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 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 87.

Though we fly from vile aggression, We'll maintain our pure profession— Seek a peaceable possession, Far from Gentiles and oppression.

We'd better live in tents and smoke, Than wear the cursed Gentile yoke; We'd better from our country fly, Than by mobocracy to die.

.—Though we fly, etc.

We've left the City of Nauvoo, And our beloved Temple too; And to the wilderness we go, Amid the winter frosts and snow.

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Our homes were dear—we loved them well— Beneath our roofs we fain would dwell, And honor our great God's commands, By mutual rights of Christian lands.

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Our persecutors will not cease Their murd'rous spoiling of our peace, And have decreed that we shall go            To wilds where reeds and rushes grow.

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The Camp, the Camp—its numbers swell— Shout! shout! O Camp of Israel! The King, the Lord of hosts is near, His armies guard our front and rear.

. West side of the Mississippi, Feb. 19th, 1846.