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" We have, we have ! " roared the crowd. 



" Have ye the faith in me, that ye believe I 

 can perform this miracle? " 



" We have, we have ! " roared the crowd. 



" Then," said Joe Smith, coolly walking away, 

 " with such faith do ye know well that I could, 

 but it boots not that I should, do it; therefore, 

 my brethren, doubt no more " and Joe put on 

 his boots and disappeared. 



Being again compelled to emigrate, the Mor- 

 mons proceeded into the state of Illinois, where, 

 in a beautiful situation, they founded the new 

 Jerusalem, which, it had been declared by the 

 prophet Mormon, should rise out of the wilder- 

 ness of the west, and where the chosen people 

 should be collected under one church, and gov- 

 erned by the elders after a " spiritual fashion." 



The city of Nauvoo soon became a large and 

 imposing settlement. An enormous building, 

 called the Temple of Zion, was erected, half church, 

 half hotel, in which Joe Smith and the other 

 prophets resided and large store-houses were 

 connected with it, in which the goods and chattels 

 belonging to the community were kept for the com- 

 mon good. 



However, here, as everywhere else, they were 

 continually quarreling with their neighbors; and 

 as their numbers increased, so did their audacity. 

 A regular Mormon militia was again organized 

 and armed, under the command of experienced of- 



