ABOUT THE SWEDES by R. S. Webber

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 8, 1876

ABOUT THE SWEDES.

By R. S. Webber

The Swedes in New Sweden, Me., have never seen a living preacher, but there are now twenty keeping the Sabbath. Bro. Lobdell, of Portland, began to go around and leave Swedish papers and tracts among the Swedes as often as he could find one. Some of them soon became interested and began to inquire for our people. They at last found Bro. Gowel, then they came out to Deering to our Hall. I preached to them; eight embraced the truth at once. At this time they were sending papers and tracts to their friends in New Sweden.

Now there are at least ten of the Swedes in Portland and twenty in New Sweden keeping the Sabbath that would not have even heard of the truth, perhaps, to this time, had it not been for the effort made by Bro. Lobdell with his tracts and papers. It is much easier preaching to people this way than it is to go out and preach as ministers, and all can preach this way.

May the Lord help all our brethren awake and become interested in the truth and missionary work. I feel that there has come for us all to “lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us,” and enter into this work in earnest. R. S. WEBBER.