Note 49 — SECTION III.
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Her messages were probably such as never were since Christ was on earth. Some of them are contrary to all expectation, and exposed the families of Mr. Blaisdel, Mr. Hooper, Capt. Butler, and Mrs. Butler, in particular, to unjust reproach. Therefore the loving kindness of the Lord to these families, made the proofs as extraordinary as the messages, that whoever shall calumniate either of those families, on account of these events, may do it at their peril.