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(2) How far has the Swedish Cha
are its chief difficulties!
ties in U.S.A.
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view it is impossible not to col
the Church has lost hold of th
tricts. This is evident from the
the immigrants to U.S.A.
Swedish, and, indeed, from
Something is doubtless due to
comfort, and to the satisfaction
settlers in home life, and politi
from Church life. Yet I do no
Church life is due mainly to
It is due rather to the fact that
peasantry to the Church has
often submission to law or cus
affection or religious convict
beauty of the Church has not
tions, In making these comm
they largely apply to Anglicd
at home and in foreign countri..
dependencies.
Difficulties in the &
The loss of ground in the
illustrated from the recent ch
three of which have come into
of Upsala, Kalmar and Stre
(especially the two latter) hin
ment, but on the whole the pit
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