. 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 . der of Melchisedec. — How I was Confirmed. — To become a Celes-tial Queen. — I go down to the Endowment-House. — The MysteriousCeremonies Described. —The Veil at last Lifted. — The Secrets of thftEndowment-House Exposed. — I enter the Bath. — Miss Snow WashesMe. — She Anoints Me All Over.—I dress-in a Bed-gown. — ThftPeculiar Garment of the Saints. — What the Mormon Girls doabout It — Going through without a Husband. — A Great Sho
. 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 . der of Melchisedec. — How I was Confirmed. — To become a Celes-tial Queen. — I go down to the Endowment-House. — The MysteriousCeremonies Described. —The Veil at last Lifted. — The Secrets of thftEndowment-House Exposed. — I enter the Bath. — Miss Snow WashesMe. — She Anoints Me All Over.—I dress-in a Bed-gown. — ThftPeculiar Garment of the Saints. — What the Mormon Girls doabout It — Going through without a Husband. — A Great Shout-ing for Sarah ! HEN I was about sixteenyears old, I was veryill, and my mother, herfears for the life andwelfare of her onlydaughter always onthe alert, became veryanxious, and, indeed,almost ill herself inher concern for me. According to Mormon custom, I was administered to by the anointing andlaying on of hands, but all to no Taft, the one who had Mv ENoowMHNTs ^6 iu my childhood, Isaac Groo, theBEHIND THE Blshops couusellor, and Elder SamuelHardy labored earnestly and long, and wrestled in. 350 BRIGHAM MURDERS HIS GRANDDAUGHTER. prayer over me, all to no avail. I grew worse, ratherthan better, and my family feared I should fall into pul-monary consumption. The idea of employing a regular physician seemed neverto occur to any of them. Indeed, at that time it was con-sidered the surest sign of a weakening of faith to resort tomedical aid, and no Mormon in good standing would everentertain the suggestion for a moment. Latterly, however,a great deal of this nonsense has been done away with,under the subtle Gentile influence that is working through-out Utah, in Salt Lake City more especially, and some ofthe young Saints are actually studying for the medical pro-fession. Brigham used to denounce physicians in the mostwholesale manner in the Tabernacle, and declare that theyshould never enter heaven, but that he w
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