. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . eat things for the saints. Butsuch a wrath to come as that which he told wouldsoon root out the Gen-tile from the face of the 34 History of Missouri. earth, and leave all the wealth and fine things forthe saints, did not suit these Gen-tiles. They borethe hue and cry for a long time ; then one nightthey flung the press and type in-to the gave the High Priest a warm coat of tar andfeath-ers, and put some of the saints to shame in aplace where all the town could see the show. Then the saintstook up arms tosmite the foe, andsome saints
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . eat things for the saints. Butsuch a wrath to come as that which he told wouldsoon root out the Gen-tile from the face of the 34 History of Missouri. earth, and leave all the wealth and fine things forthe saints, did not suit these Gen-tiles. They borethe hue and cry for a long time ; then one nightthey flung the press and type in-to the gave the High Priest a warm coat of tar andfeath-ers, and put some of the saints to shame in aplace where all the town could see the show. Then the saintstook up arms tosmite the foe, andsome saints and Gen-tiles were slain. Itwas the luck of theMor-mons to winthis fight. Then Joethe Proph-et got inhis fine work. I told you so! said he to his saints. We have won! We have smote the foe * hip and thigh! We shall now clean out this hot-bed of sin (the town of In-de-pen-dence), for the Lord hath said it. By this time the Gen-tiles from all the townsnear were on the war-path, and met the saints insuch a way that they were glad to lay down their. JOE SMITH S HOME. Joe SmitJis Paradise. 135 arms and give their word that they would leave theplace and come back to their New Zion no then spread oer new parts of Proph-et Joe and the chief saints made theirhomes in Cald-well Coun-ty. The Tem-ple of theProph-et was not such a grand place, as you will seeby the sketch, which I take from *Switz-lers His-to-ry of Mis-sou-ri, in which we are told that thehouse still stood (in 1879) ^^ ^^e farm of Mr. PeterL. Boul-ton. Some of the saints went all oer theworld in search of dupes, and found them. In afew years there were more saints than Gen-tiles infive or six coun-ties in Mis-sou-ri. The saintsthought they had a right to take from the Gen-tilesall that they had, for Proph-et Joe said the Lordspeo-ple had the right to the earth. A saintcould not, of course, be a thief! They laid plans to build a great tem-ple in themidst of a vast, fine ci-ty to be known to all time
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