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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 6, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 6.

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CHRISTIANA, NORWAY.

By John G. Matteson

The disturbance mentioned in last week's report, and the articles that have appeared in leading papers, have greatly increased the interest. No less than five hundred people have pressed into our hired house, occupying every apartment within reach of my voice as well as the hall and stairs. Sunday evening at least twelve hundred people attended in the large hall. Every foot of room was occupied, so that there was only room left for me to stand on a box. Yet crowds went away because they could not get in, and some climbed up in the windows outside, so that all the windows presented faces of such as were determined to hear. I spoke on the two covenants, and the best of attention was given to the very last.
About a month ago I was invited to take a leading part in a Sunday-school. The number of children increased very much, but also the number of opposers. At last the school was expelled from the hall formerly occupied on account of my presence, and we will now take the whole thing in hand. The teachers got up a Christmas-tree yesterday for the children in our rooms, and no less than one hundred and twenty-six children were present. We shall hereafter endeavor to get suitable teachers for these children.
More than forty friends signed the covenant last Sabbath, and we intend to take further steps this week to fully organize a church in harmony with the Scriptures and with the law of this country. Most of our books are gone except some four-page tracts. In view of the hard times, the friends have donated quite liberally toward the expenses of the meetings. Their donations amount in all to nearly $100. Up to the present time, I have paid out about $25 more than this for the meetings.
The truth is working on hundreds of honest minds. A number of Swedes have embraced the truth. Many other places in Norway and Sweden seem to present just as good fields of labor. May the Lord direct. Pray for us.
JOHN G. MATTESON. Osterhausgaden 12, Jan. 6, 1879.