. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . re put to Everybody. — My Mother and Myself Con-fess. The Labors of the Home Missionaries. — Making Restitution. — Everybody is Re-baptizefl. — •Cut off Below their Edrsr — T\\^ Blood-Atonement Preached. — Murder recommended in the Tab-ernacle.—Cutting their Neighbors throats for Love. —A Reign ofTerror in Utah. — Fearful Outrages Committed. — Murdered by — Brigham advises the Assassination of Hatten. — Murderof Almon
. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . re put to Everybody. — My Mother and Myself Con-fess. The Labors of the Home Missionaries. — Making Restitution. — Everybody is Re-baptizefl. — •Cut off Below their Edrsr — T\\^ Blood-Atonement Preached. — Murder recommended in the Tab-ernacle.—Cutting their Neighbors throats for Love. —A Reign ofTerror in Utah. — Fearful Outrages Committed. — Murdered by — Brigham advises the Assassination of Hatten. — Murderof Almon Babbitt, Dr. Robinson, the Parrishes, and Others. — Blood-shed the Order of the Day. ^/f^^,. HILE my father was inEngland on mission, mymother was urged verystrongly to go to Payson,a town about seventymiles south of Salt LakeCity, and start a schoolthere. She had taught in Kirt-land, and in Salt LakeCity, and was considereda person of superior at-tainments by the reputation as a teacher was quite extended amongthem, and since her arrival in Utah she had often beensolicited to resume her profession. She had always hith-. AWAKENING THE SaINTS. l82 STIRRING UP THE WICKED SAINTS ! erto refused persistently; but now, finding her time some-what unemployed during my fathers absence, and wishingto add to the family funds, which were running somewhatlow, she decided to accept the situation, which was fairlythrust upon her. Of course I accompanied her to thescene of her labors. I had never been separated from her,and neither she nor I could endure the thought of beingparted. It was, I think, in January, 1855, that a Mormon, namedJoseph Hovey, came to Pay son to preach. He was a manof an excitable temperament, a fanatic in religion, and hesucceeded in stirring the people up to a state of the mostintense religious enthusiasm. He held a series of meet--ings, which were very largely attended, and such was hispeculiar magnetism, that he swayed and hel
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