[228:A] _Times and Seasons_, Vol. V. p. 474. [228:B] _Millennial Star_, Vol. VI. p. 22. [229:A] _Millennial Star_, Vol. X. p. 137. [229:B] _Taylor's Discussion at Boulogne_, p. 8. [232:A] _Illinois Laws of 1833_, p. 198. See also Gales' _Revised Statutes_ of 1839, p. 220, and _Revised Statutes_ of 1845, p. 173, the same law having been reenacted in 1845. [232:B] _Revelation_, Sec. 24. [232:C] _Book of Doctrine and Covenants_, p. 332. [233:A] _The Seer_, Vol. I. p. 111. [234:A] _The Seer_, Vol. I. pp. 43-47. [239:A] To explain the part which Brother Kimball acted in this affair, it afterward appeared that he was anxious to have Sarah provided for because he wanted the house that Sarah lived in, for his daughter, who was about to marry a son of Parley P. Pratt. CHAPTER XIII. THE ENDOWMENT. _Dramatis Personæ._ ELOHEIM, or _Head God_, Brigham Young. JEHOVAH, Heber G. Kimball. JESUS, Daniel H. Wells. MICHAEL, or _Adam_, W. C. Staines. SATAN, W. W. Phelps. APOSTLE PETER, Orson Pratt. APOSTLE JAMES, John Taylor. APOSTLE JOHN, Erastus Snow. WASHER, Dr. Sprague. CLERK, David O. Calder. EVE, Miss Eliza R. Snow. TIMOTHY BROADBRIM, _a Quaker_, Wilford Woodruff. DEACON SMITH, _a Methodist_, Orson Hyde. PARSON PEABODY, _a Presbyterian_, Franklin D. Richards. ELDER SMOOTH-TONGUE, _a Baptist_, Phineas H. Young. FATHER BONIFACE, _a Catholic_, George A. Smith. BROTHER and SISTER JONES, } BROTHER and SISTER WHITE, } SISTER MARY BROWN, _to be sealed to_ BROTHER WHITE, } _Endowees_. _Several other Candidates_, } ACT I. SCENE I. [_Enter Candidates._ _Clerk._ Good-morning, brethren and sisters. Be seated. Brother White, please state the time and place of your birth, date of your marriage, and the time when you were baptized into the church. _Bro. W._ I was born November 3d, 1801, in the town of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire. I was married January 1st, 1824, and was baptized into the church April 1st, 1860. _Clerk._ Have you paid your tithing punctually? If so, produce your receipts. [These are read, and handed back.] That is sufficient. You are entitled to receive your endowments. Sister White, will you state when and where you were born, and when you became a member of the church? _Sister W._ I was born September 18th, 1815, in the State of New York, and became a member of the church in 1852. _Clerk._ Sister Mary Brown, please state when and where you were born, and when you became a member of the church. _Sister Mary._ I was born June 20th, 1849, in Great Salt Lake City, and was baptized into the church in 1860. [The Clerk propounds the same questions to all the candidates, and enters their answers in the record.] _Clerk._ You will now proceed to the washing-room, the brethren on the right, and the sisters on the left.