Historical records of Ringold and Decatur counties, Iowa, pp. 543, 544. These founders of Mormonism had room to fear the United States and it is well that there was an earthly power they had to fear for it is evident that they did not have the fear of God before their eyes. In the fact that the earth did not open and let Nauvoo sink into the pit, nor the Lord cause fire and brimstone to be poured upon it, gives a demonstration that miraculous times are past. It does seem strange that such wretches could make any pretence to fear God, or regard man.
