The Great Second Advent Movement: Its Rise and Progress

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Elder Matteson Becomes a Printer

At that time there was no printer who could be spared to set the type for him, and so he begged the privilege of learning to set it himself. He continued at this work until he had about one thousand pages of pamphlets and tracts printed in his own language. GSAM 414.1

With this new means for disseminating the truth among his people, he went forth with renewed courage, holding meetings in various States. From that date the work advanced quite rapidly among the Scandinavians. GSAM 414.2