St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-06-11

lleve In ana practlce pOlyGamy. NO
because our natural desires lead us in
to that condition and state of life, but
because our God hath commanded it
and wishing to comply with that as
well as with all others of his com
mands, we are as we are. We alsC
wish to be counted as Abraham's chill
dren to whom the promises were made
and also with whom the covenant:
were established ; and being told tina
if we are the children of Abraham, w,
will do the works Of Abraham, we are
not little anxious to do as he did
Among other things that he did, he
took more than one wife. In this he
was not alone, for his example was
copied from most of the ancient wor
thies and others who succeeded him
under the same everlasting covenant
Even the wisest and best men--men
after Gods own heart, entered the
most deeply into this practice. Nor
was this practice limited to the days
of the Old Testament.
1t will be borne in mind that once
on time there was marriage in
Cana of Galilee and on a careful
reading of that transaction, it will be
discovered that no less a person than
Jesus Christ was married on that oc-
casion. If he were never married, his
intimacy with Mary and Martha, and
the other Mary whom Jesus loved,
must have been highly unbecoming
I and improper to say the best of it.
will venture to say that if Jesus
Christ were now to pass through the
most pious countries in Christendom
with train of women, such as used
to follow him, fondling about him,
combing his hair, amounting him with
precious ointment, washing his feet
with tears, and wiping them with the
hair of their heads, and unmarried, or
even married, he would be mobbcd,
tarred and fcathered and rode not on
an ass, but on a rail. What did the
old prophet mean when he said, (speak-
ing of Christ, "He shall see his seed
prolong his days, &c"
Did Jesus consider it necessary to
fulfil every righteous command or re-
quirement of his father? He most GER
tainly did. This he witnessed by sub
hitting to baptism under the hands OF
John "Thus it becometh us to fulfill
all righteousness" said he. Was it
Gods commandment to man, i'll the
beginning, to multiply and replenish
the earth? None can deny this Meth
er, that it was a righteous command
for an obedience to this, depended the
perpetuity of our race. Did Christ
come to destroy the law of the proph
cts, or to fulfill them? He came t.
fulfill. Did he multiply, and did he
see his seed2 Did he honor his faith
er's law by complying with it, or did
he not? Others may do as they like
but | will not charge our Saviour with
neglect or transgression in this or any
other duty.
At this doctrine, the long-faced hyp-
ocrite and the sanctimonious bigot
will probably cry blasphemy. Horrid
perversion of Gods word! Wicked
wretch He is not fit to live. g., g.
But the wise and rejecting will con-
slider, read and pray. If God be not
our Father, grandfather or grcat-grand-
father, or some kind of father in re-
ality, in deed and in truth, why are
we taught to say: "Our Father who
art in Heaven! How much soever of
holy horror this doctrine may excite
in persons not impregnated with the
blood of Christ, and whose minds are
consequently dark and benighted, it
may still more when they are told that
if none of the natural blood Of Christ
flows in their veins, they are not the
chosen or elect of God. Object not
therefore too strongly against the mar.
riage of Christ but remember that
in the last days secret and hidden
things must come to light, and that
your life also (Which is the blood is
hid with Christ in God.