Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
On the the Eastern Mail arrived bringing George A Smith
J. M. Bernhisel ^and Truman O Angel^
On Sunday in the Prayer Circle letters were ^read^ touching Utah affairs in
the States. We found that all hell was boiling over against us. Among the
rest Wm Smith called upon the Government to furnish him with an army and
money and he would come to Utah and subdue the Mormons
In conversation in the Historian's Office on the 2nd of June
between President Young George A Smith Joseph Young and myself the President
said
There is no law in heaven or earth that would compel a woman to stay
with a man either in time or eternity. This I think is true but I do not
know. If a man who is a High Priest takes a woman and she leaves him
and goes to one of a lower office say the lesser Priesthood or members, I think
in the resurrection that that High Priest can claim her
Joseph Young: What if she should not want to go with him? I
should not want a woman under those circumstances
Brigham: I will tell you what you will find that all these
evil traditions and affections or passions that haunt the mind in this life will
all be done away in the resurrection. You will find then that any
man who gets a glory and exaltation will be so beautiful that any woman
would be willing to have him if it was right and whenever it is right
for the woman to go there she will be willing to go for all those evils
will vanish to which we are subject in this life. I have told the truth
just as it is but others will at times will get up and tell the people that
they will have no heaven only what they make in this life and that it
will be in the next world as it will be this. Now they do not mean
what they say. They do not explain themselves and hence the people
do not understand
Joseph Young said, "I wish I knew what my limits are"
and the President replied
"Your limits are endless and you have not go half
way to the end of it yet. Now when I was an Elder I was as
