Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-01
A MORMO,l ENDOWMENT.
mySterlO1s Scenes in the Salt Lake
Matrimonial Mandatory.
Salt Lay e Trihnne.l

Salt La5e Tribune.l
Ii the woman who now STYLES her
self flrs. Owen Miles was ar honest
and deserving woman when she left
London to emigrate TO Utah with the
Latter-day Saints, and soon after her
arrival here (only some five weeks
ago. passed through the Endo yment
House, | think there might be some
pallatlo1 for her very peculiar and
seemingly lncor .sistent conduct. When
Caroline Owe n went to the EnIlow-
ment House she entered at the back
0 Q ana 60 We her name to the record
en- ohe then passed inside to be
washed, taking off her clothes until
sue was as naked as the hoursh was
porn. She was then washed from
mead tc foot; afterward she was Gov
cred with oil and blessed by the holy
prize Seess; her head, eyes, ears, nose,
mo 0th, neck, arms, heart, breast, back
ar ID all parts of her body anointed.
? .he then put on her new garments
and received her new name in a whis-
per by the officiating priestess-the
woman who lied so beautifully in
Court. Passing along, she came be-
fore the great Jehovah and Elohim,
they sing in another room, and
common ced reading the ritual ut the
order. Let us go down and make
man, ct c., which is all too tedious to
mention. Miss Owen passed on from
one chan Ige to another, having her
robes AMI apron on to appear before
the mas er Of ceremonies to receive
the oath ), Standing straight, as shown
by the ell der, bringing her right arm at
an angle, then bringing it across her
throat as the terrible words were ut
tered by the officiating priest. then
drawing an d extending her arIa straight
out, ard b ringing it back to- a right
strik ing it straight to the earIh,
interpreting 9 the oath as spoken. that
her he art 81 lould be cut out and that
she re diseI nboweled and her body be
bur ed in the depths of the sea, etc,
II she shOu Id divulge anything per-
"a lining to ceremonies performed in
I nat house. This is not all the oath
Dy a great deal. Miss Owen then re-
ceived aid the grips, signs, tokens. etc.
There are several of these which only
the faith full can understand. Miss
Owen the n passed on to the other de-
grees, pra. yer circles, etc. Passing ou-
ward and upward she came to the vail.
or arch, this being previous to her
marriage. John Miles was on the in
side of tn vail or arch, Caroline on the
outside. Then the compass and square
were cut over her heart. There was
only a she ct to separate John from
Caroline, and before she could get
through to where John was she had to
put her fo0t TO his foot, her knee to
his knee. her breast to his breast, her
lips to his lips. Then John wills
pered in her car aud told her the new
name she had named below. Nobody
on earth knows what that name is but
John and Caroline. He then brought
Caroline thr ough the veil or arch to
be married. Joseph +. Smith sat
Immediately opposite at the table
John stood az the right and Caroline
at the left. After the usual questions
were put and answered the marriage
was proceeded with and finished,
John and Caroline walking to the
sealing-room, whore Joseph II. Smith
sat on the throne, and later, stood at
the door. Miss Ow on walked around
to the north side cf the altar, and
Miles remained on the south side,
Joseph +. Smith proceeded with the
ceremony, John and Caroline were
.kneeling, when Joseph +. Smith told
them to clasp hands ac oss the altar
and kiss each other, which they did.
He then sealed them up t. the ever
lasting life, to come forth in the
morning Of the first resurrection, to
receive power and to carry out the
laws Of procreatian forever and ever.
Amen.
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