Then the Lion of the Lord roared: "Let such men remember that they are not wanted in our midst.

Let them leave their carcasses where they do their work.

We want not our burying-grounds polluted with such hypocrites.

Let the souls of them go down to hell, poverty-stricken and naked, and lie there until they are burned out like an old pipe!" The defections ceased from that moment, and Zion was preserved intact.

Brigham was satisfied.