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H 2 Till' SAIjT LAKE TKIWLNE, MONDAY MOKXlSti, FEBRUARY 12, 1906. I

I 1 Mysteries of tlie Endowment House

I Professor Wolfo lias Just told of tho

ritual, the onth, and the eere.monlc-a In

the Mormon Temple. It was a most ln-

I tcrcstlne story. H confirms in rcmnrk-

v able deprec an cxposo or I ho ceremonies

In the Endowment House of many years

aco, as printed by The Tribune, and also

Presldont Smith's testimony that thero

has been no chanpo In the proceeding.

That old Endowment House expose Is as

, fallows"

Tho Mormon Endowment House is a

plain adobe building, two stories hlph,

built like a small dwelling hnuso. so an

not to attract attention. There are blinds,

to all tho window?, which are nearly al

ways kept down. It Is situated In tho

northwest corner of the Temple block,

(which Includes the Tabernacle. New

Temple. &c.,) and the whole block Is sur

rounded by a vry high wall.

On a certain day, not necessary to men

tion, I went to the Endowment House, at

R o'clock In tho morning, taking with mo

my endowment clothes, (consisting of

garments, robe, cap, apron and mocca

sins.) 1 beliovn people used to take their

own oil, but thnt Is now discontinued, as

fees arc charged. I wnt Into a smnll

room attached to the main building, (des

ignated In tho plan by the nam of Re

' ceptlon Room,) which was crowded with

mon and women, having their bundles

of clothing. Tho entrance door 13 on tho

cast side, and In tho southwest corner,

' there Is another, next to which the desk

i stood, where tho clerk recorded the

GARMENT.

I names, etc Around tho north and west

sides were benches for the people to sit.

On going up to the desk I presented my

recommend from tho bishop in whose

, ward I was slaying, and George. Rey

nolds, who was then acting as eltrk.

asked me my name, those of my parents,

when and where I was born, and when

, I was baptized Into the Mormon Church.

That over, ho told mo to leave my hat,

, cloak and shoes In that room, and tak

ing up my bundle, I went Into the room

marked 3 on tho plan, where I sat wait

ing till It came my turn to be washed.

One of the women, an ofllcln'.Ing high

priestess, told mo to come belli. id the cur

tain (which I have Indicate! by a waving

line), where I could hear a great deal of

splashing and subdued conversation. I

went, and after I was undressed, I had

to step into a long bath, about half full

of water, -when another woman proceeded

to wash mo. I objected strongly to this

part of tho business, but she told me to

show a raoru humble spirit. Ilowovcr,

, when aho got down to my feet, she let

' mo go, and I was turned over to tho wo-

I man who nad spoken to mo ilrst, and

whoso namo was Bathsheba Smith. (One

of tho widows of Apostlo George A.

Smith.) Sho wore a large shiny apron,

and her slcoves tucked up above her el

bows. Sho looked thoroughlv like busi

ness. Another woman was standing beside her

i with a large wooden spoon and some

i green ollvo oil In a- cow's horn. This

woman poured the oil out of tho spoon In

to BathBheba's hand, -who Immediately

put It on my head, ears, eyes, mouth, and

; every part of my body, and us she greased

: me, sho muttered a kind of praver over

each member of my body: My head, that

, 1 might have a knowledge of the truths

of God; my eyes, that 1 might see the

glories of tho kingdom; my mouth, that

i ,1 might at all tlmos speak the truth; my

arms, that they might bo strong In tho

defense of tho gospel, my bosom and

i . hero I must ask my readers not to think

. I want to iell this part of tho story, but .

i uo want peopio to know the truth, and

how disgusting and Indelicate this tllng

Is. Mormon peopio deny many of these

things, and civilized and decent peopio

can scarcely realize that this Institution

j is as infamous ns It really Is, but I sol-

emnly assert that these things do exist.

To continue: My bosom, that I might

nourish the children whom I might raise

by my husband (I was not then married,

but expected to bo), and another part of

n-y body that I might raise up a goodly

seed, that they might be pillars of

strength to the upbuilding and strength

onlng of God's kingdom upon the earth.

j And so sho got down to my foot, when

she hoped they might be swift in the

paths of righteousness and truth.

She then turned me over to the woman

j who had washed me, and who whispered

I MY NEW AND CELESTIAL NAME

; 11 In my car. 1 bellove I am to be called up

, in the morning of tho resurrection by It

' ll "Sarah." 3 felt disappointed. I

1 thought I should havo received a more

distinguished name. She told me that

new name must never bo spoken but

often thought of to keep away evil 'splr

its. I should be required to speak It

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APRON.

(Worn by Men And Women

fl mice thai day. but she would tell me n

what part of the ceremony, and that I

nhould never again havt? to speak It Shc

I iJien told me to put on my garments.

These are mado In one piece. On the

) right -breast Is a square, on thf- left a

compass. In the center a small hole, and

sH 1 fi. knne. a lan? ,10le. which is called

Hie stone. We were told that as long

is. we kept them on no harm could beall

us. and that when we changed them "we

we.rt' .,not t0 take them all off at once'

but Blip out a limb at a time and Imme--llateiy

dive Into the clean ones. TheTck

',l?B.ncvor.J b0 cm low. or sleeves

sH ?K,aif.JhaV ?;ou1'1 he Patterning 'aftor

'he-fashion of the gontllcs.

pjisH After this I put on mv clothes and In

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l n"riieU nl anointed until sh.. had

finished the remaining twtf or three This

' I iTn'S? Httlc calico curtains (ma S

fl A .and B) were drawn ns do and tho men

5 rV.o V;mP,n rcv'-aed to each other'

sH fl .,i.0,,ncn..,00lc,fid vr7r "'icomfortabio and

B IOL at all plcturewiue. They only ad

J rn Ba,r1mc'ntvf 'sl.lrls on. and t "y

.4 really did ceeni as thouch tlu-y were

ashiimed of themselves, ns well they

might be.

Joseph F. Smith then camo to where

we were all waiting, and told us that

If we wanted to ' buck out. now was

our time," because wo should not Uo

able afterward, ami that wo woro bound

to go right through. All those who want

ed to go Inrough were to hold up their

DRVILS APRON.

hands, which of course every one did,

believing lhal all the good and holy

things thai were to be seen and heard

In the "House of the Lord" were yet to

come Ho then told us thnt If any of U3

attempted, to reveal what wo saw and

heard In the 'House'' our memories

would be blighted, and we should

BP3 EVERLASTINGLY DAMNKD,

For they wero things too holy to bn

spoken of between each other, after we

had once left tho Endowment House. We

were then told to be very quiet and lis

ten. Joseph t . Smith then went away.

In n fow moments we heard voices talk

ing loudly so that the people could hear

'.hem In the adjoining room. (I after

wards found out in passing through that

H was the prayer circle room.) 'was

supposed to bo a conversation bntween

Elohtm (Head God) and Jehovah The

conversation was as follows:

Elohlm to Jehovah "Well, Jehovnh. I

think wo will create an earth; let Mich

ael go down and collect all the elements

together and found one."

Answer "Very well, O Lord God, it

shall be done "

Then calling lo another mnn we could

hear him say:

"Michael, go down and collect all tho

elements together and form an enrth. and

then roport to us what you havo done."'

Ans. "Very well, O Lord God."

Tho man they called Michael thon left

tho prayer circle room and came through

tho room they called the World, Into the

Garden of Eden, tho door of which was

particular apple tree, for on the day that

they ato of that they should surely die.

Up then took his departure, and imme

diately after In camo a very lively gontle

man. dressed In a plain black morning

suit, with a llttlo apron on. a most fiend

ish expression on his face and Joyfully

rubbing his hands. This gentleman was

supposed to bo "'the Devil." Certainly his

nppearanco mado the supposition quite

easy (by the by, I have since scon that

same gentleman administering the Sacra

mmit fn the Tabernacle on bundays). He

went up to Eve and remarked that It

was a beautiful place, and that the fruit

was so nice, would nhe like to taste one

of thoso apples. She demurred a little,

and said she was told not to. and there

fore mustn't. But ho pretended to pluck

one of the painted apples and gave It to

her. and sho pretended to eat It. Ifn then

told her to ask Adam to have somo, and

oho did. Adam objected strongly to tent

ing, knowing the penally, but Eve oven

tually overcomo his scruples, saying: "Oh.

my dear, they're bo nice, you haven't nny

Idea, and that nice old gentleman here,

(pointing to the Devil) saya (hat he enn

recommend them, nnd you need not be

afraid of what Jehovah flays."

Adam consented, and Immediately after

ho said, "Oh. what have i done, and

how foolish I waa to listen to you." He

thon said that he could see himself, and

that they had no clothes on, and that tnc

must sew some ilg leaves together. Evory

one then made a dive for his apron out

of the little bundle. The apron Is a square

half yard of green silk with nine tig

leaves worked on It In brown sewing silk.

A voice was then heard calling for Adam,

who pretended to hide, when In came

Jehovah. Ho gave Adam a good scold

ing, but finally told him that he would

give him certain Instructions, whereby he

would havo a chance to regain the pres

ence of his Father and God after ho was

driven out Into the world. These Instruc

tions consisted of grips, &c, and the gar

ments he wore would protect him frgm

all evil. (Mormons say of these gnrments

that the pattern was revealed direct from

Heaven to Joseph Smith, and are the

same as were originally worn by Adnm.)

They then put on tnelr caps and mocca

sins, the women s caps being made of

Swiss muslin; It Is one yard square,

rounded at one corner so ns to lit the

head, and there are strings on It which

tie under the chin. The moccasins arc

mado of linen or calico. The men's arc

mado exactly like those of pastry cooks,

with a bow on the right side, i should

here mention, before I go further, that

Balhehoba Smith and one of tho priests

enacted the parts of Adam and Eve. and

30 stood sponsors for the rest of us. who

were individually supposed to bo Adams

and Eves.

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shut that faced the places C and D. where

we were standing listening and waiting.

He remained there a second or two, and

everything wnB quiet. At the end of that

tlmo we, heard him going back the same

way, to where Elohlm and Jehovah wero

waiting. When he got back he said; '"I

have collected all the elements together

and founded an earth; wnat would'st thou

have me do next'" Using tho same form

ula every time they sent him down to tho

world; tncy then told him to separate tho

land from the water, light from darkness,

etc, and so they wt;nt regularly through

the creation, but they always told him to

come up nnd report what he had done.

When the creation wub supposed to be

finished. Michael went back and told

them It was very fair and beautiful to

look upon- Elohlm then said to Jehovah,

that ho thought they had better go down

and have a look at It, which they did

and agreed with Michael that It was a

beautiful placo; that It seemed a pity it

should be of no partlular use. but

thought It would be a good idea to create

man to live In it and cultivate these

things.

Thoy then came out of the Garden of

Eaen '(which was supposed to havo been

nowly finished) and shutting the door aft

er them, came to where wo were standing.

We were thon told to. shut our eyes, and

Jehovah said to Michael' "Glvo me a

handful of dust and I will create roan."

We were then told to open our eyes, and

we saw n man that he had tak'en from

the crowd, standing besldo Jehovah, nnd

' to whom Jehovah said: "I shall call thee

I (Mam, for thou shalt be called the father

bt all mankind." Jehovah then said It

was not good for man to be alone, eo hp

would create a woman and a helpmate

for him. We wero again told to close our

eyes and Adam was requested to go to

sleep, which he obligingly did. Jehovah

was then supposed to take a rib from

Adam's side and form Eve. We were

then told to open our eyes and look upon

the handiwork of the Lord. When we did,

we saw a woman taken from among the

crowd Svho was standing by Adam's cldc.

Jehovah said he would call tho woman

Eve, bpcause she would be the mother of

all mankind

THE DOOR OF THE GARDEN OF

EDEN

was then opened and all marched In

with our bundles, (the men going first,

as they always take precedence.) nnd we

ranged ourselves round the room on

benches. The four sides of this room arc

painted In Imitation of trees, flowora.

birds, wild beasts, etc. (Tho artist who

painted the room was evldontly more ac

quainted with whitewashing than paint

ing.) The celling was painted hluc, dot

ted over with golden stars; In the ccnler

of It was the sun, a little further along

tho moon, and nil around wero the stars.

In each -corner was a Masonic emblem.

In ono corner In a compass, In another

the square, the remaining two wore tho

level and tho plumb. On the east aide

of the room, next the door, was a painted

applo tree, and In tho northern part of

tho room wan a small wooden altar.

After wo had seated ourselves, Jehovah

told Adam md Eve that thev could oat of

every trie In the garden except of this

They then proceeded to glvo us tho first

grip of the Aaronlc or Lesser Priesthood,

which consists In putting the thumb on

the knuckle of the Index linger, and clasp

ing the hands round. We were then

mado to swear "To obey the laws of the

Mormon Church and all thoy enjoin, In

preterence to those of the United States."

Tho penalty for revealing this grip and

oath, Is that you will have your throat

cut from ear to' ear, and your tongue torn

from your mouth, and the sign of the pen

alty Is drawing tho hand with the thumb

pointing tovards the throat sharply

across and bringing the arm to the level

of tho square and with the hand upraised

to Heaven, swearing to abide the same.

We were then driven out of this Into

the room called the World, where there

were three mon standing nt a small altar

on the east side of the room, who wero

supposed to represent Peter, James and

John. Peter standing In tho center. Ho

was supposed to have the keys of heav

en. Men representing (or trying to) the

different religious sects then camo In and

presented their views and said they want

ed to try and save these fallen children.

In doing this they could not refrain from

exaggerating and coarsely satirizing the

different sects they represented, Previous

to their coming In, however, Peter had

presented to us the gospel of Christ at

least ho told us that Christ had come to

dlo for the original sin, but that we had

got to work out our own salvation, and

that In tho last days a prophet should bo

raised up to savo all thoso that would

believe In his divine mission; consequent

ly these different representatives were

told that their doctrines did not suit the

people and that thero was something

wanting In their faith and so they could

go. They the Devil camu in and tried to

allure the people, and bustling up to the

altar, Peter said to him- "Hallo, Mr.

Doil, how do you do todav! It's a very

flno day, isn't It? What havo you come

after?" The Devil replied that he didn't

seem to take to any of those so-railed

Christian religions, why didn't they quit

bothering about anything of that kind'

nnd liVe a life of pleasure, etc' However

he was told to go, and thai quickly.

Pelcr then gave tho second grip of the

Aaronlc or Lesser Priesthood, which con

sists of putting the thumb between tho

knuckles of the Index and second lingers

and clasping tho hand around. The pen

ally for revealing this Is to he sawn

asunder, and our members caot Into tho

sea. Tho sign of the penalty was draw

ing tho hand sharply across tho middle

of the body. To receive that grip we

had to put on our robps, which consisted

of a long straight pleco of cloth" reach

ing to our feet, doubled over and gath

ered very full on the shoulder and round

the wnlpt. There was also a long narrow

plf-ce of cloth tied around the waist

called. Ihe "sash." It was phiced on the

right shoulder, to receive the grip, ihe

people to wear their apron over It. The

mon then took the oath of chastity and

tho women tho same; they don't consider

polygamy at all unchaste, but snld that

It was an Henven ordained law, and that

a man. to" be exalted In the world to come

must havo more than one wlf. The wo

men then took tho oath of obedience to

their husbsuids, having to look up 'to

them ns their gods It Is not possible

for r woman to go to Christ, except

through her husband.

Then a man enme In and said that the

Gospel (which during those fow minutes'

intervals had laid dormant for 1S00 years)

had been again restored lo earth, and

thai an angel had revealed it to a young

boy named Joseph Smith, and that nil

the gifts, blessings and prophecies of old

hurl been restored with It, and this Inst

revelation was to be called the Latter

day Dispensation. The priests pretended

Joyfully to accept this, and said .It was

the very thing thoy were In search of.

nothing else having had the power lo

satisfy theni

They then proceeded Ir. give us the Ilrst

grip of the Melohlzedek or Higher Priest

hood, which Is salrl to be the same as

Christ held. , The thumb Is placed on the

! knuckle of the Index linger which Is

placed straight along tho palm of tho

hand, while the lower part of the hand

Is clasped with the remaining lingers.

The robe for this grip was changed from

tho right to the left shoulder. We were

then made to swear to avenge the death

of Joseph Smith, the martvr. together

with thnt of his brother. Hyrum. on this

American Nation, nnd that we would

teach our children and children's chil

dren to do so. The penalty for this, grip

and oath was dlsembowelmcnt.

We were then marched Into the north

east room (the men, of course, always go

ing first) designated the prayer rlrcle

room. We were then made to take an

oath of

OBEDIENCE TO THE MORMON

PRIESTHOOD.

And now the highest or grandest grip

of tho Melchlzedek priesthood was given.

We clasped each other round the hand

with tho point of the Index linger resting

on the v.'lst. and little lingers (Irmly

linked together. The place on the wrist

where the index linger points Is supposed

to bo the place where Christ was nailed

to the cross, but they tort; out and he had

to bo nniled again: and so you place your

second linger beside the lndox on the

wrist; It Is called the

SURE SIGN OF THE NAIL.

And if the grip Is properly given. It is

very hard to pull apart. The robe was ,

changed from the left to the Tight shoul

der to receive this grip.

The men then formed a circle round tho

altar, linking their arms straight across

and placed their hands on one another's

shoulders. The priest knelt at the altar

and took hold of ono of the men's hands

and prayed. Ho told us that the electric

current of prayer passed through the

clrclo and that was the most elllcaclous

kind of prayer. The women stood out

side tlu circle with their veils covering

their faces, tho only time during the cer

emony thnt they did so.

The prayer ovor, they all trooped up the

staircase on the north side of the house.

Into the room called the Instruction

Room, where the people sat down on

benches on the west side of the room.

Facing the-n about midway between lloor

and colling was a wooden beam thnt went

across the room from north to south, and

from which was suspended a dirty look

ing piece of what was once white calico.

This was called "Iho Vail." and Is sup

posed to be In Imitation of the one In

Solomon's Temple On this vail are marks

like those on the garments, together with

extra holes for putting tho arms thfpugh.

But before going thrbugh the vail, wo

received a general outline of the instruc

tions wo had received down stairs. This

over, the priest took a man to tho vnii

tho only ono ho ever tells, for they must

never tell their celestial names to their

wives, although the wives must tell theirs

to thplr husbands) through the holes In

the vail. He was then allowed to go

through to the other side, which was sup

posed to be heaven, and this Is where a

strong Imagination might be of some use,

for anything more unlike heaven, I can't

conceive. The man having got through,

he went to the opening (No. 2) and told

tho gatekepper to call for the woman he

was about to marry, telling him her

name. She then stepped up to the vail

whore the marks "B" are. They couldn't

see each other, but put tholr hands

through the openings, ono of thejr hands

on each .nher's shoulder and the other

around the waist. (The marks on the

plan at the sides aro for the arms, and

all the marks In the plan on tho vail arc

exactly as thoy aro In the Endowment

House. The top round mark Is the placo

where they spoke through, and tho

square, compass and stone correspond

with the marks on tho garments; the

two bottom marks were where tho feet

ure put through,) with the arms so fixed.

ihe knees were placed within each oth

er, the feet of course being tho samo, the

woman's given name was then whispered

through the villi, thc-n her now and ce

lestial name, then the priestess who stood

by to Instruct tho women told them to

repeat after her a most disgusting for

mula or onth. 1 cannot remember It

thoroughly, but whnt I do. consists of

"the heart and the liver, the belly and

the thighs, the marrow and the bones."

The last and highest grip of tho Melohl

zedek priesthood was then given through

the vnll.

They then released their hold of each

other, and the priestess taking the wo

man to opening No. 2. knocked the sanin

as they did nt tho men's entrance, arid

tho gatekeeper having asked "Who Is

there?" and the priestess having replied,

"Eve, having been faithful In all things,

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lo one of the openings, (mnrked 1.) where

he knocked with a small wooden mallet

that hung on the wooden support A

voice on the other side of the vnll (It

was supposed to be Peter's) asked who

was there, when the prlcsl answering for

the man said, "Adam, hnvlng been faith

ful, desires to enter."' The priest then

led the man up to the west side of the

vail, where he had to put his hands

through and clasp the man or Peter (to

whom he whispered his new nnmc, and

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desires to enter," Evo -wns accordingly

ushered Into heaven.

Before I go further I must tell how thoy

bcllevo tho entrance Into heaven Is to ho

gained on tho morning of the resurrec

tion. Peter will call Up the men nnd wo

men, (for It Is not possible for a woman

to be resurrected or exalted, or to bo

made a Queen In heaven, unless some

man takes pity on her and raises her).

If the marks on the garments are found

to correspond with those on the vail,

(the dend nrp burled In the whole para

phernalia). If you can give tho grips

nnd tokens, and your new name, and vou

ar dressed properly In your robes, w'hy,

then, one has a sure permit to heaven,

and will pass by the angels, (who they

suppose are to be only mlnlstorlng serv

ants,) to a more exalted glory; the more

wives they havn. they think, the higher

their .glory will be.

To resume: "After we got through, wc

saw Joseph F Smith sitting nt a table

recording the names of those who wero

candidates for marriage. He wrote the

names In a book (the existence of which

WOMAN'S CAP AND MOCCASIN.

marriage- register this truthful apostle

has since denied, so that a polygamous

marriage might not be found out) and

then ho wroto the two names on a slip of

paper, to be taken Into the sealing room

to the officiating priest, so that ho might

know whom he was marrying. After

having given this slip of paper to tho

pr est. (Daniel IL Wells), wo knelt at a

LUleV0.0(len altar (lne" are all alike In

tho Endowment House). He then asks

the man If he Is willing to take the wo

man lo wife, and the woman If sho Is

willing to take him for a husband. They

both having, nnswered yes, he tells the

man that he must look to God. but the

woman must look to her husband as her

God. for If he lives his religion, the spirit

of God wll be In him, and she must

therefore ylold him unquestioning obe

dience, for ho Is as a god unto her. and

( then concludes that he having authority

from on high, to bind and looso here uiion

earth, and whatsoever ho binds hero shall

be bound In heaven, seals tho man nnd

woman

FOR TIME AND ALL ETERNITY.

i iHe tnn llls 1,10 man "nd woman to

klsa each other across the altar, the man

kneeling on tho north side and the woman

on the south, and to It Is finished. Some

,,Z3 h.9', h,ave messes, somotlmes not.

If thoy think any trouble may arise from

a marriage or that tho woman Is Inollned

to be a little perverse, they have no Wit

nesses, neither do they give marriage cer

tificates, nnd If occasion requires It, and

It is to shield any of their polygamous

brethren from being found out, It hey will

positively swear that they did not per

form any marrlago at all, so that the wo

men In this Church have but a very nooV

outlook for being considered honorable

When the marrlago ceremony was ovor

wo camo put of the "sealing room." nnd

I crossed "Heaven" Into the ladle? dress

Ing room, where, after having dressed

and my husband paid tho feesf we took

"Holy Writ.-' KethCr wUh.thttt ' X

REFLECTIONS.

It was half-past throe p. m when

eft I having gone there at Tight o'clock

In the morning. You can probably im

agine how fatigued on feels, after In

toning pat ently all the lime to thefr in

cessant talking. Certainly at the end of

the tlmo one fools more like taking in

nourishment than listening to tho promnt

Ings of the "Holy Spirit." I Vh0 Id er

haps havo remarked before that tho

priests, when going through tho House

wear their ordinary clothing and

straight Into the "House of thBiS

wlth their dirty top boots on, ast&X

they had Just come off a farm, while we

poor sinners wore obliged to walk In nT.r

dcnS"S fCCt ,C9t thG fl00r Should bl

MAN'S CAP.

i

Tho little addition attached to thn mni

building on the west side and in Jut1?

Is the font. Is used for rebamirlnh

pie before they can be allowed in P

through the house, and Is qui to a i

arate affair from the washing and ano'nt

Inar; people are generally baptized 1 day

or two before they go through the house.

I was baptized Ihe night before. On this

snmo evening I wus told that us T was

going through the "House of the Lord

on tho following day. I must pay the

very strictest attention to everything I

should see nnd hear, ns it would be for

my benefit hereafter. 1 was obedient In

that rcsitfct, for I remember everything

that happened as vividly as though It

were vesterdav. nnd If It had not been

for mv benefit, I hope that this article

may prove of somo uso in warning and

enllghtonlng people, as lo

THAT MOST HORRID BLASPHEMY,

Jargon and mummery that goes on In

that most sacred ''House of the Lord. '

MRS. G. S. R .

A VERSION IN BRIEF.

A Mnn Who Wants the Exact Words

to Be Known.

KIIUir TilhuiU': Mail I h wlnh to nmli Into

print. I nhould liavo written aro this; lut,

ilndlng my account of tlu iwloiviiwiit cere

mony In print, wliloli I pavo under U10 pmm

l of tswrcy lo a brother ilufcon, I think J

Hhoulrt l nllowe.1 miwch to nay soiuotlilnif.

I may wiy at Htartlnc that. nltbouch ac

cused of n-civlnK miiiwy for divulging tliu

endowment rcremony. I liuvo nver r-irlv-l

on copper cent for anything In connection

with the ofTaJr.

The Oath.

I nhould like tho endowment oittli, mi II )

rallal (iUUkjiieIi a friend who all at my elbow

ObtiirvcM. "It In oath from tho rim to tho fall

of i5ij ciirtnln"). to bo nccurntnly ulveii. I

Imv taken thlH oulli In company with nt

lraxt two arOMilos, nnd whether nn nxcopllon

whh rruubi In ApoHtln fimootn am 1 cannot

Riiy; but I mippoM he took HiIh:

Vou and chcIi of you do itolemnly promise

hiuI vow that you will pray and novor ecu

to Importune high heaven to ovencn tho blood

of the prophotB upon thl Nation, and ihat

you will tf-anli thin 10 your children and your

children's children unto tho third und fourth

Kenerutlon. All bow your henIn and ay yes."

ir Hint Is not treason, I fall to know what

trcawn Is. JAMES II. WALLIS, SR..

PTO Second Htrcot. Salt Lftko City.

Necessity for Pure Food Laws.

Thf necessity for national puro food

laws Is self-ovldent. The reasons for

opposition on the part of a few Congress

men cannot be understood unless they

aro representatives of somo Interests

which are Injurious to public health. Wo

do want, all foods labeled properly to pro

vent frauds, whether they aro harmless

to health or not, and we do want a check

to the Indiscriminate uso of chemlo anti

septics Yet It is well to go slow so as to

avoid committing ourselves to a condem

nation of harmless things. It Is par

ticularly wrong to place a prohibitive tax

upon coloring materials In buttorino and

permit tho practlco In tho caso of butter.

The Depnrtmont of Agrlculturo Is wisely

conducting a war against foreign foods

Imported under folso names. Foreign

makers of foodw and beverages have too

long looked upon us ixs legitimate- prey

good things and have grown rich upon

our Inrnne deplro to buy something made

In Franco or Germnny.

The average American Is snld to enjoy

being swindled !n llttlo things now and

the oven tho wrong end of a horse

rrado has Its compensations. But when

It comcn to being swindled as n. regular

thing by a Frenchman or a German it's

a different matter a reflection upon our

national Intelligence, Thero should be,

then, no opposition to this proposed law.

but wo do hopo that Its beneficent pur

pose can bo oxtended beyond tho scope of

Importations nnd Interstate traffic tho

prr.sont limitations of national laws.

Wo hopo to se tho time when any one

who fraudulently sells one thing under the

name of another can always be prosecuted

and driven out of business, and If the

fraud Is proved to be Injurious to health

we hopo the seller cna b locked up as a

public enemy. Luckily for the ncoplo It

Is found that Inspections of food art- In

creasing public confidence nnd actuallv en

hancing trade In presorved foods Instead

of hampering It. Fear of fraud always

tends to kill any kind of commerce. The

worst kind of sordid self-interest may

thus bring tho offenders themselves to the

sldo of those who are battling for the pub

lic health. American Medlcino.

Old Egypt's Gold Mines.

Prof. R. D. Georgo of Iho University of

Colorado suggests that tho ancient Egypt

ians drew tho larger part of their gold

from the old working near Coptos, lati

tude W degrees north, and from the

mountains somo distance to tho south,

Tho mountains to tho south of Coptos aro

probably tho mines for which the kings

of tho twelfth dynasty sacrificed the lives

of many thousand men; for the rulo of

Egyptian kings who wanted gold was to

Invade- Nubia and take possession of the

mines. Just as when they wanted copper

they drove back tho nomndlc tribes of

Slnal and built fortresses to protect their

m'n- The Nubian gold workings of

which Prof. George speaks are placed In

an almost Inaccessible mountain group

surrounded on all sides by a waterless

desert Hero may bo seen tunnels and

shafts penetrating tho mountains to al

most unknown depths,

Three hundred stone huts shelter 300

mills used In pulverizing the ore: Immense

cisterns once caught the scanty water

?h?5.,r0Hm.l.1,e ?Ppcr sl01)ea- and near

fii? ..N?n? aPm tables "n which

tho pu verlzed ore was washed. Records

fm, .$at tht? 0 m.lnea were worked with

hi we!T Uptl0M twenty centuries by

the Egyptians, and there la no means of

the Nubians before them. -" o

In the Inscriptions of the Now Pmniw

aknadfnonf 44 "

Amea'

a mass of base metal for gold He sav

?,8,.tTlyKmlna8 of Bold you sent mo

contained, when melted down onlv five

br ck" efvePnUrthefc;0ld "lSo ffi AcVoTd

uriCK ecn was not unknown.

Figures That Stagger.

o.?1 us?d to 00 tnat astronomy with it

stupendous magnitudes. IncrTdlble velo

cities and Inconceivable distances seemert

ncro 13 the man who can conroiv nf

mYllon'lh" Qnns ln nvonhundrcd

millionth part of a second' But this Is

quite a lonr period compared to soma of

ontfcVnYo acS,ePt InovltobR iZ

opUcs. According to Maxwell's exeat

natlng electric currents flowing In air or

Interplanetary space, and changing Uiclr

ond. And this is supposed to bo true, of

f0m ?f M&nt com,n from the.sun

n ?1C lainp 01L a luclfer match Who

can think of anything happening n the

ond7SaTndm,lll0rpn mmionth part & a sec

ond? London Telegraph.

The Big Wall Paper Store.

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sobbed Tonmm6.rnd7rhc0nr't 00m"

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Temple.;

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PRAYER ROOM igri

.

Oath of Vengeance 9

Makes Person

County

Special b Th.

WASHINGTON, Fth. J

endowment crenum-,

orouB oath known

wane., which u ujjjj

Bcnate committer htntii

.Wolfe, 1 a folloWl! y

On entarlnc thi an

candidal, u u.hwedhS 5

mu.t b. ,1.4 by hlf L 5

the nam ot thi ca tZSf

In cost ho his noTtlitiL

,wiha w fav. Hl

Tho records ceicc ttu, i

room In nt wterJd.

room aro tho plctu i9

tpostUi i ot tho ctairX x&

end of th room acMaarfSJ

rnovo tHrir elW lJ

Ion covered nuiir, J

annex to the TenpT, uaL?.

very simple, coBJlittyfT

cf two hymm. orcr?,eiri7

ed to the dMMtajSSi?:

who aro to. reeelv. tliZ

The io paa tnu th bu2

room, aad sera cf u ric3?

ro to eh candle, uToi

head and lay: "Braitr-I.

,of tho Lord Jerus Oun iA

'ot tho holy M!ehUlM M.

you oa elder in th. thZ&t

LattAr-dsy Saints, fw ufA

Kho Iff 6tftL" ,

In the Dresdng.J

In tho dresln;-roosi ti tui

'excepting the rrasiu, eTj

.oft and handed to oa dfl b

tho condldaU enters tit tate

who attends to the wsrtktri

,ej-o. the eara. the mnthTfli i

,tho vitals, the kdw, & ii,

ttals blnr dcae, the cim2

Is hurriedly wiped drr Hi

atool. whero ho Is anctetH l

from a ram's horn, ti u

'anointed that ivr wuht jy

then stands whllo a nun rg

over his shoulders, telline bfa

rnonts ar a patten; ol ijm

pve to Adam In tho Quia i

him further that tflfy matt

and that they -will proro t jn

of danger With the ruse

Into tho candidate's ear t in

one taken from the BltK a

never to reveal this cam t

oopt as It may be require! ill

;the Toraple ceremoa)-. I! U

tho dead, he Is lafsrari li

through th Temple certcsj

bo forsottan, as It Is the prij

and not his own. .

Tho candidate then pott la

Ini-room. where he put eat

'ot white pants, alio "rtult w

'rles with him a bundli cceH

sandals and apron. i

In Cratian3s

, He then sees to the cm

tho men are seated ca Ut r!t

the left. The delay here !s li

,as the walls are bus saI (f

wnshlnc uii anointing tibt

Ithero happens to b nori aai

At length tho sllsaes Is M

'enters a door In the froattfl

jln whlto flannel and rssrtasl

KTfttost ot the JJoraoa UKm.

'stctcmcnt that nny who '

to, that every thlnf whki lib

jto b kept a prooocd uai

been already pus4d thwtVi

which la to come. Stelat M

"retire. h continues: i

"Brethren, you bare tola I

nounoad clesn; that Is. riw

and sins of this generally

anointed thai you nujr kg

priests to our God aol oU (V

have ben anointed klopiui

you may become mens

your faithfulness. ..'

"Tou, sloten, have Un w

ed that you may tcsi W

essca to your lords; tatf kj

Three VoIom

"Tou will now hiar tfM'

iJohovah and Mlenael. Jfw i

tlon and hear what yea rt3

Elohlm dUappears d

Is heard from a rexots

room :

r.lohlm Jehovah and MJeMi

ter unorsanlied. Lt si P

,r world like unto ths ette i

cfatod.

Jeh. nnd JIIch.-"Ws -srltt H

It U evident, then. tW

the celestial world, while

havo to do with ths crow

'wprk la carried on In J

tho account 'as jlm w m

of each day Jehovah Wi

will go dor-n and- r?rt

tho W".

'ntIII rdturn and report.

th back part of the

'telltn him what lbf W

surfirncd their datles tor u

After the compWW" JfJ "2

Johovh and inohil tsic

at iv-hlch Hoblm

Ichaol toleea a chair, WW "

iTUh stood on eWW Sni j

. fctohlm-See tn1r3'',1

Th-rr Is no man ln II . to u

Jthovah Let us cu 1 -

He Falla

Elohlm and Jh?Tll,vISt1

lover Michael's bodf. inM ;

folia asleep. ,,i,V-fl

Elohlm tto the urf

Ibelns operated on Is JOcW

he will have ff"tLnU

'oa a little child and vlU .

Whereupon. Adam Tai

Elohlm-It UMt fit l

Jehovah-It Is not fW.

Eloh.m-We fxlM

.upon Adam and m"8 ,CT M

with him. , ... .afrttMt,

The male part of tfis TMi

to closo their ey. w-ifjsB

While Adam JiwflM

,bcbldo him. Elohlm

Elohlm-Adam. irj J 'fl

atod for you. TVh W!U HI

Adam Eve.

Blohlm-Wny TS- . &

Adam-Because ih jHI

llvlnc H

Elohlm to Jjhlfrj xithM

eastward In Eden & "j? aH

man whom v." aa gfH

Elohlm-Ttie b 37 BR

nnd the si-Hera will W'

In Garden

All up on " fvSWs

ot Eden. Tbi ridf

to represent a .ierfSW

beasts wm to 'e

other. At one end 01 ,tViaf. M

nnd behind thU e VisH

To the left of the jrfij?

It. Is th Tr ' h"

Elohlm and

,hlm addrMfs Adara 'M,

Elohlm-Adam. u tUH

.planted for yo Ot , (jHj

rlen you may gi if.f!,

,eat of It. ne'vh.c' aiur :WM

iNow be hapiry onJ JJ-

away. but " f gM&

Elohlm "JWJ

.valor In aurht 0J., -t.J7w

Adam to 'wf'K

(your mind and " iW

'. If