Time is as swift as a vanishing dream

Author: C. A. Stenholm

Stenholm, Carl August. (Asarum, Sweden, November 21, 1843--February 22, 1884). Methodist. Pioneer of Methodism in Norrköping, Sweden. Editor of Lilla Sändebudet, 1874-1876, organ of the Methodist Church in Sweden. Pastor in Galva, Illinois, 1876-1877. Pastorates at Karlskrona, Uppsala, and Gävle, Sweden, 1877-1884. --J. Irving Erickson, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

Translator: E. Gustav Johnson

Born: May 21, 1893, Väse Vämland, Sweden. Died: November 13, 1974, Miami, Florida. Johnson’s family emigrated to America when he was 10 years old, settling in Hartford, Connecticut. He learned the craft of a printer, but at age 30 took up studies at North Park, Chicago, Illinois, where he earned degrees at the academy, college, and seminary. He went on to graduate from the University of Chicago and Duke University. He started teaching English and Swedish at North Park in 1931, staying there three decades. He also found time to edit the Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly. His works include: The Swedish Element in America, 1933 (co-editor) Translation of C. J. Nyvall’s Travel Memories from America, 1876 Translatio… Go to person page >

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First Line: Time is as swift as a vanishing dream
Swedish Title: Tiden försvinner
Author: C. A. Stenholm (1874)
Translator: E. Gustav Johnson (1946)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1956
Copyright: This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1956.

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