As Hannah did not join the Church until she was 19 or 20, there is not much to say about her church attendance. The adults attended cottage meetings and went to church twice a year to partake of the sacrament. The children attended church only when cottage meetings were held in their own homes.
There was no persecution in Denmark toward those who joined the church and no bodily harm was inflicted. They were scoffed at, however, when attending school.
Once, when Hannah was a child, her mother sent her to a house to get some milk. The lady of the house talked to her about her parents joining the “Mormons” and told her how badly she felt for her. “But”, she said, “you are small now and when you grow older, you can do as you please.” Hannah cried and felt deeply touched because of the way the lady talked to her.
Hannah’s father lived a long distance from his folks. They were hard toward him for joining the “Mormon” Church. One day her father’s brother was traveling by their home as a freighter. He came to the door and asked if they were still serving the devil.
In Denmark, the Catholic priests would go around with a box on their shoulders to solicit money from their followers so that the souls of their dead relatives, who had sinned, could be released from the burning pit of Hell. If the people paid enough money, and the box clinked, immediately the souls of their dead relatives would spring out of hell fire.
At one of the homes where Hannah stayed, the priest had a room where he kept his preaching coat. It was a long black coat with a large white collar. The Priest was very particular who assisted him in putting on his coat. He had noticed how particular and neat Hannah was about her work, so he thought she would be a good person to help him with his coat.
Every time the Priest came, it became her duty to help him. One day the Priest said, “Now that you have helped me on with my robe, I would like to know who confirmed you and who is your father?” She answered that she hadn’t been confirmed and that her father was a “Mormon”. The Priest never let her assist him with his coat anymore.