Isaac Sharp and Asbjorn Kloster in the Faroe Islands (April – June 1862)
Journal of Isaac Sharp - April 27, 1862
Dublin Yearly Meeting: dear friends of that land and those in attendance from England are in lively remembrance.
Torshavn
In the forenoon Asbjorn Kloster and myself sat down together, I trust it may be said to our refreshment and
comfort; prayer and thanksgiving were uttered, under a precious sense that in
condescending mercy, the great and good Master has brought us thus far on our
way in safety and in peace. Of the 800 inhabitants of Thorshaven (Torshavn) more, I think, than one-third assembled at the “Thurg
House" at six. The newly-appointed governor and his wife, and a
considerable number of the principal inhabitants were there. The meeting lasted
nearly two hours, during which Asbjorn Kloster and myself were both
engaged at considerable length. The morning's prayer was, I thankfully believe,
in mercy answered, that the Lord would be pleased to open the hearts of the
people, to receive the message which He might give in charge. The language was
revived, "Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness
for they shall be filled," "Give us this day our daily bread."
In these gospel days, it is the privilege of the Christian to feed on Christ.
In a healthy state of the body and in a healthy state of the soul, true hunger
and true thirst will be alike felt-the one for the nourishment of the mortal
frame-the other for the bread of life, &c. It was a good meeting.