When on vacation last week I ambled into a wonderful little used book
store in Fredericksburg, Virginia. There were hundreds of books that
caught my eye there, but I left with only one—Faith and Betrayal,
by Sally Denton, a biography that traces the life of Jean Rio, the
author’s great-great-grandmother. One of England’s earliest and most
notable converts to Mormonism, Rio set out from England to Utah in the
1850’s to settle down in Zion (which is to say, Salt Lake City, Utah).
The book describes her journey, her arrival, and her eventual
disillusionment as she comes to see the ugly underbelly of Mormonism—the
violence, the polygamy, the greed and the utter hypocrisy of it all. It
was a fascinating little book.
While Faith and Betrayal
was interesting as history and biography, I read it at least in part
because of an interest I have in Mormonism. It seems that the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is coming into its own in recent days.
Mormons tend to be high achievers and are increasingly finding their
way into positions of power and influence, whether that is as CEO of a multi-billion dollar company or as a presidential candidate. Continue at Tim Challies
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