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Show THE FAIR APOSTATE CONTINUED. 341 cils, and " speaking in tongues" followed in bewildering profusion. The converts followed the ( supposed) example of the early Christians, and had all things in common. Christ was to come and reign in person in a few months, and why trouble themselves about separate property? At length Morris announced to his followers that they need plow and sow no more ; they had enough of grain and cattle to last them till Christ came. So all business was suspended except hearkening to in-structions, singing hymns, ' marching in the sacred circle, and listening to revelations. But the millennium failed to arrive, according to promise. Then arose the inevitable quarrel, and secession of a few members. These claimed a larger share of the common property than the orthodox thought them entitled to, and, when refused, levied upon the cattle and wheat of the community. Flour on its way from the mill to the camp was seized by the dissenters ; the dissenters were seized in turn and held in close custody by the " Morrisites." The civil law was invoked, and the militia were ordered out. Once more were the old Chartist and the young Radical to be disappointed ; once more was fate to give the lie to a prophet, and teach man, by painful experience, what he should have known by the commonest of common sense. The devotees of Morris were soon to learn what the devotees of Brigham are slowly learning that " who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock." One fine morning in June, 1862, appeared before the camp of the " Morrisites " Robert Burton, sheriff' of Salt Lake County and Mor-mon Bishop, with six hundred armed men and five pieces of artillery; and sent in by the hand of the " Morrisite " cowherd a demand for the surrender of Morris, Banks, and some others. At once the brethren were called together in the bowery an open shed where they usually worshiped. Morris put on his prophetic robe and crown, took his divining rod, and proceeded to " inquire of the Lord about the matter;" while the whole congregation of five hundred men, women, and children broke into a loud song, an invocation to the God of Israel to descend in a chariot of fire and make known His power upon His enemies. By this time Morris had received the revelation. It promised that God would show His power, and to that end had brought the posse upon them ; that not a hair of the head of any of His people should be injured; that not one of the faithful should be destroyed. Scarcely had the last words died upon the air, when there was a sharp whizz, followed by the boom of a cannon, then a scream from the upper corner of the bowery. Two women fell dead from their seats, fearfully mangled, and Elsie Nightingale had her under- jaw |