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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 17, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 3.

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ALSTRUP, DENMARK.

By JOHN G. MATTESON

The copy of ADVENT TIDENDE which was sent to Bergen, Norway, from Chicago, has interested many. We have received letters from five persons who have read the paper and other works which we have sent to them. They are much interested in the truths which pertain to our time, and long to hear the message of the second coming of Christ proclaimed among them. There is more religious awakening in Norway than in Denmark, and the temperance cause has made better progress there than here; but there are also souls here who must be won over to the Lord’s side and be prepared for his coming.
One brother writes: “I have begun to think somewhat about the Sabbath question and the prophecies of the second coming of Christ; but, like the eunuch, I need a Philip to explain these things to me. But as it may be too much to ask of you to answer the Macedonian cry, ‘Come over and help us,’ the truth-seeking souls here will patiently wait for the time when the Lord will send out more laborers into his vineyard. Send us, however, as many of your publications as you can spare. I believe the Lord has many honest souls in this city.” The other brethren in that place also write good letters. I send them both books and papers.
Yesterday our new meeting-house in Alstrup was dedicated. It can seat about two hundred persons. We held two meetings, and had a full house each time. A brother from Sulsted, who has kept the Sabbath eleven years, was present. He attended our little meeting on the Sabbath, the first Sabbath meeting he ever attended in his life. There were also some other friends present from several distant cities. We have now a good meeting-house in which to hold our meetings, and we intend to make good use of it. The friends in the vicinity have hired it for five years, for this purpose. May the Lord bless these efforts so that many souls here may be converted to God and his precious truth.
Above the meeting-house is a little room, 10x 12 feet, which we occupy as our home. There are many other places where the people long to hear the word of God. May the Lord send out more laborers into the harvest.
Dec. 17. JOHN G. MATTESON.