Middletown transcript., 1875-04-24

tlSed. This was her second Daptism
and it was attended with solemn rite!
and ceremonies, signs. grips and pass
words are given, and the candidate il
sworn to hostility to the United States
and in questioning obedience to th'
Mormon Church A new name ii
given them by which they will b
known, not in this world bnt in Heaven
hers was Sarah
This baptism makes them fit mea
for the Lord" and they are afterwards
marriageable. The question is Otter
asked-"does it not do violence to {
woman's feelings, mothers love, tt
give herself, her daughter to one
already married to several wives" L
does, but it is their religion They
are instructed to believe that the great.
est honor on earth and the greatest
happiness in Heaven would result from
marriage with the head Of the Church
This is the teaching, but the practice
does net bear it out. Jealousy make.
life miserable, and to the brave and the
pious death is ever welcome visitor
After her marriage with Brigham, be
gave her house in Salt Lake City,
and furnished it with muslin curtains
to the windows, pine table, two OF
three benches of the same material, and
a set of "chinaware that he had saved
from a shut-up bakery" She was
allowed credit at store owned in part
or entire by Brigham, for thirty dol
lars year.
After living in Salt Lake City for q
time, Brigham requested Ann Eliza
and her mother to 60 to his farm at
South Cotton Wood, six miles from
Salt Lake, and take charge Of his dairy
This was no small task They went
and the mother made butter and cheese
from forty COWS. Ann Eliza's part was
to drive up to Salt Lake, three times a
week, to supply Brgham's other pires
with butter and milk. After working
in this dairy for some months, the
"Mother" was prostrated by a pro-
tracted illness No inquiries were made
by the affectionate son-in-law for bis
wife's mother, but the wife was directed
to inform, the mother that he, Brigham
could support her in idleness no longer
his expenses were heavy and his income
only ($4O. .00O) forty thousand a month.
Let it be said to Ann Eliza's credi,
that she elung close to her mother, and
refused for once to obey the man who
stood to her in the majestic attitude Of
father. husband and priest. She left
the farm, and with her mother, removed
to Salt Lake, and occupied cottage
then recently built by Brigham. She
obtained his consent to keep boarders,
and by this means was enabled to sup
port her mother and herself in some
degree of comfort.
The near relations which she held tt
Brigham Young, gave her the opper,
tunity to study his character. Now biz
great greed Of money, his covetousness
his meanness, his baseness of character
in all that was evil could be, but, TOT
plainly seen. How could the religion
be pure since the channel through
which the will of the Lord was mad,
known unto them was corrupt? Th'
darkness of distrust new began to settl'
down upon her once contentsd mind
Could it be that her religion was false
that her mothers religion was lie
She now questioned where faith befor'
had led her blindly. Suspicion onc'
aroused. proof followed quickly Abou
this time one of the apostles got sick
1t had been said by him and for hin
that be would never die !; that when hi
work on earth was finished he would b.
caught up into Heaven-like Elijah
and he had ring made with this MOTIF
engraved on it,
"God and
Will never die.''
But be did die, poor fellow, lik'
other mortals, and was followed to th,
grave by hundreds of sorrowing Saints
On an other occasion Ann Eliza wa
afflicted with some chronic disease o
painful nature, and being told tha
if she would 60 to the "Endowmen
House and be baptised the diseas'
and pain would instantly depart Sn'
did as directed but the only effect wa
a severe cold.
Ann Eliza now saw that she was 1
dupe She loathed the ties that bount
her to Salt Lake, but where coule
she 90, to whom could she turn? Nov
came the trial of her life, could sh'
turn her back upon her mother, from
whom she had never been separated il
her life +; turn her back upon her broth
er, for whom she cherished the SINGER
est sisterly affections /; turn her bacl
upon every friend on earth and to g
forth alone into the world, among
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