p. 109 | Tylstrup, Denmark by John G. Matteson

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Apr 11, 1878

Tylstrup, Denmark.

By John G. Matteson

The meetings in Tylstrup are progressing. We have not had as large audiences as in Alstrup. Our place of meeting can seat sixty or seventy persons. At the first meeting, when I spoke on the prophecies, there were twice as many in attendance, but since that occasion there have been just enough to fill the room. I shall soon be through with the prophecies, and will after that speak on the law and the Sabbath. The word spoken has been blessed to the good of some. Many have a desire to search the holy Scriptures. Some are concerned for the salvation of their souls, and turn away from their idols to serve the true and the living God and to await the coming of Christ from heaven. Strong drink and tobacco have been dismissed in several places. The blessing of the Lord has followed our efforts thus far. Sabbath and Sunday, February 23, 24, I was at Alstrup. Our prayer-meetings on the Sabbath are generally attended by twenty or thirty persons, but there are yet only a few who have courage to take part in them. Sabbath afternoon there were about one hundred and thirty, and Sunday evening about two hundred attentive hearers present in the meeting-house.

The following is a later report:—

Those who are the 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. The truth meets great opposition on all sides. There are, however, a few who open their hearts to the Lord.

Last Sabbath was the first that I have spent with the friends here. In the afternoon about twenty persons promised to serve the Lord and keep the Sabbath. JOHN G. MATTESON. March 4, 1878.