[John Henry Smith] J. F. S. [Joseph Fielding Smith] blessed my wife Sarah who is about to be confined [in anticipation of child birth] and to leave her was one of the severest trials of my life. But she said go and do my duty she would not stand in my way.
[Source: Jean Bickmore White (editor), Church, State, and Politics: The Diaries of John Henry Smith, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1990, http://bit.ly/johnhenrysmith]
JHS had been unlawfully cohabiting with a 2nd wife for over 3.5 years at this date.
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