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

CHAPTER IX.
BAPTISTS IN DALECARLIA.
A RECENT traveler in Sweden, after speaking of
the quiet, earnest way in which the Baptists in that
country are laboring for the advancement of the
great principles of Christianity, proceeds to say:
" They have thus far suffered persecution, banishment, and reproach, but each day their cause
grows stronger, and takes deeper hold of the hearts
of the people."
As we trace the progress of Baptist principles in
Dalarna, we must remember all the obstacles which
impede their onward course. All the wealth and
power and influence of the hierarchy are employed
to crush out this "' heresy," and to silence the voice
of the preacher. Blows, fines, and imprisonments,
are meted out both to pastor and people. Men
cast out their names as evil, and, often, friends and
relatives disown them. Yet, notwithstanding all
these trials and difficulties, we find in Dalarna, as
in other parts of Sweden, the cause of God and of
truth steadily advancing.
A copy of Mr. Wiberg's first work on Baptism,
"Who is to be baptized?" was taken to Dalarna
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