Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-07-23
The Mormon Chief Priest and the
Sealed Wife Ceremony.

Sealed Wife Ceremony.
The following description of the
great Brigham and the "sealed" wife
system is from a French paper:
"The prophet, Brigham Young, is a
man of about forty five years Of age,
of ordinary stature, and Of a fine
corpulence, as becomes the husband
of sixty wives. He enjoys inau-
ence without limit, and the Nor
mons believe in his infallibility, as
they did in that of his predecessor,
Joe Smith, He is man of much
intelligence. In the intercourse of
ordinary life he is sociable. converse
BILE, jovial even, and loves fun, but
when he assumes his pontifcal func-
ton he takes another character, be-
comes intolerant and fanatic, and
sows iD the hearts Of those who are
his instruments the germs Of hatred
against the "Gentiles." These
germs fructify too much, for nothing
seems too bad to be permitted to be-
levers against those who do not
partake of their faith. 10 imitation
of the Mussulmans, the Latter Day
Saints have no right to more than
seven wives. The prophet Can have
more CT them"
We quote the following description
of the multiplication OF nupsials from
the Seer, published by Apostle Or
son Pratt:
"The nan having already one
wife, aud desireus of taking another
has no right TO ask any one in mar
rage until be has received a ''reve-
laticn'' from God on the subject
/ If this revelation interdicts the mar.
riage, it cannot take place. If il
approves l., the man then addresses
himself to the parents Of the young
girl but never to the girl. herself. =
Before all these events take place il
is the duty of the husband to con
suit his first wife, and to obtain hel
consent to bis second Duptials. ir
conformity with the twenty-fourtt
paragraph of the Revelation. =
/ When the day chosen for The cere.
mony of the marriage has arrived
the husband and bis wife, and alsc
the new bride, with all their respec'
/ tive relations. assemble together in
some place agreed upon The Pres
ident, who is prophet, pastor and re-
vealer over all the church, and who
alone holds TIE keys Of authority ia
this solemn ordinance, $50 it is writ
ten in the second and fifth paragraphs
of the revelation upon mafriage) re-
quests the husband, wife and bride
to arise, which they do, facing the
President, the wife standing TO the
left of the husband and the bride to
his right. The President then I'D !,
dresses himself to his wife. ''Do you
consent to give this woman TO your
husband as bis legitimate wife for
time and eternity? Manifest your
intention by placing her right hand
in the right hand of your husband >
The right hands of the bridegroom
and bride being Joined, the first wife
then draws his left arm under her
right arm. The President then sd-
dresses himself to he husband: FsMy
brother, will, or do you take sister
-as your Legitimate wife, promis-
ing to be faithful to all the laws, or.
|dinances and practices of this holy
marriage, in the presence Of God and
bis angels?''
upon the affirmative response Of
the bridegroom, the President puts
the same question 70 the bride. after
which he declares them united, and
recommends them to be fruitful, to
grow and multiply, and fill the earth
with their posterity.'