. 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 . gham thought of his plan, the morein love he grew with it, and he sent detailed instructionsconcerning it to the Apostle Franklin D. Richards, theMormon agent at Liverpool, who published it in the J///-IcnmalStar as the new divine plan revealed to BrotherBrigham by the Lord, whose will it was that the journeyshould be made in this manner. My father was in England when the command of theLord concerning them was given to the gatheri
. 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 . gham thought of his plan, the morein love he grew with it, and he sent detailed instructionsconcerning it to the Apostle Franklin D. Richards, theMormon agent at Liverpool, who published it in the J///-IcnmalStar as the new divine plan revealed to BrotherBrigham by the Lord, whose will it was that the journeyshould be made in this manner. My father was in England when the command of theLord concerning them was given to the gathering Saints,and their enthusiastic devotion and instant acceptance of therevelation showed how entirely they entrusted themselves tothe leadership of their superiors in the church, implicitlybelieving them to be inspired of God. They were told byRichards, in the magazine, and by their missionaries intheir addresses, that they should meet many difficulties, —that trials would be strewn along their path, and occasionaldangers meet them, — but that the Lords chosen peoplewere to be a tried people, and that they should come out 202 PREPARING FOR THE AvMiiVViW*!^ AiWC/ii Apostle Franklin D. Richards,Husband of Ten Wives. unscathed, and enter Zion with great triumph and rejoicing,coming out from the world as by great tribulation ; that the Lord would hold them inspecial charge, and they neednot fear terror by night nor pes-tilence that walketh at noon-day, for they should not somuch as hurt a foot against astone. It was represented to themthat they were specially privi-leged and honored in thusbeing called by the Lord to bethe means of showing Hispower and revealing glory toa world lying in darkness andoverwhelmed with guilt, de-serted by God and given over to destruction. Consideringthe class of people from whom most of the converts weremade, it is not at all strange that all this talk should impresstheir imaginations and arouse their enthusiasm. Emotion,instead of r
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