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Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists - Contents
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    In the latter part of the winter I began a series of meetings in the country, six miles from Alstrup, on the opposite side of a large marsh. As the distance was much greater by the road around it, I often walked across the marsh. At first it was frozen over, but afterward the ice broke in many places, so that I had to wade through the water, often becoming very wet and much exhausted before reaching the shore. I labored earnestly in this place. The people were degraded, and many of them given to drunkenness, yet there were some who accepted the truth. In the spring, several were baptized. This caused much opposition. My life was threatened, and in various ways we were hindered in our work. I had to apply to the police for protection, which was promptly given.HSFM 62.2

    In this place, as well as in the vicinity of Alstrup, the priests sometimes came to our meetings in the barns, to oppose our work. At these times the attendance was much larger, and the discussions with the priests always helped the truth. On one occasion a priest came with three school-teachers. We agreed that he should question me about our faith as much as he wished, and that I should answer. Then I was to have the same privilege of questioning him. After awhile he had nothing more to ask, and my turn came. He soon acknowledged that some of the points on which I questioned him were too deep for him, that he had never thought over them, and could not fathom them. At the close of the meeting I spoke of Christ and his tender mercies, and he listened with interest, while tears came into his eyes.HSFM 62.3

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