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'Let every maiden of the true faith marry one of the elect; for if she wed a Gentile, she commits a grievous sin.' This being so, it is impossible that you, who profess the holy creed, should suffer your daughter to violate it." LET EVERY MAIDEN OF THE TRUE FAITH MARRY ONE OF THE ELECT FOR IF SHE WED A GENTILE SHE COMMITS A GRIEVOUS SIN THIS BEING SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU WHO PROFESS THE HOLY CREED SHOULD SUFFER YOUR DAUGHTER TO VIOLATE IT
y to its usages. This you promised to do, and this, if common report says truly, you have neglected.” “And how have I neglected it?” asked Ferrier, throwing out his hands in expostulation. “Have I not given to the common fund? Have I not attended at the Temple? Have I not——?” “Where are your wives?” asked Young, looking round him. “Call them in, that I may greet them.” “It is true that I have not married,” Ferrier answered. “But women were few, and there were many who had better claims than I. I was not a lonely man: I had my daughter to attend to my wants.” “It is of that daughter that I would speak to you,” said the leader of the Mormons. “She has grown to be the flower of Utah, and has found favour in the eyes of many who are high in the land.” John Ferrier groaned internally. “There are stories of her which I would fain disbelieve—stories that she is sealed to some Gentile. This must be the gossip of idle tongues. What is the thirteenth rule in the code of the sainted Joseph Smith?  YOU SHOULD EMBRACE THE TRUE FAITH AND CONFORM IN EVERY WAY TO ITS USAGES THIS YOU PROMISED TO DO AND THIS IF COMMON REPORT SAYS TRULY YOU HAVE NEGLECTED AND HOW HAVE I NEGLECTED IT ASKED FERRIER THROWING OUT HIS HANDS IN EXPOSTULATION HAVE I NOT GIVEN TO THE COMMON FUND HAVE I NOT ATTENDED AT THE TEMPLE HAVE I NOT WERE YOUR WIVES ASKED YOUNG LOOKING ROUND HIM CALL THEM IN THAT I MAY GREET THEM IT IS TRUE THAT I HAVE NOT MARRIED FERRIER ANSWERED BUT WOMEN WERE FEW AND THERE WERE MANY WHO HAD BETTER CLAIMS THAN I I WAS NOT A LONELY MAN I HAD MY DAUGHTER TO ATTEND TO MY WANTS IT IS OF THAT DAUGHTER THAT I WOULD SPEAK TO YOU SAID THE LEADER OF THE MOMS SHE HAS GROWN TO BE THE FLOWER OF UTAH AND HAS FOUND FAVOUR IN THE EYES OF MANY WHO ARE HIGH IN THE LAND JOHN FERRIER GROANED INTERNALLY THERE ARE STORIES OF HER WHICH I WOULD FAIN DISBELIEVE STORIES THAT SHE IS SEALED TO SOME GENTILE THIS MUST BE THE GOSSIP OF IDLE TONGUES WHAT IS THE THIRTEENTH RULE IN THE CODE OF THE SAINTED JOSEPH SMITH
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