Elder Hans T. Petersen's Deliverance from Mob in Osterrisor

While performing missionary work in Osterrisor, Norway, in December 1851, a mob forcibly entered the house where Elder Hans T. Petersen was staying, searching for him to do him violence. Despite the small space, the mob was unable to see or find him, as if struck by temporary blindness, allowing him to remain undiscovered until the mob was dispersed by police.

Fuller account of this event (as retold in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 62, No. 38 (September 20, 1900), p. 602):

On the 14th of December, Elder Petersen had a pleasant interview with Svend Peter Larsen from Frederikstad, who came from that place to see him. He was on his way to Bergen, and Elder Petersen decided to accompany him. Larsen was the commander of a little coasting vessel. Their first stopping place was Arendal, and here the missionary bore his testimony to many souls. On January 4th, 1852, they landed in Mandal, where they remained one week, preaching the Gospel. On one occasion they found a large audience in a house where they had been to dinner, and in the audience was Pastor Vogt, an influential clergyman and member of the parliament. This gentleman said Elder Petersen had not spoken the truth, and was promptly challenged to prove his assertion. He failed to accept the challenge, and Brother Petersen made many friends in the audience. While in Osterrisor, Elder Petersen was threatened by a mob, which broke into the house where he was staying, and searched for him with the intention of doing him violence. He was in a small room, and the mob searched it thoroughly, but they were unable to see him, although he was in plain sight, and he remained unmolested until the mob was dispersed by the police.