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

BAPTISTS IN DALECARLIA. 129
Church was organized in Dalarna. The history
of its origin will be read with interest.
In the fall of 1857, one of the Colporteurs of
the PUBLICATION SOCIETY, Nas Per Person, visited
Norberg. He, as we have seen, was the first
person in Dalarna who read Mr. Wiberg's book on
Baptism. He was a native of Orsa. His mother
is a pious woman and a member of the Baptist
Church, and his sister, Anna Persdotter, has twice
suffered imprisonment on bread and water for her
adherence to Baptist principles. As early as 1853
Nas Per Person began to labor earnestly for the
spread of the gospel in his native place, and in the
neighboring parish of Mora. He was gladly listened to by the people; his gentle and winning manners gained their confidence, and often converted
bitter opposers into warm friends. The priests
strove to silence him, first by threats, and afterward by fines and imprisonment; but he continued
to preach in the name of Jesus. His preaching
was made the power of God unto salvation to
many souls. A few years later,-in the autumn
of 1856, —a check was put to his efforts for the
spread of the gospel, by the refusal of the authorities in his native place to grant him a passport.
He therefore determined to remove with his family
to BMllnas, in the province of Helsingland. From
this place he was able to travel as Colporteur into
the neighboring parishes, and also into his native
province of Dalarna.