NORWAY AND DENMARK by John G. Matteson

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 19, 1878

NORWAY AND DENMARK.

By John G. Matteson

I have preached four times this week and have obtained a large hall for Sunday evening. (The one I had last week could not be obtained any more.) Here about six hundred people listened to a discourse on the sanctuary and 2300 days of Dan. 8. Books have been taken freely. Several attended our prayer-meeting and took part in it. Some are becoming interested in searching the Scriptures. We have to work by degrees here. Minds must be prepared for the truth. Our hope and trust is in God.

In Denmark the work is also moving forward, both in Jylland and in Sjæland. Meetings are being held, and more and more are becoming interested. There are now more than ninety dear souls in Denmark who observe the Sabbath of the Lord and are trying to prepare for the coming of our Saviour. JOHN G. MATTESON. Christiana, Norway, Nov. 19, 1878.

Nov. 25, Bro. Matteson adds:—

In Vensyssel [Denmark] Bro. K. Brorson has held a number of meetings during the past week, most of which have been well attended. There is a growing interest to hear and read on present truth. He has obtained one new subscriber for the TIDENDE, and three persons have commenced to keep the Sabbath of the Lord. God can also give grace and strength to the weak.

Here in Christiana the work is progressing steadily. About one thousand hearers listened most attentively to a lecture Sunday evening on the thousand years of Rev. 20. We have sold books in this city during the past month for more than Kr. 80.00, and have obtained nineteen subscribers for the TIDENDE. About forty persons attended our prayer-meeting Friday evening, and many took active part. We felt the blessing of the Lord.