determined to labor
for God, and ready to suffer-many of them had
already suffered for Him; men who knew how to
act, not only alone, but together, for not a trace
of disorder appeared in their proceedings-it seemed
to be the very nucleus of a living society, destined
not only to perpetuity, but to augmentation. Certainly what we saw made us love them fervently,