Eliza R. Snow bears testimony of plural marriage in Relief Society meeting.

Date
Sep 26, 1872
Type
Meeting Minutes / Notes
Source
Eliza R. Snow
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Eliza R. Snow, Relief Society Minutes, September 26, 1872, Payson Ward, Utah Stake, volume 1 (1868–1877), 162–63

Scribe/Publisher
Payson Ward
People
Eliza R. Snow
Audience
Payson Ward Relief Society
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Transcription

Plurality of Wives is a great trial if you want to sit in the courts of Heaven honor Polygamy dont suffer your lips to say ought even if you do not believe in it When I entered it I had no anticipation of ever being acknowledged As a lawful Wife I beleived in it because I felt the work was true and I longed to see a Prophet. I feel proud that I ever embraced it. Polygamy did not hurt me, but to be looked upon as a Woman of light character that did hurt me, the very idea of not being a virtuous woman.

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