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Show \~ --14-- also the testimony of her niece, Hyrum Smith's eldest daughter (my Brother Lorin1 s wife) as vvell as that of the young ladies named themselves with v;.hom I was on most intimate terms and was glad that they, too, had accepted that order of marriage. rnsten.d of a feeling of jealousy it was a source of comfort to me. We were as sisters to each other. In this I acted in accordance with the will of God. }Tot .for any worldly aggrandizement, not for the gratification of the fles .h. How can it "be said that we accepted this principle for any lustful desires? Preposterous. n1is would be utterly impossible. But, as I said before, we accepted it to obey a command_ of God_, to establish a principle that would benefit the human family ancl emancipate them from the degradation into which they had fallen t hrough their·wicked customs. In all this God had a road_ marked out for me that I knew not; to struggle against the tide of opposition, prejudice and tradition, to aid in establishing a principle that would exalt ma1Jkind. and. bring them back into His presence . A tie has been formed that will guide me to the highest and most glorioua destiny , if I continue to walk in the regeneration, which is the grand object of my life. No one can possibly feel more deeply to regret than I do, the course taJr.en by the so:n.s of President Joseph Smith, knowing that they have been misirrformed, that it is through prejudice, through yiel(ling to popular opinion that t.hey have been misled . Ttey might heir their fatherrspriesthood if they would take proper steps ar..d. honor the pril1Ciples revealed through him. |
