Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-10

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better, dear; for polygamy to pure woman
is living death am glad you will never
know it's misery.
'.Six months after Edgar and were mar
ried he began counting q young lady who
lived but q few streets away. Every other
evening he would dress himself carefully
and 20 over and visit her as he used to me.
No language gan picture my anguish as I
sat alone at home through those terrible
weeks with hope, and love, and all that
had expected Of the future, dying out Of my
heart insanity often seemed very near, and
the hrst frnit Of our love, little life which
had begun to feed upon my own, RerisAed
in my grief. After my sickness arose, but
to meet with fresh suffering. could scarce
" stand alone for weakness when the day
was set for Edgar to be married to the
young lady he had chosen. Words are poor
things to express human feelings with,
and can only tell you Of my racked and
tormented heart; pan not show It to you.
"At length the day came, and ] went
alone to the Endowment House Tor meet
my husband and his bride, II / should live
thousand years could not effaoe that
day from my memory. Its moments were
not moments to mo, but thousands Of thorns
over which walked to meet the end Of all
that then to me seemed sweet. That day
my love was murdered.
1.-THE ceremony took place IN the old En-
dowment Huse, building now abandoned,
which stands at the west end OF the Temple
Block. All the chamber ceremonies Of the
Priesthood were until recently enacted there.
When the great Temple is finished the
Sacred Orders, endowments, celestial seal
ing, baptism for the dead, and plural mar
riages, will be administered in It; until then
they are being given in the Temple at Logan,
q town north Of Salt Lake.
II may as well describe the Endowment
House rites from the beginning, Trean, for
If do not you win probably never know
what they are like. 1t is the Freemasoury
Of Mormonism. No marriage is considered
binding, you know, if in the beginning or
afterwards it is not celebrated there or in q
Mormon Temple. No matter how long two
persons may have been welded, their mar
rage is not considered lawful and binding,
nor their children legitimate, until they have
been remarked and have partaken Of these
disgusting mysteries. Even then their chill
dren, born before, must be adopted by their
parents or they are not looked upon as legiti-
mattel This Is according to the highest
Mormon authority. It is with this as with
the general laws Of mankind, to our people
they are as nothing if not Endorsed by the
Priesthood Treap, 1t is shameful
"Well, at seven o'clock In the morning
arrived at the door of the building, and
found my husband and his new love waiting
in the anteroom. My limbs would hardly
support me when I saw them, and such 2
weight seemed to descend upon me could
only stagRer to Q chair and sink into II,
gazing at them with horror and misery. It
seemed to me I should never rise agrin.
But Brother Lyon, our Mormon poet, came
forward and reasoned and talked with me,
showing mo how twas my duty to 60 on with
the ceremony, and Edgar came and kissed
me, saying that he would always cherish
me, and that his new wife and should
always be exactly equal In his affection. o,
! bitter, hollow mockery Of q woman's Lowell
So got up with my burden, with my sick
soul and broken heart, and went forward,
hoping to win Heaven by . life Of SORROW
and the outrage Of my better self.
81 remember, though I was half dazed
with anguish, that in the room there was q
table by which . man was seated. Be
fore him was q large book in which
he entered our names and ages, and
the names and ages OF our parents, ,
the ceremony. First we were directed to
remove our shoes and leave them In the
| ante-room, and then we were led Into .
| room beyond. This was long bathroom,
divided down the middle by Q heavy curtain.
Upon one side were bath-tubs for women,
on the other the same for gentlemen. Ed.
gar was conducted to the mems side Of the
curtain, and his betrothed and I to the
| other. Several other persons were wait.
ing, but presently we were all bathed by
attendants, each portion Of the body being
washed separately from tho crown Of the
head to the soleR Of the feet, and . formula
repeated for each part. This consisted IN z
kind Of blessing, such, for instance, a. that
the eyes might be quick to see the path Of
righteousness, that tho ears might be apt
at hearing the truth, that the mouth might
with wisdom speak the words Of eternal
life, and the feet be swift to run In the way
Of the Lord. We were also told that BY
this we were cleansed Of sin, and that our
blood henceforth should not be as the filthy
blood Of the world, and that we never
should be partakers Of the plaques an6
miseries which are to come upon the eartf
In the last days.
"Then we were wiped dry, anu anointei
with olive oil, the oil being poured from ,
priest or priestess, and applied to ell part
Of tho body, accompanied with blessing
and predictions a. before. We were thel
Riven Q peculiar garment to put on; one dis
tinctly Mormon, and worn only bv thos
who have passed through the Endowment
House. It Is simply q complete suit 0
under-clothes made In q single garment IN
stead Of two - Is usual This we were In
| structed to wear night and day, and 4
changing It never to wholly expose the PEI
. son, but TO change one half ct time, en-
To be continue.
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