TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. 



JOHAN GUSTAF BJORKLUND was 

 born the tenth of November, in the 

 year 1846. His parents were farmers 

 in very small circumstances. His father 

 seems to have been endowed with a 

 good business head and, ultimately, be- 

 came a real estate owner on a small 

 scale, first in one city and then in Up- 

 sala, the principal university town of 

 Sweden. Poverty was familiar to 

 Bjorklund throughout his life. Doubt- 



For the biographical data of Bjorklund's life 

 I am indebted to S. A. Fries, D. D., well known 

 in continental theological circles as a scientist 

 of rank and founder of the international Con- 

 gresses in the interest of the History of Relig- 

 ion. (See Theologische Literatur Kalender 

 1906; Wer ist's? 1908.) Dr. Fries, who is one 

 of the leading ministers in Stockholm, has done 

 more in speech and print than anybody else to 

 introduce Bjorklund to the reading public. 



