The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-11

now and then the others would stop and
listen to him and then go on declaiming
after his fashion. Then in came men rep.
| resent;ng Peter, James and John, the
Apostles, and drove all the others out
They then proceeded to organize the Nev.
Church, the Scarfs TINT we had been provided
with being changed from the right shoulder
to the left, indicating that We were now of
the true belief.
''The men wcrc then formed in q circle
round an altar, with arms linked and a
hand upon each others shoulder The
women were also placed in circle. but on
the outside with walls over their faces Tho
High Priest then knelt at the altar, and,
taking one OF the mems hands in his left.
raised his right to Heaven, and prayed. He
asked that the day might soon conc when
the Lord would avengc the murder OF
Joseph Smith upon the United States: that
the time might hasten when they would be
united no longer, bat should fail upon each
other and be destroyed, that tho Kingdom Of
God might roll forth and I'LL the world. The
Priest said this was electric prayer: thai
the faith and strength of tho two circles,
being connected with him, passed up il his
prayer and laid hold on the heart of the Al
mighty.
I've were then given an oath Of spec.s,
obedience to the Prophet, accompanied by .
grip which is called the grip of the nail
It consisted in clasp:rg each other around
the hand with the point Of the index finger
resting on the wrist, and the little fingers
linked together. the point on the wrist
where the index finger rests beiny the sup
posed spot where the nails were driven
through the wrists Of Christ. The penalty
for revealing this oath AID grip is to have
the heart torn out, cut up il small pieces,
and thrown to the fowls Of the cir. This
concluded the Second Degree.
1--WE were then led by a stairway to an
upper room. The ceremonies had already
lasted five hours, and was 50 weary, and
sick in body and at heart, had to be assist
ed up tho stairs. The room we then entered
was divided by o curtain, and in the curtain
was door, and in the door hole, covered
by lap Of cloth, through which to pass the
hand. The men first approached the door,
and a person representing the Apostle Peter
appeared at the opening and asked who was
there. He was told that the Saints desired
To enter. A hand then came through the
hole and cut 2 mysterious mark in the mems
clothing oTer 'be heart, across the abdomen,
and upon the :.nee. The women were in
st-uctcd 20 initiate these marks in their own
clothing as soon a. shey arrived at homo.
The applicant was the. told to put Ills hand
through the opening. gl:c the las: grip re-
ceiyed in the room below, and whisper his
new name in Saint Peters ear. He was
then permitted to enter. This is called
going behind the vail
"From the curtained apartment VIC were
ushcred into the sealing or marriage
room. Then came the hardest trial Of M;
life. In tho center of the room was long,
low altar, GOV cred with ?ed vcl.-ct, ard an
armchair placed at one end of it, in which
sat Brigham Young. Here At this altar
was to give my husband TO another woman!
To have followed HIM to his grave would
have been bitter indeed, but to sec him the
husband Of another, to have to join their
hands mysclf-O that was terrible! Yet,
had sworn to obey, ard my life was At
stake; could not go back.
''The Prophet himself performed the
ceremony. He sa: At tho end OF the altar
and we three knclt down, Edgar upon one
side, and his affianced and myself upon the
other. Speaking to me. the Prophet asked:
Are you willing to give this woman to
your husband to be his lawful wife for time
and eternity! Ii you are, you may signify
it by placing her right hand within the
right hand of your husband o, think of
that moment! 1t was like death coming
upon me. / tried to do as had beea con-
but every thing seemed dark and
swimming about me. l could not find the
lady's hand. and the Prophet had to guide
my hand to hers; then the deed was done,
and fell back insensible upon the floor"
The poor woman could not go On for weep
ing, and Trean pat her arms about her,
with her own clear eyes SuffuSed and her
fair face strained and white with iGGigua-
ton. What could he said of such treat
nen.: What We're words worth in such a
case. o, for clauses of fire, for sentences
that Kissed like vipers with which to empty
her soul of its loathing. She So: still ::ad
pale for awhile. holding the elder wor:an's
head upon her bosom, anu letting her case
her sore and weary heart in tears; then SIZE
said. brokenly: LET Us 60"
The sun had long since consumed itself
upon the western heights, and the shadows
of dusk were gathering in the valley. They
arose and passed down in silence: Sut half
that III ht Trean Hartman mentally rcyoived
herb eioveI sisters story. and its shame and
heartless cruelty swayed her sensitive
spirit like reed. She felt. through her
love for E!chard, how like tearing the heart
asUndcr would be such an experience. and
she promised her soul, as she lay there
alone in the darkness, that whatever might
come, even to death itself, she should never
be untrue to the sweet light that per
vaded it.
She tried to picture to herself what her
sister must have suffered in the ten years
that followed, in bearing that burden
which. when it vas laid upon her in the
House, had crushed her sense
less 20 the earth. She thought of her Sis
ter's first night of bereavement; of how |
much of agony must have been crowded |
into the hours as she paced 10 and fro in
her room until the dawn came, with her |
husband and his new wife under tho same |
roof. Surely souls in the neither world |
were never more wrapped il :ornen;ing |
fire than was hers that night! Then tie |
days that came after, stretching away into |
years, and each day fresh wouad, Unit! At |
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