(Sidney Rigdon) The next thirty-two years of his life were erratic and pathetic. With great enthusiasm and a significant following, he organized a new Church of Christ in Pittsburgh in April, . But the death of his daughter Eliza shortly thereafter seems to have affected his emotional balance. Prophesying that Cincinnati would soon be destroyed by an earthquake, and New Orleans and London "sink to the bottom of the sea," Rigdon proclaimed that he would soon "sit on the throne of England and lead 'little Vic' [Queen Victoria] by the nose." 1845
[source: Van Wagoner, Richard and Walker, Steven C., A Book of Mormons, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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