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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 4, 1878

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 51, No. 14.

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TYLSTRUP, DENMARK.

By John G. Matteson

THOSE who are most interested in the truth live in the vicinity of Tylstrup heath, where our place of meeting is. I have held a few meetings near Sulsted and in the city of Tylstrup; but there are very few who have a desire to hear. Ungodliness abounds in this vicinity. The majority serve mammon rather than God. The prince of darkness reigns in great power. The truth meets great opposition on all sides. There are, however, a few who open their hearts to the Lord.
There were some Swedenborgians here this week. One of them preached a sermon Thursday evening. He tried to show that Gen. 1 was not a narrative of the creation of the world, but that the whole chapter treated of the regeneration of man. He used the same arguments that infidels usually bring up against the narrative of the creation, chief of which was that God could not create the earth and everything on it in the way which the Bible teaches. I reviewed him. This ended the matter, as I understand he does not wish to come here any more.
Last Sabbath was the first Sabbath I spent with the friends here. We held a prayer meeting in the forenoon, which, as far as I know, is the first meeting of the kind ever held in this vicinity. There were ten persons who took part in prayer. We felt that it was good to be there; for the Lord was present by his Spirit. In the afternoon about twenty persons promised to serve the Lord and keep his Sabbath. This is not by any means the closing up of the work here, but simply a beginning. There will be a hard battle to bring souls from darkness to light. Satan is unwilling to let his prey go. He has many assistants who strive to tear away the law of God. It is time that the Lord vindicated his cause. It is a great work to get the unruly mind to submit itself to the will of God. Pray for us that the Lord may glorify his name, and create a new heart in those who so willingly listen to the word of God.
March 4. JOHN G. MATTESON.