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Show ANTI-POLYGAM- Continued from page 67.J STANDARD. Y 67 world. These instructions consisted hand sharply across the middle of the and the he wore &c., garments body. To receive that grip we had to put would protect him from all evil. (Morour rubes, which consisted of a long mons say of these garments that the pat piece of cloth reaching to our tern was revealed direct from heaven to feet, doubted over and gathered very full Joseph Smith, and are the same as were on the shoulder and round the waist. There was also a long narrow piece of cloth originally worn by Adam.) on moctheir then and tied around the waist called the sash. caps They put the made of womens It was placed on the right shoulder to recasins, caps being Swiss muslin ; it is one yard square, round- ceive this grip. The people wear their ed at one corner so as to fit the head, and aprons over it. The men then took the there are strings on it which tie under the oath of chastity and the women the same; chin. The moccasins are made of linen or they dont consider polygamy at all uncalico. The mens are made exactly like chaste, but said that it was Heaven orthose of pastry cooks, with a bow on the dained law, and that a man to be exalted right side. I should here mention, before in the world to come must have more than I go further, that Bathsheba Smith and one wife. The women then took the oath one of the priests enacted the parts of j 0f obedience to their husbands, having to Adam and Eve, and so stood sponsors for I look up to them as their gods. It no; the rest of us, who were individually sup- possible for a woman to go to Christ, ex- posed to be Adams and Eves. cept through her husband. We were again told to close our eyes, and grips, Adam was to to which requested go sleep, he obligingly did. Jehovah was then to take a rib from Adams side supposed and form Eve. We were then told to open our eyes, and look upon the handiwork of the Lord. When we did, we saw a woman taken from among the crowd who was standing by Adams side. Jehovah said he would call the woman Eve, because she would be the mother of all mankind. THE ENDOWMENT OATHS. They then proceeded to give us the first grij) of the Aaronic or Lesser Priesthood, which consists in putting the thumb on the knuckle of the index finger, and clasping the han Is round. W e were then made toswearTo obey the laws of the Mormon Church and all they enjoin, in preference The pento those of the United States. and oath, is alty for revealing this grip that, you will have your throat cut from ear to ear, and your tongue torn from your mouth, and the sign of the penalty is drawtoing the hand with the thumb pointing and bringwards the throat sharply across the of the level to square and ing the arm with the hand upraised to heaven, swearingO to abide the same. TIIE DOOR OP THE GARDEN OF EDEN, MANS CAP. MORE TOMFOOLERY. was then opened, and we all marched in with our little bundles, (the men going first We were then driven out of this into as they always take precedende,) and we the room called the World, where there ranged ourselves around the room on were three men standing at a small altar benches. The four sides of the room are on the east side of the room, who were painted in imitation of trees, flowers, birds, lSUpposed to represent Peter, James and wild beasts, etc. (The artist who painted John, Peter standing in the centre. He the room was evidently more acquainted Was supposed to have" the keys of heaven, The Men representing (or trying to) the differ with whitewashing than painting.) ceiling was painted blue, dotted over with orit religious sects then came in and pre golden stars; in the centre of it was the sun, seated their views and said they wanted to a little farther along, the moon, and all try and save those fallen children. In do around were the stars. In each corner, ing this they could not refrain from In one corner aggerating and coarsely satirizing the dif a Masonic emblem. ferent sects they represented. Previous to their coming "in, however, Peter had presented to us the gospel of Christ at least he told us that Christ had come to that we had own our out work salvation, and got to that in the last days a prophet should be raised up to save all those that would believe in his divine mission; consequently these different representatives were told that their doctrines did not suit the peo pie and that there was something wanting He then took his departure, and immedi-- 1 in their fiath and so theycould go. 1 hen and tried to allure the ately after in came a very lively gentle- - the Devil came in and bustling up to the altar, Peter people, suit, with a little apron on, a most fiendish said to him: Hallo, Mr. Devil, how do its a very fine day isnt it? expression on his face and joyfully rub- - you do come after? Ihe Devil bing his hands. This gentlemen was sup-- What have you he didnt seem to take to any posed to be the Devil. i;ertainiy his replied that Christian religions, why appearance made the supposition quite of these bothering after anything easy (by the bye, I have since seen that didnt they quit and live a life of pleasure, the of kind, same gentleman administering the Sacrawas told to go and that he ment in the Tabernacle on Sundays). He etc. However went up to Eve and remarked that it was quickly. a. very beautiful place, and that the fruit was so nice, would she like to taste one of those applies. She demurred a little, and said she was told not to, and therefore mustnt. But he pretended to pluck one of the painted apples and give it to her, and she pret. nded to eat it. He then told her to ask Adam to have some, and she did. Adam objected strongly to tasting, knowing the penalty, but Eve eventually overcame his scruples, saying: Oh, my so havent nice, you any idea, dear, theyre and that nice old gentlemen here (pointing to the Devil) says that he can recommend them, and you "need not be afraid of what Jehovah ex-w- to-da- Then a man came in and said that the Gospel (which during those few minutes interval had lain dormant for 1,800 years) had been restored to earth, and that an angel had revealed it to a young boy named Joseph Smith, and that all the gifts, blessings and prophecies of old had been restored with it, and this last revelaDis- tion was to be called the Latter-da- v pensation. The priests pretended joyfully to aecept this, and said it was the very thing they were in search of, nothing else having had the power to satisfy them. They then proceeded to give us the first grip of the Melchizedek or Higher Priesthood, which is said to be the same that Christ held. The thumb is placed on the knuckle of the index finger, and the finger is placed straight along the palm of the hand, while the lower part ofthe hand is ciasped with the was The robe for this 6 fingers. changed from the right to the left We were then made to swear to avenge the death of Joseph Smith, the martyr, together with that of his brother Nation, and children and The penalty grip and oath was disembowel- ment. We were then marched into the north- east room (the men, of course, always go- ' i j j. ... first) room. We were oath of d says POLYGAMY 1 -- 1 il.i' 1 Adam consented, and immediately after he said, Oh, what have I done, and how He then foolish I was so listen toyou. said that he could see himself, and that they had no clothes on, and they must sew some fig leaves together. Every one then made a dive for his apron out of the little bundles. This apron is a square half yard of green silk with nine fig leaves worked on it in brown sewing silk. A voice was then heard calling for Adam, who pretended to hide, when in came Jehovah. He gave Adam a good scolding, but finally told him that he would give Inin certain instructions, whereby he Avould have a chance to regain the presence of his Father and God after he was driven out into the be-ind- ENJOINED. Peter then gave the second grip of the Aaronic or Lesser Priesthood, which consists of putting the thumb between the knuckles of the index and second fingers and clasping the hand around. The penalty for revealing this is to be sawn nsun-deand our members cast into the sea. The sign of the penalty was drawing the r, -- - ex 1 by to instruct the women, told them to repeat after her most disgusting formula or oath. I cannot remember it all thoroughly, but what I do consists of the heart and the liver, the belly and the thighs, the marrow and the bones. The last and highest grip of the Melchizedek priesthood was then en through the vail. They then released their hold of eaeh other, and the priestess taking the woman to opening No. 2, knocked the same as they did at the mens entrance, and the gatekeeper having asked Who is there? and the priestess having replied, Eve, having been faithful in all things, desires OllEDrENCE TO THE MORMON PRIESTHOOD Eve wras accordingly ushered to And now the highest or grand grip of intoenter, heaven. the Melchizedek priesthood was MORMON THEOLOGY EXPLAINED. We clasped each other round the hand with the point of the index finger resting Before I go farther, I must tell how on the wrist, and little fingers firmly link- - they believe the entrance into heaven is ed together. The place on the wrist to gained on the morning of the resurwhere the index finger points, is supposed rection. Teter will call up the men and to be the place where Christ was nailed women, (for it is not possible for a woman to the cross, but they tore out and he had to be resurrected or exalted, or to be made to be nailed again, and so you place your a Queen in heaven, unless some man takes second finger beside the index on the pity on her and raises her). wrist: it is called the If the marks on the garments are found to SURE SIGN OF THE NAIL, correspond witli those on the vail, (the dead are buried in the whole paraphena-lia,- ) and if the grip is properly given, it is if you can give the grips and tokens, very hard to pull apart. The robe was and your new name, and are dressed, prochanged from the left to the right shoul- perly in your robes; why, then, one has a der to receive this grip. sure permit to heaven, and will pass by the angels, (who they purpose are to be womans cap and moccasin. The inen then formed a circle round the only ministering servants,) to a more exalted glory; the more wives they have, altar, linking their arms straight across, they think, the higher their glory will be. and placed their hands on one anothe shoulders. The priest knelt at the altar THE SEALING PROCESS. and took hold of one of the mens hands To resume: After, we saw Joseph F. and prayed. He told us that the electric Smith sitting at a table recording the current of prayer passed through that names of those who were candidates for circle, and that was the most efficacious He wrote the names in a book kind of prayer. The women stood out- marriage. of which marriage register existence side the circle with their veils covering (the this truthful apostle has since denied, so their faces, the only time throughout the that a polygamous marriage might not be ceremony that they did so. found out) and then he wrote the two The prayer over, they all trooped up names on a paper, to be taken into the the staircase on the north side of the sealing room to the olliciating priest, so house, into the room called the Instruc that lie might know whom he was marrytion Room, where tin' people sat down on ing. After having given this slip of pabenches on the west side of the room per to the priest (Daniel H. A Veils), we Facing them about midway between floor knelt at a little wooden altar, (they air all and ceiling was a wooden beanj, that alike in the Endowment House). He then went across the room from north to south asks the man if he is willing to take and from which was suspended a dirty j the woman to wife, and the woman if she to take him for a husband. They looking yiece of what was once white calico. This was called the Vail, and is both answered yes, he tells the in of imitation the an to be one he that man must look to God, but supposed Solomons Temple. On this vail are woman must look to her husband as marks like those on the garments, togeth (Continued on page 73.) -- y! so-calle- t MORE SIGNS AND GRIPS. as or with extra holes for putting the arms through, and a hole at the top to speak through. But before going through the vail, we received a general outline of the instructions we had receired down stairs. This over, the priest took a man to the vail to one of the openings, (marked 1,) where he knocked with a small wooden mallet that hung on the wooden support. A voice on the other side of the vail (it was supposed to be Peters) asked who was there, when the priest answering for the man said, Adam having been faithThe priest then ful desires to enter. led the man up to the west side of the vail, where he had to put his hands through and clasp the man or Peter (to whom he whispered his new name, and the only one he ever tells, for they must never tell their celestial names to their wives, although the wives must tell theirs to their husbands) through the holes in the vail. He was then allowed to go through to the other side, which was supposed to be heaven, and this is where a strong imagination might be of some use, for anything more unlike heaven, I cant conceive. The man having got through, he went to the opening (No. 2,) and told the gatekeeper to call for the woman he was about to marry, telling him her name. She then stepped up to the vail where the marks B are. They couldnt see each their hands through the others, but-puopenings, one of their hands on each others shoulder, and the other around the waist. (The marks on the plan at the sides are for the arms, and all the marks in the plan on the vail are exactly as they are in the Endowment House. The top round mark is the place where they spoke through, and the square compass and stone correspond with the marks on the garments; the two bottom marks were where the feet were put through.) With the arms so fixed, the knees were placed within each other, the feet, of course, ing the same, the womans given name wTas then whispered through the vail, then giv-forth- is |