It was only by Divine Provenence that the RLDS bunch escaped with the very skin on their teeth from the murdering hordes that were prowling the Missouri countryside. Somehow they were sly enough to stay off the radar (anachronism alert!) of the Vicous GENTILES who were out to EXTERMINATE them!

Good pt.

And...the RLDS were actually more at risk with...

The Mormon mainstreamers than they were those Missouri 'Gentiles'!

See: RLDS Missionaries Beaten and Nearly Murdered by LDS - 1864

Twas the Spring of 1864 -- Seven years after the Mormons had massacred 120 children & their parents -- and the Mormons decided to "salute" RLDS missionaries in the Provo area with a "volley of rocks"

The RLDS missionaries were there on the Sabbath to worship when the Mormon bishop ordered them out of the meetinghouse.

By Wednesday night, an RLDS missionary was beset by an attempted "midnight assassin." The perp's pistol misfired.

And the Mormons still complain about Missouri hospitality issues?

Twas the Spring of 1864 -- Seven years after the Mormons had massacred 120 children & their parents -- and the Mormons decided to "salute" RLDS missionaries in the Provo area with a "volley of rocks"

There was an incident where four RLDS missionaries appeared in Utah and signed up more than 400 converts in less than one week. The missionaries were quickly driven from the state and the strays were atoned back into the flock.

Perhaps these two incidents are related?