Full text: The national Church of Sweden

388 VIIL.—THE MODERN PERIOD (A.D. 1812—1910). 
After the departure of Reuterdahl and Thomander, in 
the middle of the last century, the University of Lund had 
a professoriate of exceptional brilliance, especially in its 
chairs of theology. The faculty consisted mainly of four 
““ High Churchmen,’’ H. M. Melin, Bring himself, Anton 
Niklas Sundberg and Wilhelm Flensburg. Of these men 
the best known to the outside world are Bring and Sund- 
berg. Bring had been brought up at home as a boy, and 
chiefly by kind-hearted women. This training developed 
his gentle and sensitive nature, but it was joined to a great 
passion for righteousness. He was older than Sundberg, 
and succeeded earlier to his professorship, and this was an 
advantage to the movement which they were to lead, since 
he was more considerate of opponents and entered more 
into their point of view than Sundberg. Both were alike 
in this that they experienced no great crisis in their spiritual 
life, and developed harmoniously and happily. Yet both 
were distrustful of self, and of a somewhat anxious tem- 
perament. Bring appears to have had much more of a 
distinct call to the priesthood, and to have had the finer 
nature. He was much valued as a pastor, and attached 
great importance to the prebendal system by which pas- 
toral charges are assigned to the theological chairs. He 
was selected to prepare the young princes for confirmation 
and first communion—a duty which he performed both on 
this occasion, and generally with extreme carefulness and 
fulness. Sundberg, however, was the more imposing 
personality, and was an acknowledged chief both in Church 
and State. It is a striking evidence of his capacity as a 
leader that he was especially acceptable in his relation to 
the University of Upsala, of which he was officially vice- 
chancellor. This is brought out very clearly in 
Bishop Billing’s memorial discourse before the Swedish 
Academy.” 
Y Minne af A. N. Sundberg: intrides-tal i Svenska Aka- 
demien, 20th December, 1900, af Gottfrid Billing : pp. 50 foll., 
Stkh., 1901.
	        
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