““Only when Clark Nichols was not in the shop did the boys argue religion. Or at night up in the attic where they bunked the boys would argue. Willy deemed himself a loyal churchman of the Church of England. John War was a Dissenter. In Piddington John Warr had joined a group of Dissenters who had been meeting since 1767. They now had a meeting house in Hackleton. Large indeed at about 200, the group was made up of field workers, domestic servants and shoemakers. “Go to the Scriptures, Willy,” advised John Warr. “Decide for yourself what God says.” Willy””
![“In the meantime, before the civil authorities had been able to start an investigation [into the Mountain Meadows Massacre], the church conducted a private one, if we are to trust their own records. The leaders had to know the truth of this affair, even though the group loyalty which they had…” quote by Juanita Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/724/juanita-brooks-33595_mormonism_in-the-meantime-before-the-civil-authori_1402721.jpg)
