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

CHAPTER XI.
ISLAND OF GOTTLAND.
THE spread of Baptist principles has not been
confined to the main land of Sweden. The Island
of Gottland has been visited by our Colporteurs,
and the preaching of these earnest and self-denying
men has been crowned by the blessing of God.
This island is situated in the Baltic Sea, about
seventy miles distant from the main land. It is
about eighty miles in length, and thirty-three in
breadth at the widest part. The climate is described as remarkably mild. Although it is in the
same latitude as Labrador, the people do not
reckon upon having more than eight days' sleighing
in winter. Vegetables can be raised here, which
will not grow on the main land of Sweden, and in
favorable seasons and situations the walnut, the
mulberry, and the grape, will ripen in the open air.
Wisby, the metropolis of the island, possesses
much interest for the historian and the antiquarian. The period of its foundation is unknown;
but in the tenth and eleventh centuries Wisby was
one of the most important commercial cities in
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