I can see places where you'll be just the tool he needs.

I mistrust we sha'n't have everything peaceful even now.

The priest in the pulpit is thorning the politician against us, gouging him from underneath--he'd never dare do it openly, for our Elders could crimson his face with shame--and the minions of the mob may be after us again.

If they do, I can see where you will be a tower of strength in your own way." "It's all of my life, Brother Brigham." "I believe it.

I guess the time has come to make you an Elder." And so on a late winter afternoon in the quiet of the Council-House, Joel Rae was ordained an Elder after the order of Melchisedek; with power to preach and administer in all the ordinances of the Church, to lay on hands, to confirm all baptised persons, to anoint the afflicted with oil, and to seal upon them the blessings of health.
In his hard, narrow bed that night, where the cold came through the unchinked logs and the wind brought him the wailing of the wolves, he prayed that he might not be too much elated by this extraordinary distinction..