Chapter XXVII.

Labors at Home--Called to Preach the Gospel in the Settlements of the Saints--a Mission to New York--Mormonism to Represent Itself--"I can call Spirits from the Vasty Deep"--Will they come?--Publishing a Paper Without Purse or Scrip

"The Mormon"--The first Issue--In the front of the Battle--Boldness of Defense--Challenges Accepted--The acts of Cowards--"The Mormons don't need your Sympathy, nor Cankered Gold"--A Tertullian

Defense of Celestial Marriage--Bible Society's War on Mormonism--Elder Taylor's Bible--Strange Solution of the Mormon Problem--The Army to the Rescue

"The Mormon" for the Preservation of the Union--The U. P. Railway--Interviews with President Franklin Pierce--U. S. Officials--Invasion of Utah--Departure for Salt Lake

"The Mormon" Commended by Brigham Young--Trying Times--Courage--Elder Taylor in the Front--"Let the Trial Come"--Speech on the Rights of the People in the Territories