work at once and took from the Church nearly $800,000 worth of property.
After the officers had gotten some good salaries out of it, the property
was at last given back to the Church.

During the time of this crusade thirteen hundred persons suffered from
fines or imprisonment.

July 25, 1887, President John Taylor died at Kaysville, Davis County, Utah.
He had been in exile for over two years; but the brave spirit was now away
from under the power of persecutors, and the Saints could but look on the
peaceful form and face of their beloved leader.

Topics.--1. President John Taylor. 2. Plural marriage. 3. The Edmunds
Bill. 4. The "Crusade." 5. The Edmunds-Tucker Bill.

Questions and Review.--1. Why was there no danger to the Church at the
death of President Young? 2. When was the First Presidency organized again?
3. Who composed it? 4. Tell what you can about John Taylor. 5. Tell about
the Jubilee year. 6. When and where was plural marriage revealed to the
Church? 7. When was the first law passed against this practice? 8. What is
meant by a law being constitutional? 9. What was the Edmunds Bill? 10. How
was it enforced? 11. What was the Edmunds-Tucker Law? 12. When and where
did President Taylor die?




CHAPTER XXXVI.

PRESIDENCY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF.