A VISIT TO AMERICA

In the summer of 1880 I visited Denmark, and a small Conference was organized. Under the faithful labors of Eld. Brorsen, a number of believers had been gained in several places in the country. In September I went to America to obtain help to enlarge the work. Bro. Rosqvist came to Christiania to preach and do missionary work in my absence, and the printing office was left in the care of my daughter Tina.HSFM 67.3

It was a great privilege, after an absence of more than three years, to meet old friends again, and to attend the General Conference. I felt deeply the necessity of enlarging the publishing work in Norway, and hoped to receive aid in this direction; but the brethren did not feel disposed to invest much in the work while it was a private enterprise, nor did they think the time had come when the General Conference could assume the responsibility of the publishing work in Norway, and sustain it with mission funds. As I felt that the work must go forward, I proposed to purchase a cylinder press with my own means, and upon my own responsibility to begin issuing a Danish-Norwegian health paper. The Conference Committee consented to this plan, and loaned me some means for the purchase of type and other materials for the printing office. Dr. J. H. Kellogg was much interested in the proposed health paper, and helped me with a liberal donation.HSFM 67.4

The following winter I spent among our Scandinavian brethren in America, from whom I obtained some subscriptions for the new health paper, and some donations to the publishing work. On the prairies of Iowa I was exposed to the piercing winds without being sufficiently protected with clothing. This exposure brought on a severe attack of bronchitis, and I sought help at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, where I was cured and very kindly entertained free of charge. Greatly encouraged, I returned to Europe in April, 1881.HSFM 67.5