# Wife No. 19/Chapter 22
### CHAPTER XXII.
#### WE CARRY ON THE ENDOWMENT DRAMA. — I AM FULLY INITIATED.

* In the Endowment-House.
* How the "Kings and Priests" appeared in their Shirts.
* The poor Fellows "feel Bad!"
* The "Gods" hold a Conversazione.
* Michael is sent down to Earth.
* The "Tree of Life."
* How Raisins grew instead of Apples.
* Not good to be Alone.
* The Rib abstracted and little Eve made.
* The Devil dressed in "Tights."
* John D. Lee once a Devil.
* Eve's Flirtation.
* She eats Forbidden Fruit.
* Tempts her Husband.
* Fig-leaves come into Fashion.
* We hide in Holes and Corners
* The Devil is Cursed and we are Lectured.
* The Second Degree.
* Story of a Pugnacious Woman.
* The Terrible Oaths of the Endowment-House.
* Pains and Penalties.
* Signs and Grips.
* "Good-bye!"
* Brother Heber gives me Advice.
The Devil of the Endowment-House.FTER our names had been given us, Miss Snow announced that we were ready, in answer to a question from the other side of the curtain. We were arranged in a row facing it, when it was suddenly withdrawn, and we were standing face to face with the. men. The sight that met our eyes was very funny, and I had all I could do to keep my features decently straight. I looked out from under my eyelids, for I did not dare give a good, square, honest look; it would have been altogether too much for my gravity; but from my stolen looks I found that the men, over their new gar​Page:Wife No 19.djvu/379 ​prevent him from longing for companionship. The Gods, too, decide that it is not good for him to be alone; and as there is nothing on earth that is sufficiently near an equality with him to be admitted to an intimate friendship, it is determined to give him a companion created specially for him. A profound slumber falls upon him, and we were all told at that time to feign sleep also, which we did. Elohim and Jehovah then make their first visible appearance, and go through the form of taking a rib from Adam's side, and on the instant appears Eve, in the person of Miss Eliza R. Snow.
At this point we were told to wake up, and instantly Apostle Willard Woodruff.["Timothy Broadbrim."] every Adam present appropriated to himself an Eve, and, led by the chief Adam and his bride, we all marched about, looking at our new kingdom and marking all its beauties. It was then that Adam became separated from Eve, and wandered off by himself, very much after the fashion of husbands of the present day; and while he was away, Satan entered and commenced a desperate flirtation with the coy and guileless Eve. The Garden of Eden is represented by painted scenery and furnishings.
It is claimed that the mysterious rites were taken from Masonry, and that the Endowments are a direct outgrowth of the secret society. Brigham Young delights, I know, to speak of it as "Celestial Masonry," but I am very sure all good Masons would repudiate it and its teachings.
In regard to the oaths of secrecy which I took at that time, I do not consider that I am doing anything wrong in breaking them; I am sure I shall in no way be held accountable for so doing. I took them because I felt that I must. I did not know what I was promising until after the oath was given me, while I listened with uplifted hand. I was bound to secrecy, but I feel that right and justice demand that I shall break these bonds. I consider it a duty to expose, as far as I possibly can, the wickedness, cruelty, blasphemy, and disloyalty of the leaders of the deluded Mormon people.
All Mormons who have received their Endowments are buried in their robes — caps, shoes, apron, and all. It is held necessary in order to insure their entrance into the Celestial Kingdom. One of the authorities in the church was once asked what would become of the Mormon children who should die before they were old enough to receive their ​Page:Wife No 19.djvu/390