The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-05
The LIONS OF The LORD
BY HARRY LEON WILSON.

which was followed by the advent Of flock of gulls
which ate the crickets.
wengh continuous Of all degrees Of n1 prospery
wealth. Of wives 9ne AIG f FdTSqse via ms
With wives or herds who put his earthly goods
trndled it from the Missouri river the valley the
Among those who arrived was "red-lipped Juno
superby rounded who had CLEANED in the fields
a Gypsy grace in their freeness" This was Mara
Cavan. The two thrown together a great deal.
attraction for him But the memory Of Prudence Cor
son was ever before him. He stin hoped that she
would be him ne was to her. and that
they could be united. But trip TO the Missouri
bring back company disillusioned him. He heard
there that Prudence had married Captain Girnway
and moved to Jackson county Missouri And by this
P fRS Mara cav'n had become the fifth wife Of Elder
Elder Rae returned to Zion. There was spirit
of unrest and apostasy present preached an elo-
quent sermon in the tabernacle which checked the
tide. and he stood for hours in the river baDtizng
needless OF the December cold But as he started
homeward the exposure overcame him. He was res
cued by Mara, taken in, warmed. given stimulating
drink, and revived.
couch on which he lay He felt her soft quick Breathing
where the freight fell upon them All threw
Ing rush OF power that She cried aloud in quick alarm
but the cry smothered under his kisses.
The image of Prudence came before him ere they
had both yielded completely to temptation they
resisted Later as they were parting in the door
way in sudden impulse of gratitude, of generous
feeling toward her. he put out his and drew her
to him. She was cold. impassive He bent over and
not know that they were seen by a in a
shadow.
AS a sequence to the wave of reformation started
by Joel Rae, President Brigham Young for first
time preached openly in the tabernacle doctrine
of blood atOnement especially the saving
Of apostates by the shedding OF their blood
The day after Brigham's sermon on blood atone
nent there had been meeting in the historians
presided over by Brigham. And here the
joel RAE found he was no longer looked
radical
In custody Kaysville. twenty-five miles north Of
salt Lake City. were six who had been
churcn authority while their
ey were suspected of being federal spies The night
following the meeting which Joel Rae had
were killed at once; two after
the remaining two the following day after they had
been pursued through the night. The capable Bishop
Wright declared in confidence to joel that
The same week saved ROsmas Anderson.
incurred rejection from Israel wrath
lsbehavor Becoming submissive to the decree of the
church. when ii 10 him by men
ment would suffice place him house
mold OF faith He had asked but half dav to
for the solemn ceremony His wife regretfu
in the faith provided clean for her sinful
They went for him midnight BY the side grave
they had let lin kneel and His throat had
cut by def hand. and he held that his blood
the thus
announced that her husband had gone California
Then the soul of William Parrish at Springvilie
saved to eternal glory also the soul o. his Beason
For both OF these sinful were Con the verge
apOstacy.
Other similar deeds were carried out Elder Pix
ley husband of Mara, returned from a mission o
Wales. brother elder thus Informed Joel Rae of