Decrease.-There has been a decrease in the following departments, as the sta The chief event of the year was the division of Scandinavia into three superintendencies, namely, Denmark to Rev. C. Willerup, Norway to O. P. Peterson, and Sweden to V. Witting. This is judged to be a very great improvement in the general supervision of the work. The Reports from Scandinavia for 1869 will consequently be given separately-Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. COPENHAGEN.-M. Nielssen, Missionary. Brother Nielssen reports directly to his Superintendent, Brother Willerup, and Brother Willerup sends translations to our Mission Rooms. From these translations we obtain the following facts: Since the commencement of the Mission in this city there have been received 247 members, as the Church Register *These are Prussian thalers, equal to 72 cents gold of U. S. currency. shows. Of these, 73 have removed to America; withdrawn and expelled, 133; died, 13; members at present, 100; of which 85 are full members, and 15 on probation. Considering the circumstances under which we labor, the year has been one of encouragement. The following is the Sunday-school Report: Sunday-schools, 1; officers and teachers, 11; scholars, 130; number in Bible class, 24. It has been a great encouragement to us to see that notwithstanding all the hinderances that have been laid in the way, partly by the teachers in the public schools, and partly by the Sunday schools, which have lately been established in the State Church, the children continue to come to our school, especially this winter. The number has been as high as 143, which, together with the Bible class and teachers, counts 180. Their semi-monthly Sunday-school paper does good service. Their Christmas festival for the children was inspiring. There were 170 children present, and 60 from the Bible classes and general friends. Brother Willerup reports the work outside of the city as prosperous. Brother Willerup reports from these places, and from Viele, in the language of the missionaries in charge of the several stations, as follows: SVENDBORG, TROLLEBORG, ETC.-Brother Sorsensen, the Missionary, reports to Brother Willerup: "During the last two weeks, four persons have joined our Church, and some others are on the point of doing the same. We have never yet had so many serious hearers as we have at present, and it appears that a new vital power is running through the whole, so that our prospects for the future are better than ever. We feel, therefore, to thank the Lord with all our heart for what he has already done for us, and we pray that he may do yet greater things. "The children in our Sunday-school are giving us much joy and encouragement. One would be astonished to see the proficiency they have made and their growth in grace. Members from the commencement to the present time.. Members moved to other places.. Number of expelled and of those who have withdrawn... 64 31 40 16 5 3 VEILE.-Brother Smith, Missionary. He writes: "The spiritual condition of our Missions here is very promising. The members are living together in Christian love and unity, building up themselves on their most holy faith, and encouraging others who visit our meetings regularly to unite themselves with us in Church fellowship. The members are also striving, by the grace of God, as followers of Jesus to walk worthy their high calling, and I feel constrained to express my joy for the goodness of God toward us. Our meetings in Veile, as well as in the country, are very well attended, and there are visible signs of a heartfelt desire in many to hear the word of God preached by us; they are manifesting an increasing interest in the doctrines we preach. In many places we meet yet with much opposition, especially by those engaged in the Home Mission of the State Church, who are zealously engaged in cultivating the soil where we have been toiling, that they may harvest the fruit of our toilful labor. Our prayer meetings and class meetings are very much blessed of the Lord, and our hearts often cry out, "How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." Our quarterly meetings are always festival days to us, and you know yourself how the people have thronged and flocked in our meeting-houses on such occasions. both from the town and from the country. Some have come from twelve to twenty English miles, and at our quarterly meetings the past year some have come even forty English miles, and they have come that distance on foot. Members in the Society from the commencement... 101 16 23 Up to 1868 Sweden was under a common superintendency with Denmark and Norway; Rev. C. Willerup was Superintendent. Only two or three places were occupied by our missions for want of Swedish preachers. In 1868, the Bishop determined to separate Sweden from Denmark and Norway, and to appoint the Rev. V. Witting, Superintendent. Brother Witting hastened to Sweden without delay, and settled with his family in Gottenburg. The Swedish brethren resident in Scandinavia, and some also resident in the United States, gathered around him, and their work opened with power, and spread rapidly into various parts of the kingdom. It is still increasing in breadth and power, as the following brief report from Brother Witting will show. He says: In sending you this report for the year that is now very soon to close, I feel first to bless God for the merciful manifestations of his saving power which he has granted unto us in all our missions during the year. Indeed, our eyes have beheld his glory, and we have witnessed wonderful things; and I am altogether unable to properly express the grateful feelings of my heart when I reflect upon the goodness and love of God unto us during this time. And looking back upon the past, my faith gets strong for the future, and I only wish then, O, that a plentiful measure of the true mis sionary spirit might fall upon the people of God; then, indeed, we would soon take this whole country, from Ystad to Haparanda, for the Lord and his Christ. Although many interesting things could be said about every mission, yet I will not particularize, as this report would then be much too long, but shall content myself to state briefly what is necessary to be said about each field; and for the more visible results of our missionary work here, I beg to refer to the accompanying statistical table, which I hope will give you a comprehensive view of the results so far. A CONSTANT REVIVAL.-I speak soberly, and do not overstate the matter at all, when I say, that in almost every mission field we have enjoyed a continuous revival during the whole year, and in all the missions we have heard the Lord's footsteps, and as a consequence sinners have been converted and led to the Church. Our societies have more than doubled during the year. In Stockholm, Gottenburg, Orebro, and Carlskrona the Societies are tolerably large, but consist mostly of poor people, and we have no hopes whatever to obtain any influence upon those of means and of some standing in society as long as we have to worship in halls, and such uncomfortable places as we now do, as such people will not go there; and as all our people, I can in truth say without exception, are poor, we can never get chapels of our own, at least in Stockholm and Gottenburg, without considerable outside help. The crowds that now attend regularly our meetings in these places are so large that we have been compelled to hire larger halls, which has been a considerable expense to the Societies. And as the rooms anyhow are comparatively small, the air gets so foul, because of the great crowd of people, that the lamps often go out, and it is a severe punishment to be compelled to preach under such circumstances; and not only I, but several of the preachers, feel already the effects of it in our general health. May the Lord in his mercy help us, and give us suitable chapels wherein to worship his holy Name! OREBRO.-I cannot refrain from saying something more particular about Orebro. This city lies in the center of the country, about midway between Stockholm and Gottenburg, and is a very important place. We commenced preaching there in April last, and were lucky enough to obtain at first a tolerably large hall. The Lord has prospered this mission so wonderfully that now, after |