. 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 . lity of the Sexes. — Exaggeration Impos-sible. — Lilcely Saviours. — The Present Condition of Mormon Women. — The Prospects for the Future. — Polygamy Bad for Rich and Poor. — A Happy Family. — The Happiness Marred. — Sealed for TimeOnly. — Building on Another Mans Foundation. — The New Wife.—How the Old One Fared. — The Husbands Death a Relief — Asa Cal-kinss English Mission.—What Came of It. — How to Get Rich.—Two Sermons from O
. 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 . lity of the Sexes. — Exaggeration Impos-sible. — Lilcely Saviours. — The Present Condition of Mormon Women. — The Prospects for the Future. — Polygamy Bad for Rich and Poor. — A Happy Family. — The Happiness Marred. — Sealed for TimeOnly. — Building on Another Mans Foundation. — The New Wife.—How the Old One Fared. — The Husbands Death a Relief — Asa Cal-kinss English Mission.—What Came of It. — How to Get Rich.—Two Sermons from One Text. — Dividing the Spoil. — No WomanHappy in Polygamy. LL this while I was gain-ing knowledge of thedomestic customs andrelations of the Gen-tiles. At nearly everyplace that I visited Iwas entertained in someprivate family, and myeyes were constantlybeing opened to theenormities of the wickedsystem from which I hadescaped. I had felt its misery;I had known the abjectwretchedness . of thecondition to which itreduced women, but I did not fully realize the extent ofits depravity, the depths of the woes in which it plunged. Polygamy in High and Low Life. 590 womans degradation. women, until I saw the contrasted lives of monogamicwives. I had seen women neglected, or, worse than that, cruellywronged, every attribute of womanhood outraged and in-sulted. I now saw other women, holding the same rela-tion, cared for tenderly, cherished, protected, loved, andhonored. I had been taught to believe that my sex wasinferior to the other; that the curse pronounced upon therace in the Garden of Eden was womans curse alone, andthat it was to man that she must look for salvation. Noroad lay open for her- to the throne of grace; no gate ofeternal life swinging wide to the knockings of her wearyhands ; no loving Father listened to the wails of sorrowand supplication wrung by a worse than death-agony fromher broken heart. Heaven was inaccessible to her, exce
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