Editing Danite (section)

==="Salt Sermon"===
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John Corrill recalled that "the first presidency did not seem to have much to do with [the Danites] at first", and some of the Danites clearly saw this sermon as a sign of approval.<ref name="Corrill|1839|p=31">{{Harvnb|Corrill|1839|p=31}}</ref> The matter was tabled until the following Sunday (June 17, 1838) when [[Sidney Rigdon]] preached his [[Salt Sermon]], in which he likened the dissenters to "salt that had lost its savor." He went on to state that the dissenters would be "trodden under the foot of men."<ref>{{Harvnb|Van Wagoner|1994|p=218}}</ref> Corrill stated that "although [Rigdon] did not give names in his sermon, yet it was plainly understood that he meant the dissenters or those who had denied the faith."<ref name="Corrill|1839|p=31"/> Rigdon's strongly worded sermon may have played a significant role in encouraging the dissenters to leave the county.<ref>{{Harvnb|Gentry|1974|p=2}}</ref>