Lightner recalls Joseph saying an angel with a sword commanded him to practice polygamy.
- Type
- Manuscript
- Hearsay
- 2nd HandReprintLate
- Reference
Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, "Statement," signed February 8, 1902
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
In 1834, he was commanded to take me for a wife. I was a thousand miles from him. He got afraid. The angel came to him three times, the last time with a drawn sword and threatened his life.
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