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

144 THE BAPTISTS IN SWEDEN.
tists in his vicinity. He invited Mr. W. to remain
with him over night. And three of the Colporteurs, with whom Mr. W. had an appointment,
having sought for him at the parsonage, were invited in, and thus there was opportunity for free
discussion of Baptist doctrines and practices.
Happy would it be for Sweden if such instances
of kindness and liberality of feeling were more numerous among the clergy of the State Church I
Let us hope and pray for the spread of vital Christianity throughout the State Church: then persecution and oppression will cease, and every Christian
will rejoice to meet in every other Christian a
brother.
The following day, at Mala, Mr. W. met with
Rev. S. Svenson, and other preachers. A meeting
for worship was held, after which Messrs. Hanner
and Segerstrom were ordained to the work of the
gospel ministry. The latter has the pastoral
charge of the little church in Mala, consisting then
of twenty-seven members, which, before the close
of 1858, bad increased to one hundred.
"Saturday, 25th, I started early in the morning
for Bjorkerod, a distance of twenty-four miles.
Here I was gladly received by a distinguished personage of the nobility, by the name of Carl Gustaf
Rutger Skytte, a lineal descendant of the great
Gustavus Adolphus. This brother, with eight
members of his family, has been baptized since the
month of April. I have seldom seen a more joy