p. 21 | NORWAY AND DENMARK by John G. Matteson

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 16, 1879

NORWAY AND DENMARK.

By John G. Matteson

The truth is working on many minds, and souls are led to seek the Lord and prepare for his coming. The law and the Sabbath have not been presented yet, but the mark of the beast and the seal of God have been mentioned and explained in the lectures on the prophecies.

Last Sabbath forenoon we held our first Sabbath meeting. Forty-five persons were present. More than thirty expressed their determination to keep the Sabbath. Several of these have been Baptists. The leading man among the Baptists is in full union with us.

I am now to commence on the life and death question. There is no lack of opposition from many quarters,—bitter and unreasonable opposition,—but the interest to hear has not diminished. About seven hundred listened last night with marked attention to a discourse on the signs of the times. We have sold books for more than 60 Kroner the last three weeks, and obtained a great many subscribers for the TIDENDE.

The Lord is good. He is giving us a large field here, and we know that he will be mindful of us, and that our brethren also will remember us.

Bro. K. Brorsen is working diligently in Jylland, Denmark. He has obtained some subscribers for the paper, and is trying to keep up the interest in many places.

JOHN G. MATTESON.

Osterhausgaden 12, Christiania, Norway, Dec. 16.