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Chapter 27

           Severaloftheaudience,notbeingmuchinterestedinthemissionary’snarrative,hereleftthecar;butElderHitch,continuinghislecture,relatedhowSmith,junior,withhisfather,twobrothers,andafewdisciples,foundedthechurchofthe"LatterDaySaints,"which,adoptednotonlyinAmerica,butinEngland,NorwayandSweden,andGermany,countsmanyartisans,aswellasmenengagedintheliberalprofessions,amongitsmembers;howacolonywasestablishedinOhio,atempleerectedthereatacostoftwohundredthousanddollars,andatownbuiltatKirkland;howSmithbecameanenterprisingbanker,andreceivedfromasimplemummyshowmanapapyrusscrollwrittenbyAbrahamandseveralfamousEgyptians.

           TheElder’sstorybecamesomewhatwearisome,andhisaudiencegrewgraduallyless,untilitwasreducedtotwentypassengers.Butthisdidnotdisconcerttheenthusiast,whoproceededwiththestoryofJosephSmith’sbankruptcyin1837,andhowhisruinedcreditorsgavehimacoatoftarandfeathers;hisreappearancesomeyearsafterwards,morehonourableandhonouredthanever,atIndependence,Missouri,thechiefofaflourishingcolonyofthreethousanddisciples,andhispursuitthencebyoutragedGentiles,andretirementintotheFarWest.

           Tenhearersonlywerenowleft,amongthemhonestPassepartout,whowaslisteningwithallhisears.Thushelearnedthat,afterlongpersecutions,SmithreappearedinIllinois,andin1839foundedacommunityatNauvoo,ontheMississippi,numberingtwenty-fivethousandsouls,ofwhichhebecamemayor,chiefjustice,andgeneral-in-chief;thatheannouncedhimself,in1843,asacandidateforthePresidencyoftheUnitedStates;andthatfinally,beingdrawnintoambuscadeatCarthage,hewasthrownintoprison,andassassinatedbyabandofmendisguisedinmasks.

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