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| − | ==Criticism==
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| − | Critics contend that Emma Hale Smith either did not approve of the Prophet Joseph Smith having plural wives or know of the revelation concerning celestial marriage(s).
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| − | ===Source(s) of the Criticism===
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| − | *Linda King Newell, Valeen Tippetts Avery. ''Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, Prophet's Wife, "Elect Lady," Polygamy's Foe.'' (Garden City, New York. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1984)
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| − | ==Response==
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| − | Critics often neglect to provide citations from eye-witnesses who reported Emma's attitude toward plural marriage at other times:
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| − | :Allen J. Stout, who served as a bodyguard for Joseph, recounted a conversation he overheard in the Mansion House between Joseph and his tormented wife. A summary of his account states that "from moments of passionate denunciation [Emma] would subside into tearful repentance and acknowledge that her violent opposition to that principle was instigated by the power of darkness; that Satan was doing his utmost to destroy her, etc. And solemnly came the Prophet's inspired warning: 'Yes, and he will accomplish your overthrow, if you do not heed my counsel.'"{{ref|stout1}}
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| − | Emma's inner conflict was also dramatized in another report:
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| − | :Maria Jane Johnston, who lived with Emma as a servant girl, recalled the Prophet's wife looking very downcast one day and telling her that the principle of plural marriage was right and came from Heavenly Father. "What I said I have got [to] repent of," lamented Emma. "The principle is right but I am jealous hearted. Now never tell anybody that you heard me find fault with that [principle;] we have got to humble ourselves and repent of it." {{ref|johnston1}}
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| − | ==Conclusion==
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| − | ==Endnotes==
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| − | #{{note|stout1}}Allen J. Stout, "Allen J. Stout's Testimony," ''Historical Record'' 6 (May 1887): 230–31; cited in Wendy C. Top "'A Deep Sorrow in Her Heart' – Emma Hale Smith," in ''Heroines of the Restoration'', edited by Barbara B. Smith and Blythe Darlyn Thatcher (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997), 17–34.
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| − | #{{note|johnston1}} Emma Smith to Maria Jane Johnston, cited in Wendy C. Top "'A Deep Sorrow in Her Heart' – Emma Hale Smith," in ''Heroines of the Restoration'', edited by Barbara B. Smith and Blythe Darlyn Thatcher (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997), 17–34.; quoting Newell and Avery, ''Mormon Enigma'', 161.
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| − | ==Further reading==
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| − | ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| − | {{PolygamyWiki}}
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| − | ===FAIR web site===
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| − | ===External links===
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| − | {{PolygamyLinks}}
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| − | ===Printed material===
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