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Show ft! equals before God. In the Principle of Plural Marriage, however, the plural wives are subject to t h e i r husband, who has power over their spiritual lives, as theirAcontact with God. While the wives are responsible for the condition of t h e i r souls, their duties, ^z. e^ven t h e i r :z= . characters are often defined by the husband, through his i n s p i r a t i o n from the Lord. Plural wives become sister-wives, interacting as s i s t e rs within a family. Most g i r l s entering the Principle leave one extended family to join another. If the g i r l is younger than the other wives, the older ones take her under t h e i r wings and teach her something about the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of being a mother Gerda and the dedication of being a wife and s i s t e r , as Aunt A had taught Aunt Rachel, who was only fifteen when she married my Auwf Gerda father qhereafterAbecame as much mother to Aunt Rachel as sister-wife) and as a l l six of the older mothers had acted as Aunt Elsa's overseers when she entered the family at a tender age because of my f a t h e r ' s prison sentence. Each woman i s admittedly subservient to her husband, obeying his superior i n s p i r a t i o n from the Lord. In a family where the husband i s kind and sensitive, the system works STf~ welli He considers each wife individually and fathers her -a^ husbands her at need. She, inifturn, obeys to maintain harmony within the household and harmony within herself, toe remains a child^ faiuui-ollj UjiUUll \ i d A Z-f individuality develops too rapidly, or without s t r i c t guidance, i t creates discord. While the father-husband is s p i r i t u a l chairman, the s i s t er wives are domestic leaders. Unfortunately - or fortunately, Spending on the angle of vision -the degree of individual |