The disciples of the prophet had since redoubled their efforts, and resisted, by words at least, the authority of Congress. Elder Hitch, as is seen, was trying to make proselytes on the very railway trains.
Van dat oogenblik af verdubbelden de volgelingen van den profeet hun ijver, en in afwachting dat zij tot daden zouden overgaan, verzetten zij zich tegen de aanmatigingen van het Congres.