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1912-08-23 Page 32
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-32- that evening; and expressed the unity they had with us, and bid us farewell;--namely;--William Pederson, near eighty years old; Tosten Bryne, near seventy years old; Anna Erikson and daughter. Kitti Fugli came to see us; and told us her mother was then lying a corpse in her house; and desired us to stay and be at the funeral. Her mother was ninety-one years old. We had bought our tickets and engaged our passage accross the North Sea, and we felt we could not stay. They invited us to go to her house and see her mother that evening. We did go. And as we entered the room there we saw that beautiful corpse in white, with nothing over her face. And the lid lying by the coffin; just like Ida saw it in her dream while in Breifon hotel in Roldal. We all took seats and had a solemn silence there. We sat awhile, about twenty minutes, I suppose. Some of us made some remarks in regard to this aged mother. And whilst we were in this solemn silence Ida spoke and said, "This is exactly like I saw it when I was so sick in the Breifon hotel in Roldal: the corpse was in the coffin and the lid lying by the side. I told you so did I not?" We said, "Yes." This showed that she was a true prophet in Israel. We left that evening at nine o'clock for the boat. We had made many visits North and
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-32- that evening; and expressed the unity they had with us, and bid us farewell;--namely;--William Pederson, near eighty years old; Tosten Bryne, near seventy years old; Anna Erikson and daughter. Kitti Fugli came to see us; and told us her mother was then lying a corpse in her house; and desired us to stay and be at the funeral. Her mother was ninety-one years old. We had bought our tickets and engaged our passage accross the North Sea, and we felt we could not stay. They invited us to go to her house and see her mother that evening. We did go. And as we entered the room there we saw that beautiful corpse in white, with nothing over her face. And the lid lying by the coffin; just like Ida saw it in her dream while in Breifon hotel in Roldal. We all took seats and had a solemn silence there. We sat awhile, about twenty minutes, I suppose. Some of us made some remarks in regard to this aged mother. And whilst we were in this solemn silence Ida spoke and said, "This is exactly like I saw it when I was so sick in the Breifon hotel in Roldal: the corpse was in the coffin and the lid lying by the side. I told you so did I not?" We said, "Yes." This showed that she was a true prophet in Israel. We left that evening at nine o'clock for the boat. We had made many visits North and
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