The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-14

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teach his children, and bring them up in the light OF un
aduerated and eternal truths more worthy OF hun
bred wives and children than the ignorant slave of pas
son OF vice and folly is to have one wife and one
child.
Indeed the God of Abraham much better please
with one than with the other that he wonld gen take
away the talent which is habitualy abused neglect
ed or put to an improper use, and give to him who
! has ten talents
wife is bound to the law of her husband She honors
him. calls him lord even Sarah obeyed and houorc
| his greatness his Kingdom, or family der affections
conferred in her God her husband and her children
The children are al.o under his government worlds
without end while life thought being lasts,
immortality endures" they are bound to obey him as
| their father and king
He also has n head to whom he is responsible He
must keep the commandments OF God and observe his
| laws. He must not take wife unless sheis given to
him by the law and authority OF God He must not
cept his own who are secured to him by the holy ord
nanoes Of matrimony.
in other words the law of Abraham and the patarchs
would have institutions tending to Righteousness
houses institutions would exist for traffic in shame,
in the life blood Of our fair daughters Wealthy men
would have no inducement to keep mistress in secret
| or uDlawfuly. Females would have no grounds Tor
temptation in any such awless life.
Neither money pleasure could tempt them, nor
poverty drive them any such because the door
would be open for every virtuous female to form the
honorable and endearing relationships OF wite ana
mother in some yirtuous family where love and peace
and plenty would crown her days and truth and the
nrncce ef virtue qualify her to be with her
family circle in that eternal soil where they may multi
ply their children without pain sorrow or DEATH and
increasing in numbers in wealth, in greatness in
glory, might, majesty, power and dominion, in worlds
without end
o. my sister, could the dark veil Of tradition be
rent from your mind-could you gaze for moment on
Isaac and Jacob and their wives and Children clad in the
boom freshness and beauty Of immortal flesh and bones
clothed in robes Of fine white linen, bedecked with
precious stones and gold and surrounded with Off
slripg OF mmortals countless the stars of the
fl mament the grains of sand upon the shore,
which they reign kings and queens for and
would then know something of the weight of
those words OF the sacred writer which recorded in
relation the four wives Jacob the mothers of the
twelve patrarchs, namely Thesc did build the house
OF Israel
that my dear kindred could but realize that they have
need 'orepent of the sins, gnorances and traditions of
those perverted systems which misnamed ''Chris
any, and be baptized buried in the water, in the like
Of the death and burial of Jesus Christ and rise to
of life in the likeness Of his resurrection receive
his spirit by the laying OF the hands of an apostle
according to PROMISE and forsake the world and the pride
thereof
Thus they would be adopted into the family of Abra
hambecome his sons and daughterssee and enjoy for
themselves the visions the spirit eternal truth which
bear witness Of the family order of heaven; and the
beauties and glories of eternal kindred ties for pen
can never describe them.
Dear, dear NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., according to the New
Testament, and the testimony Of an ancient apostle, il
you saved in the kingdom Of God it must be by
of the great Patriarch Abraham for in his seed family
and not out Of IT, hall all the nations and kindreds Of
]
You say you believe polygamy is 'llcentousness''-
that it is "abomnable'' "beasy," &C. 'the practice
only of the most arbarous nations of the dark ages
Of some great good men, who left to commit
gross sins"
Yet YOU say you anxious for to be converted to
your faith and that we may see each other in this life,
and be associated in great family in that life which
/ has no end.
the Old and New Testsments-nust count Abra-
ham Isaac and Jacob and their families lcentious
wicked, beasy, abominable characters Moses Nathan
Da, i'd and the prophets better must look upon the
God of 1saeas paraker in all these denominations, by
holding them in fellowship, and a minister of
vid's bosom and afterwards by taking Davd's wives
from him and giving them TO his neghbor.
must consider Jesus Christ and Paul, and John, as
either living in dark age as full OF the darkness and
ignorance Of barbarous chimes, else wfuy abomna-
bic and wicked in felowshipng polygamists, and repre-
sentng them fathers of the faithful and rulers in
heaven
must doom them all to hell with adulterers fornica-
tors, etc. else at least assign to them nook
in heaven as ignorant persons who knowing but
/ little, were beaten with few stripes.
While by analogy must learn to consider the Roman
popes, clergy and nuns who do not marry at all fore
most in the ranks OF glory and those Catholics and Pro-
tesans who have but wife next in of saliva
ton, glory, Immortality and eternal lite
Now dear friends much long 10 see you, and dear
you TO me to these terms. feel
as though the Gospel had introduced into the right
family, into the right lineage and into good company
And besides al these considerations should ever be
beclouded with untelief Of the Scriptures and
heavenly as to agree with my kindred in New
HamI shire in theory, still my practical circumstances
different and would fear, continue to separate
by wide and almost impossible gulf.
founded en- the word Of God) formed family and kindred
tics, which nexpressiby dear to and which can
never bring my feelings to consent TO dissolve.
! have gooi and vrtuous husband, whom love. We
have four little children which mutually and mex
pressbly dear to And besides this, my husband has
other living wives, and who has departed to
better world He has in all upwards Of twenty five chill
dren All these mothers and children endeared to
by lindred es-by mutual affection-by acquaintance
and association and the mothers in particular by mutual
and long continued exercises of toll, patience long
suffering and ssterly Kindness We ali have our imper
fections this lfe but know that these good
worthy women, and that my husband is good and
worthy one who keeps the commandments Of Jesus
Christ and presdes in his family like Abraham. He
seeks to provide for them with all diligence he loves
/ them all and seeks to comfort them and make them
| happy. lie teaches them the commandments Of Jesu
Christ and gathers them about him in the family circle
/ TO call upon bis God, both morning and evening.
He and his family have the confidence, esteem, good
will and fellowship Of this entire Territory and of wide
! circle Of acquaintance in Europe and America.
He is practical teacher Of morals and religion; pro-
moter of general education and at present occupies
honorable seat the Legislative Council of this Territory
Now, as TO visiting my kindred in New Hampshire,
would be pleased to DO so, were it the will Of God But
first the laws Of that State must be modified by
lightened legislation and the customs and conscences
its nhab itants, and Of my kindred altered that my
husband can accompany me with all his wives and chill
rea and be much respected and honored in his fami
ly organization and in his holy calling he is at home
in the the patriarch Jacob would have
been respected had he with his wives and children paid
visit to his kindred.
As my husband is yet in his youth, well as myself
I fondly hope we shall live to see that day.
For already the star of Jacob is in the ascendany the
House Of Israel about TO be restored while Mystery
Babylon" with all her institutions, awaits her
throw.
Till this is the in New Hampshire my kindred will
be under the necessity Of coming here to
other hand, will be mutually compelled to foreg6 the
pleasure of each others company
You mention in your letter that Paul. the Apostle
commended that bishops be the husband Of one wife
Why his the do not know unless 1t was he
says that while he among Romans he did Romans
did. Rome, at that time governed the world ii
and although gross doators, they held to the wife
system. Under these circumstances, doubt the
apostle Paul seeing a great many polygamsts in the
Church. recommended that they had better choose for
this particular temporal office, Of small families
who would not be in disrcpute with the government
This Is precisely our course in those countries where Ro
man institutions s bear sway Our elders there have
but one wife, in order to conform the laws OF men.
You inquire why Elder W, when at your house, denied
that the Church Of this age held TO the doctrine Of PIN
raly. answer, that he might have been ignorant OF
the TACT, our belief on this point published
till 1852 And bad he known H. he had to reveal
/ he until the full time had ryed