BIOGRAPHY OF REV. O.F. TINGLOF of Manchester NH
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Willey's Semi-centennial Book of Manchester, 1846-1965 et al, by George Franklin Willey;
published 1896, G.F. Willey
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REV. O.G. Tinglof, pastor of the Swedish Evangelical Mission church, Manchester, was
born in Sweden in 1856. His parents were in humble circumstances, and although they
were not professing Christians they taught their son to respect the established religion
of the country. After becoming acquainted with the religious movement outside the state
church of Sweden, Mr. Tinglof was converted to active Christianity in 1874. He ascribes
his further enlightenment in religious matters to a book entitled, "The Lord Is Right,"
published the following year, and written by Rev. P. Waldenstrom, D.D. a member of
parliament. Some years after his conversion, Mr. Tinglof began to take part in
Christian work. Coming to America in 1882, he settled in Boston, where he worked in a
machine shop, and preached the gospel to his compatriots on Sundays. In 1888 he returned
to Sweden and took a two years' course at Christinehamn in a college supported by the
Swedish Evangelical Covenant. In the spring of 1890, while still in college, he accepted
a call from the American Congregational Home Missionary Society in Massachusetts to
engage in missionary work among the Swedes in that state, and began his work in
August of that year. In the spring of 1892 he was called to Manchester by the Swedish
Evangelical Mission church. This church was organized Dec. 9, 1889, with twenty-five
members, its church polity and creed being similiar to that of the Congregational body
in the United States. From the start it was partly supported by the Congregational Home
Missionary Society of New Hampshire, but in 1892 it became self-supporting, and its work
has been prospering and its numbers increasing until now the membership is 115. The
First Congregational church opened its chapel for the first services of the little
congregation, but as it was necessary to have a place of worship where several meetings
could be conducted during the week, a room was hired for that purpose in the City
Mission chapel, and the meetings are still held there.  Since 1893 the church has been
working hard ot erect a house of worship on its own, and for that purpose a lot of
land on Orange street was purchased in the spring of 1893. In the early part of 1895
the land was sold, and another lot, situated on the northwest corner of Pine and Orange
streets was bought for $4,100. The society intends to build a church there the present
year, and the people of Manchester are generously aiding with their contributions.
The first pastor of the society was Rev. P.E. Dillner, who came to Manchester in 1889
and organized the church.


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