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Chapter 27

           AttheappointedhourElderWilliamHitchrose,and,inanirritatedvoice,asifhehadalreadybeencontradicted,said,"ItellyouthatJoeSmithisamartyr,thathisbrotherHiramisamartyr,andthatthepersecutionsoftheUnitedStatesGovernmentagainsttheprophetswillalsomakeamartyrofBrighamYoung.Whodarestosaythecontrary?"

           Nooneventuredtogainsaythemissionary,whoseexcitedtonecontrastedcuriouslywithhisnaturallycalmvisage.NodoubthisangerarosefromthehardshipstowhichtheMormonswereactuallysubjected.Thegovernmenthadjustsucceeded,withsomedifficulty,inreducingtheseindependentfanaticstoitsrule.IthadmadeitselfmasterofUtah,andsubjectedthatterritorytothelawsoftheUnion,afterimprisoningBrighamYoungonachargeofrebellionandpolygamy.Thedisciplesoftheprophethadsinceredoubledtheirefforts,andresisted,bywordsatleast,theauthorityofCongress.ElderHitch,asisseen,wastryingtomakeproselytesontheveryrailwaytrains.

           Then,emphasisinghiswordswithhisloudvoiceandfrequentgestures,herelatedthehistoryoftheMormonsfromBiblicaltimes:howthat,inIsrael,aMormonprophetofthetribeofJosephpublishedtheannalsofthenewreligion,andbequeathedthemtohissonMormon;how,manycenturieslater,atranslationofthispreciousbook,whichwaswritteninEgyptian,wasmadebyJosephSmith,junior,aVermontfarmer,whorevealedhimselfasamysticalprophetin1825;andhow,inshort,thecelestialmessengerappearedtohiminanilluminatedforest,andgavehimtheannalsoftheLord.

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