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100 BIOGRAPHY.
to follow her to the grave. The coffin was placed upon
the catafalque before the altar, covered with flowers. The
church was filled with country people, who had come to
witness the funeral, and who all seemed to be deeply
moved. The organ pealed forth the 461st psalm: “Oh,
day of hope, which brightens now,” of which the first,
fifth, and eighth verses were sung.
Hereupon the clergyman, the Rev. Mr. L ll, ap-
proached the coffin, and held a funeral oration, — dig-
nified, eloquent, true, and delivered with deep and sincere
emotion.
After the ceremony, the 452d psalm was sung: “I go
towards death where’er I go;” and then, in a chorus of
young, fresh voices: “ Hosanna,. David’s Son!”
The old servants then approached, took the coffin, and
carried it to the grave, into which it was lowered under a
shower of flowers, offered with sincere tears and deep
emotion by her young friends.
At the head of the grave, shaded by two lime-trees with
luxuriant foliage, stands now a handsome monument of
polished granite, with a cross on the top. On the pedestal
is engraved in golden letters : —
“HERE SLEEPS
FREDRIKA BREMER,
Born 17TH Avcust, 1801; Dizp 31st DEcEMBER, 1865;”
and underneath, according to Fredrika’s own wish, the
following words of Scripture : —
“When I cried unto the Lord, He delivered me out of all my trouble.”
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