Mower County transcript., 1907-06-19

it were right and safe to lean upon
him-despite his unregenerate condi-
ton. And presently there, in the
zeal of saving his soul, she was al
most happy again.
Yet he seemed to-day to be impa-
tient under the teaching, and more
than once she felt that he was on
tho point Of interrupting the lesson
to some end of his own.
He seemed insuf11ciently impressed
even with the knowledge of astronomy
displayed by the prophets of the Book
of Mormon, hearing, without CULVER
of interest, that when at Joshua's
command the sun seemed to stand
still upon Gibeon and the moon in
the valley of Ajalon, the real facts
were that the earth merely paused in
IS revolutions upon it's own axis and
about the sun. Without a question
he thus heard Ptolemy refuted and
the discoveries of Copernicus antici-
pated 1000 years before that investi-
gator was born. He was indeed de-
plorably inattentive She suspected,
from the quick glances she gave him,
that he had no understanding at all
of what she read. Yet in this she
did him injustice, for now she came
to the passage: "They all did sweV
unto him that whose should vary from
the assistance which Akish desired
should lose his head; and whose
should divulge whatsoever thing Ak
ish should make known unto them
should lose his life" This time he
sat up.
"There it is again-they don't mind
losing their heads. They were sure
the fightingest men-don't you think
so now?"
AS he went on talking she laid the
book down and leaned back against
the trunk of the big pine under which
they sat. He seemed to be saying
something that he had been revolving
in his mind while she read.
It'd hate to have you think you
have been wasting your time on me
| this summer, but I'm afraid I'm just
too downright unsanctified."
ooh, don't say that" she cried.
'I couldn't even join your church,"
Her face became full of alarm
only for just one thing;-I don't
| care very much for this having so
! many wives.'
She was relieved at once IF that's
ALL don't approve of it myself. You
wouldn't have to-
"Oh,s that's what you say now"
| he spoke with an air of shrewdness
and suspicion-"but when l got in
you'd throw up my duty to me con-
stant about building up the kingdom.
Oh, know how it's done! I've heard
your preachers talk enough ~
"But it isn't necessary. wouldn't
Il don't think 1t would be at all
nice Of you"
! He looked at her with warm SYM
pathy. "You poor Ignorant grit Not
to know your own religion! i read In
that book there about this marrying
business only the other day. Just
hand me that one" i.
She handed him the Book of Doc
trine and Covenants from which she
had occasionally taught him the Lords
word, as revealed to Joseph Smith.
The revelation: on celestial marriage
! had never been among her selections.
| He turned to it now. ., I'll.
"Here, right in tho very first Of
it" and she heard, with a sinking
heart" Therefore prepare thyself to
receive and obey the instructions
which l am about to give unto you;
! for all those who have this law re-,
vealed unto them must obey the same;
| for behold! I reveal unto you a new
| and everlasting covenant; and if ye
| abide not that covenant, then are We
| damned, for no one can reject this
covenant and be permitted to enter
! into my glory PR
! There, now!" H.
! II neNer read it. she faltered.
"And don't you know they preach
in the tabernacle that anybody who
rejects polygamy will be damned? @
! my father never preached that"
| "Well, he knows task him.
It was proving to be a hard day
for her.
"Of course" he continued, "a new
member coming into the church might
think at first he could get along with
out SO many wives. He might say:
We'll, now,I draw a line in this
marrying business. I'll never take
more than two or three wives, or
maybe four He might ever be SO
taken up with one lady that he'd say:
4 won't even marry second wife
not for some time vet, that is mot
for two or three years, till she be-
gins to get kind Of houseworn.' But
then after he's taken his second, the.