, 1842-07-23

him the same. eyes," said Joseph,
aand ] know that this is lawful and
right before God, and if there is any
sin in it | will answer for it before
and l have the keys Of the king
dom, and whatever | bind on earth is
bound in heaven, and whatever
loose on earth is loosed in heaven:
and if YOU will accept Of Brigham,
YOU shall be biessed-God shall bless
YOU, and my blessing shall rest upon
YOU. and if you will be led by him
YOU will do well; for | know Brigham
will take care of you, and if he don't
do his duty to you, come to me and
will make him; and if you do not like
it in a month or two, come to me and
will make you free again; and if he
turns you off | will take you on"
ssSir," said I, rather warmly, SIT will
be too late to think in a month or two
after. , want time to think FIRST"
swell, butt" said he, "the old proverb
is, nothing ventured, nothing gained;"
and it would be the greatest blessing
that was ever bestowed upon you"
|"Yes," said Young, "and you will
never have reason TO repent it-that
is, If | do not turn from righteousness,
and that | trust | never shall, for
believe God who has kept me so long
will continue to keep me faithful.
Did you ever see me act in any way
wrong in England, Martha?" "No,
sir" said |. ''No." said he, "neIther
can any one else Law any thing to my
charge" swell, them" said Joseph,
"what are you afraid of, sis-come let
me do the business for you" "SIr,
do let me have a little time to think
about it, and | will promise not to
mention it to any one" said l..
Swell, but look here, said he, "you
know a fellow will never be damned
for doing the best he knows how"
swell them" said |. "the best way
| know of, is to 60 home and think
and pray about it."-"WelI," said
Young, 81 shall leave it with brother
Joseph. whether it would be best for
You to have time or not" "Well,"
said Joseph. see no harm in her hav-
ing time to think. if she will not fall
into temptation" 30, sir" said l..
"lhere is no fear Of my falling into
temptation. "Well. but, said Brig
ham, "you must promise me you will
never mention it to any one. 81 do
promise it, said |. "WeIl, said Jo-
seph, "you must promise me the same.
| promised him the same. "Upon
YOUR homer. said he. "you will not
tell. "No sir, | will lose my life first.
said !. swell, that will De. uppooiMd. he,
think ian trus, you. Martha. said he.
"Yes, think you might, said /. Jo-
seph said "she looks as If she could
keep a secret. | then rose to go,
when Joseph commenced to beg of
me aga:n-he said it was the best op.
portunity they might have for months
for the room was often engaged. !,
however had determined what 10 do.
"WeIi. said Young, 81 will see you
tomorrow am going TO preech at
the school house, opposite your house.
! have never preached there vet; you
will be there ] suppose. ayes, said l..
The next day being Sunday, sat
down, instead Of going 10 meeting,
and wrote the conversation, and gave
IT 10 my sister, who was not n little
surprised, but she said we had better
60 to meeting in the afternoon. We
went, and Young administered the
sacrament. After it was over, | was
passing out, and Young stopped me,
saying, swat Martha, / am coming.
| said, 81 cannot, my sister is waiting
for ire. He then threw his coat over
his shoulders. and followed me out
and whispered, shave you made up
your mind, Martha, "Not exactly
sir, said /. and we parted.
shall proceed to a justice of the
peace, and make oath to the truth of
these statements, and GU are at Ilber-
ty to make whatuse Of them you may
think best.
Yours very respectfully.
MARTHA III. BROTHERTON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 18th day of July, I842.
DU BoUFFAY FREMoN,
Justice Of the Peace, 81. Loui, County.