Thank you so much for your good letter. Br. John has been here for a couple of days now. He came here because of my article in Missionæren, where I had written about an elderly couple and a young man. However, it went well, and he went home to old man Berg and his wife, who had also read Missionæren, with the understanding that there was nothing wrong with the natural shaking, but that it was reprehensible to pray for shaking.

Now I have five wood-burned plaques that I made myself. Today I bought a Rubank plane for 5.50 kroner. The most difficult thing, however, is to find nice thin boards. Wilhelm Jordan in Kristiania must have such things for sale. I suppose a person could probably get them to send the materials. It’s worth noting that several Norwegian letters are not found in the German alphabet: e.g., Æ and æ, Ø and ø, etc. If you were to buy wood-burning templates, you have to keep that in mind. Furthermore, the letters we now have are quite large, but I hear that you’ve bought smaller ones.

By the grace and power of God, I have written an article for Hortens Avis about speaking in tongues, etc., and assume that it will be published in the newspaper next Wednesday. You might be able to see it later. Br. Ellefsen has returned home. He is free until March, so he is now applying again for a post in Fredrikshald. Maybe he will tender his resignation at a later date. Br. Wittrock sent clippings from Danish magazine articles by the actress Mrs. Anna Larssen, which he asked me to pass on to you after I have read them. These are enclosed.

The works that we are to walk in were finished from the foundation of the world. Heb. 4:3. To walk in these works is to enter into rest, for these works must be done by faith. From this we understand that when God rested on the seventh day from all His works, He had already prepared our works for us; for we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Eph. 2:10. Consider how the angels of the churches performed their works. The white linen is the virtues of the saints. What is the difference between the works of God and virtues of the saints? Perhaps these can be difficult to separate.

In John 2:24-25 it is written: “But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man.” Here we have much to learn—not to commit or entrust ourselves to those who only want to, and who are only able to, relate to us merely on a human level. Therefore, they only want to talk about and glorify even the divine life that we have received as if it were something human. The flesh profits nothing. Read Job 13:10. We live quietly and peacefully here. Normally I have every other day off. God imparts the Spirit and zeal in our hearts to carry out a work—whether in writing or in speaking. After the work has been carried out, only a quiet rest remains.

There is no need to push one another aside, for God has prepared everyone’s work in such a way that we are all able to sail clear of one another. Our only task is to keep “His works.”

Hearty greetings to you and to everyone at home, from your brother,

Ask Father if what’s written in 3 John, verse 13, fits his situation.