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A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power which was suspended over them. No wonder that men went about in fear and trembling, and that even in the heart of the wilderness they dared not whisper the doubts which oppressed them. A RASH WORD OR A HASTY ACT WAS FOLLOWED BY ANNIHILATION AND YET NONE KNEW WHAT THE NATURE MIGHT BE OF THIS TERRIBLE POWER WHICH WAS SUSPENDED OVER THEM NO WONDER THAT MEN WENT ABOUT IN FEAR AND TREMBLING AND THAT EVEN IN THE HEART OF THE WILDERNESS THEY DARED NOT WHISPER THE DOUBTS WHICH OPPRESSED THEM
angerous matter—so dangerous that even the most saintly dared only whisper their religious opinions with bated breath, lest something which fell from their lips might be misconstrued, and bring down a swift retribution upon them. The victims of persecution had now turned persecutors on their own account, and persecutors of the most terrible description. Not the Inquisition of Seville, nor the German Vehm-gericht, nor the Secret Societies of Italy, were ever able to put a more formidable machinery in motion than that which cast a cloud over the State of Utah. Its invisibility, and the mystery which was attached to it, made this organization doubly terrible. It appeared to be omniscient and omnipotent, and yet was neither seen nor heard. The man who held out against the Church vanished away, and none knew whither he had gone or what had befallen him. His wife and his children awaited him at home, but no father ever returned to tell them how he had fared at the hands of his secret judges. F THE SAINTS YES A DANGEROUS MATTER SO DANGEROUS THAT EVEN THE MOST SAINTLY DARED ONLY WHISPER THEIR RELIGIOUS OPINIONS WITH BATED BREATH LEST SOMETHING WHICH FELL FROM THEIR LIPS MIGHT BE MISCONSTRUED AND BRING DOWN A SWIFT RETRIBUTION UPON THEM THE VICTIMS OF PERSECUTION HAD NOW TURNED PERSECUTORS ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT AND PERSECUTORS OF THE MOST TERRIBLE DESCRIPTION NOT THE INQUISITION OF SEVILLE NOR THE GERMAN VERM GRICHT NOR THE SECRET SOCIETIES OF ITALY WERE EVER ABLE TO PUT A MORE FORMIDABLE MACHINERY IN MOTION THAN THAT WHICH CAST A CLOUD OVER THE STATE OF UTAH ITS INVISIBILITY IN THE MYSTERY WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO IT MADE THIS ORGANIZATION DOUBLY TERRIBLE IT APPEARED TO BE OMNISCIENT AND OMNIPOTENT AND YET WAS NEITHER SEEN NOR HEARD THE MAN WHO HELD OUT AGAINST THE CHURCH VANISHED AWAY AND NONE KNEW WHITHER HE HAD GONE OR WHAT HAD BEFALLEN HIM HIS WIFE AND HIS CHILDREN AWAITED HIM AT HOME BUT NO FATHER EVER RETURNED TO TELL THEM HOW HE HAD FARED AT THE HANDS OF HIS SECRET JUDGES
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