Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1856-12-09

That too without any murmuring and
whining. You must fulfil the law of
'Iod in every respect and. round up
your shoulders to walk up to the mark
without any gruuting."
Now recullect that two weeks from
Tomorrow | am going to set you at
liberty. But the first wife will say,
1t is hard, for have lived with my
husband twenty years, or thirty, and
have raised family OF children for
him, and its great trial to me for
him to lave more women;' then ]
say its time You gave him up to other
women who will bear chilrcn ltmv
wife had borne me all the children
that she ever would bear, the ccles-
tial law would teach ME to take young
women that would have children. ="
DO you understand this. | have
told you many times that there are
multitudcs of pure and holy spirits
waiting to take tabernacles. Now
what is our duty! To prepare tabcr-
naclcs for them; to take a course that
will not tend to drive those spirits in
- the families Of the wicked, where
they will he trained in wickedness.
dcbauchery andevery species oferime.
1t is the duty Of every righteous man
and every woman to prepare taber
nacles for al the spirits they can.-
Hence, ifmy women leave, Hwill 60
and search up others who will abide
tho celestial lazy, and let all | now
have go where they please, though |
will send the gospel to them. ~
This is the reason why the doctrine
OF plurality Of wives was revealed,
that the noble spirits which are wait
ing for tabernacles might be brought
forth.
Ii the men of the world were right,
or if they were anywhere near right,
there might not be the necessity which
there now is. Rut they are wholly
given up to idolatry, and to all man.
ner of wickedness.
Do think that my children will he
tdamnedi No, | do not, for am go
ing to fightthc devil until save them
ali; Ehsve got my, sword ready, and
it is q two-edged one. have not a
fear about that, for | would almost be
ashamed of my body it would be-
get child that would not abide the
laws ofGod though | may have some
unruly children.
am going to ask you a COOL many
things, and to begin with, l will ask
you what is your prayerss Do you
not ask for the righteous to increase
and dyindlc away! Yes, that is the
prayefof every person that prays at
all. The Mcthodists pray for it, Bap-
lists pray for it, and the Chirclr of Eng
land and all the rcformers, the Shak-
| ing Quakers not excepted. And if
the women belonging to this church
will turn Shaking Quakers, i think
their sorrows will soon be at an end.
Sisters, l am not joking; do not
throw out my proposition to banter
Your feelings, to see whether you will
leave your husbands, all or any OF YOU!
But | do know that there is no censa-
ton to the everlasting winnings OF
many of the women i'll this Territory;
lam satisfied that this is the case
And if the women will turn from the
commandments ofGod. and continue
to dispisc the order Of Heaven, | will
pray that the curse OF the Almighty
may be close at their heels, and that
it may be following them all the day
long. And those that enter into 1t
and are faithful, | will promise them
that they shall be queens in Heaven,
and rulers to all eternity.
'sBut,' says one.A Il want to have
NV paradise now" And another, ~
did think should be in paradise if !
was sealed to Br. Brigham, and l
thought should be happy when be-
came his wife, or Br. Heber,s. | 10y,
ed YOU so MUCH that | thought that |
was going to have Heaven rlSht on
right here on the spot. =. :. a..
What n curious doctrine it is, that
we are prepared to enjoy! The only
Heaven for Won, is that which you
make yourselves. My Heaven is
here. (laying his hand upon his heart)
| carry It with me. When do expect
It in perfectione When ! come up
in the resurrection; then shall have
it. and not till then. F..
But tho women come and say,
really, Br. John, and Br. William
| thought you were. going to make a
heaven for me, "and they get into
trouble because heaven is not made
FIR them by the men, even though the
agency issupon women as well as upon
men, True. there is acurse upon the
women, that is not upon the men,
namely, that ''hcr whole affections c,
shall he toward her husband, and
what is the next. lie shall rule oyer
you" WA ao,;re
is to your husband, but you strive 10
rule over him, whereas the man
should rule over you. Z,
Some may ask whether that is the
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