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io. PRESENT CONDITION. 433
Upsala Cathedral, and at the beauty of the singing there
and at Lund.
(2) Movements among young people and among the
clergy.
The most important of these signs of hope is the
"student movement," which has attracted much atention
in the last few years. It began twenty-six years ago by the
foundation of the
"
Student Mission Association
"
at
Upsala, ist February, 1884 a year famous for a like
initiative in our own University of Cambridge. A similar
association at Lund was founded two years later. In 1890
the first Scandinavian Students Mission Conference, fired
by the enthusiasm which was wafted over from America,
was held at Hillerod in Denmark. Seven such united
conferences were held up to 1903, after which the Swedish
students thought it best to meet alone. Two memorable
assemblies were held at Huskvarna, near Jonkoping, in
1907 and 1909. Among the leaders who spoke at the last
Bishop Eklund of Carlstad ("
de ungas Biskop "),
Pro
fessors Nathan Soderblom and Einar Billing and Mr.
Manfred Bjorkqvist stand out as particularly influential.
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Among the addresses delivered at Huskvarna that of
Professor Soderblom on The Individual and the Churchy
already quoted, is full of interest for our subject. This
movement, which is confined to university students, has
done much to send actual missionaries into the field,
though not so many as was first hoped. It has also done
even more for Sweden itself. Under the title of
;
Kyrkliga Frivilligkar
"
(the Church Volunteer Corps)
it has become a somewhat close organization within the
49
See Fran den Kristliga Student rorels en : Huskvarna
motet, 1909, Norblads Bokhandel, Uppsala, and The Student
Movement in Sweden by Dr. Soderblom in The Student World
for October, 1910, published at 124, East 28th Street, New
York. I have also received valuable letters on the matters
dealt with in this section from Bishop Billing, of Lund, and
my younger friends, Revs. S. Gabrielsson, jun., of Venjan,
and Mats Amark, of Norn, both in the diocese of Vesteras.
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