. 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 . nd-Cart Girls. — Marries a Couple to Begin with. — Takes aThird the same Month. — Rapid Increase of his Kingdom. — Howthe Girls Chose Husbands. — Instructing the New Wives in our Fam-ily,— Louise doesnt want to Work. — My Pather goes on MissionAgain. — Louise Flirts and Rebels. — She is Scolded and Repents.—Goes to Bed and Weeps. — Bestows her Goods on the Family.—Lizzie Interviews Her. — She Poisons Herself — Is a Long TimeDying.
. 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 . nd-Cart Girls. — Marries a Couple to Begin with. — Takes aThird the same Month. — Rapid Increase of his Kingdom. — Howthe Girls Chose Husbands. — Instructing the New Wives in our Fam-ily,— Louise doesnt want to Work. — My Pather goes on MissionAgain. — Louise Flirts and Rebels. — She is Scolded and Repents.—Goes to Bed and Weeps. — Bestows her Goods on the Family.—Lizzie Interviews Her. — She Poisons Herself — Is a Long TimeDying. — She gets a Strong Dose of Cayenne. — Is sent on herTravels. — The Last we Heard of Her. NOTHER immediate ef-fect of the Reformation was to increase the prac-tice of polygamy. To aheran old rhyme to suit theoccasion, — Then were those wed whonever wed before;And those who once were wednow wed the more. Marrying and giving inmarriage was carried onto such an extent, that, asin the old days of the firstEndowments in NauvooTemple, the ceremony of sealing was literally going onday and night. The man who refuses to enter poly-. Only a Wifb out of the Way. NO HKAVEN WITHOUT POLYGAMY. 29I gamy will be eternally damned, announced BrighamYoung from the Tabernacle. Who marries out of thechurch marries for hell, supplemented Heber C. was preached from the platform, and taught bythe ward-teachers in private. It was not only advised, — itwas commanded, and no one dared of disobeying the pro-phetic mandates. There was scarcely a family in the Territory at that timewhich was not increased by a plurality of wives. Menmarried in the most reckless fashion, with nothing in theworld on which to support their families. Girls went to theEndowment House in the morning to take their Endow-ments, with no idea of marrying, and came away in theafternoon sealed to some brother whose fancy they hadtaken, or who, being advised by Brigham or Heber to
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