"forlorn hope" took the "back track" for
Independence to join the main body
of the mob, fully satisfied as were
the survivors of the company who
were drowned that when Jehovah fights,
they would rather be absent. The grati-
fication is too terrible.

Very little hail fell in our camp,
but from one half to one mile around
us the ^hail-^stones or lumps of ice cut down
the crops of corn and vegetation gen-
erally, even cutting limbs from trees
while the trees themselves were twisted
into withes by the wind. The light-
ning flashed incessantly which cau-
sed it to be so light in our camp
through the night that we could dis-
cern the most minute object. The roar-
ing of the thunder was tremendous.

The earth trembled and quaked,
the rain fell in torrents, and it
seemed as if the mandate of ven-
gence had gone forth from the God
of battles to protect his servants from
the destruction of their enemies, for
the hail fell on them and not on
us, and we suffered no harm ex-
cept the blowing down of some of

"forlorn hope" took the "back track" for Independence to join the main body of the mob, fully satisfied as were the survivors of the company who were drowned that when Jehovah fights, they would rather be absent. The gratification is too terrible.

Very little hail fell in our camp, but from one half to one mile around us the hail-stones or lumps of ice cut down the crops of corn and vegetation generally, even cutting limbs from trees while the trees themselves were twisted into withes by the wind. The lightning flashed incessantly which caused it to be so light in our camp through the night that we could discern the most minute object. The roaring of the thunder was tremendous.

The earth trembled and quaked, the rain fell in torrents, and it seemed as if the mandate of vengence had gone forth from the God of battles to protect his servants from the destruction of their enemies, for the hail fell on them and not on us, and we suffered no harm except the blowing down of some of