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Mr. TAYLER. You yesterday, and again to-day, referred to what you call the "law of retribution." It was a vow or obligation taken respecting it at a certain point in the ceremony.

M. LUNDSTROM. Yes, sir.

Mr. TAYLER. I want to inquire if at any time afterwards in the ceremony any reference was again made to this law?

Mr. LUNDSTROM. It was; toward the close of the ceremony, in what is called the "order of prayer."

Mr. TAYLER. What was said then?

Mr. LUNDSTROM. The prayer was recited to us and we all repeated it as it was dictated to us, and among other things there was this clause: "We ask God, the Eternal Father, to avenge the blood of Joseph Smith upon this nation."

Mr. TAYLKR. If you can give us all of the prayer that relates to the obligation you had taken it is brief I wish you would give it to us.

Mr. LUNDSTROM. I can not give it verbatim, but I can give the substance of it.

Mr. TAYLER. Give the substance.

Mr. LUNDSTROM. " Oh, God! the Eternal Father, we ask Thee to bless Thy church, to bless Thy holy priesthood, and to bless us, and help

us that we may be able to keep these covenants which we have made and the obligations which we have entered into this day. We ask Thee to bless all those who help to promote Thy work here upon the earth and that all who raise their hands against Thy church will be accursed. And we ask Thee, God, the Eternal Father, to avenge the blood of Joseph Smith upon this nation." That is about the substance

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