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h,ch ey1ls they elsitu to be nesf1y froe. True, ,
ey do not worship women, they giant vou. auo a
wa not N a1istocratic, e1ptI.he2ded. cold y
eaEted, fsehionah1s few. Dot shey have no re- i
,se, no class to b cant oat Rver5 woman :
lnopg them may bo N nonored wife and loving {
.other II she will. ..-... I
Their women, they tel! you, do noti huk prema- c
,re1y into the grave from tho effect Of eEs H.
Irte3 ou them py their hnshAnd4. Their young ! l
tople Rtow 10 enAsre And v1rtuc1A Their women
IA tappter than anenH nAs thslr cnltdteu sare-
ior. physically nd mentally; thelr community
urer, less selnah. nearer To God tnan anJ other.
n eai,soed nSe their leading men Of tho
upertorty Of polJgamI to monoganJ,
those ieaturea OF It purely sp'E-
tual ihs, tney say they would not allow the.E
isuehters to uAIIy men not already married.
nd the present Is the 1Ifr generation that has
ned It. When The revelation waa given CON-
handing It, many Of them had wires, 70 whom It
~ a hard u4al, tnr more 10 than it will be to
tnttr daughters, who have been Taught the doc
tr,ue nom infancy, and who wilt 60 to polJeamJ,
instead Of having 1t como 10 them They adots
inst they loAe the peculiar ecstacf ct tho passlon
which they believe to be part Of the curse ea-
sned By the fall, but inatst that they retain Whist
ever pure, healthy, iasung pieasu1e there is In
love.
Sch ia the argument Of the Mormon poiJgam.
|
let It pass without caunteE1nR briefly. Il may
preposlerous, in this age Of the world. bat
1t Wholly, while such pleas ATE put forth in ita
favor BY Intelligent men. and they obtain not
itcol siderable following: must no: d@ell, h1t
viii say nothing that cannot substauttate ful1y,
give nc roon and Aue-
COUNTER ARGCIEST.
Nature has not msde the mistake Of !;
supplying tho world With surplus OF |
Co., mat fhaEN rSr-
IRE rer cent more males than females born. |
From 1890 10 1860 inclusive, II shown By the cea-
sus reports, there we're s-et per cent more males
than femnles In tie Cnited States There were |
only three Per cent more females than u1alea in |
Great Br,tain and Izclacd in ISL. not1iths:and-
aDg The heay3 emigration ttom those countries to
this Bat tor that, the eexes wou!d have been
practically equal In numbefs In both. They wera
so IN Prussia In 1853. In Utah. IN lsa, there were
j1e more males than females, and in 1852 ss7 more.
Tho repe.s OF the Superintendent Of Common
Schools fcr ussh, dated Jsu- II, 1858, puoHshed
by the Dtsertt Strs, Vol II, No. T.. sftes poysa-
ny had been practtsed ten Jehfa, shows tnas there
were rs more boJs than Ql1is between the ages OF
and IS. villa tlme, and the regulate facilities
could extend this list almost indefinitely. And.
s,thouRn men are more exposed 10 BE- cut on By
scc,dens, and are occassonally dec!mated by var,
the account Is balanced By the heavier burden
Nature has laid upon women, the perls Of child
bliih alone equall,ng all those peculiar to the
steruer ser. In cetttto localities, where tue males
hare largely gone elsewhere, there Is surplus OF
females: there u the corresponding e1ceas
Of uales where they have gone. Taus eaaily Il
The corner. stone Of polygsuay shattered.
Before proceeding to q consideration OF the
| Bible and polygamJ. It may be well enough to
state that the Book OF Mormon, corresponding to
| The Old Testament. and the Book OF Doctrines
| and Covenants, corresponding to the New Testa-
| nent, pontedty condemn polygamy. The Book Of
Mormon, on pages 49, 5a5. 16s, les, lis lis 0eson
Pratt, the anlest writer on Aolnun theology, says
| In "The Seer roiume l, ps9e 80: 1.-The Book VI
| Mormon does not teach The doctrine OF The pa
| rauty ol wtrea" The Booe Of Doctrines aud Cov-
| enauta condemns 1t On paRes le5 $50, a3L have
| not room to quote, bat what state "a true.
| Tho "reyela1lon" commanding 1t was drst pub
cly proclaimed tn Salt Lake, August - 1soa II was
given to Joseph Smith, July II, 15aa according TO
| brigham TouDg. Meanwhile, on the lst OF Feb
r1aty, 1874, Joseph Smith ard II5rnm Smith, his
| brother, in The Ttnlks and Seasons, volume s,
page ~, the Church organ published at Naasoo,
denounced poTsamy ant spiritual Tisety as
"false AID corrupt doctrines, II and cut Elder III
| ram Brown or frun the Church for preaching
| them. S!1 weeks Later, uJrnm Smith agtln re-
pudta,ed the doctrine as talss,'' IN eps:le to
the CHURCH on China treek, Hancock Cauaty, I'LL.
| uo!A It was condemned at the General MORMON
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Conferences IN England In l6sd. md subsequently.
| IN July 1s4a fafley T. tTAtsr ohe OF tue great
I Hants OF tue Shufc1, III the HHse"asas
Star, seant'o . paHn II pnessseA
IN Liverpool. said OF me spiritual VIE
doctrine: AT Is but Anotoef nRm@ for whore
| DON, wicked aud unla v ful connection, aut every
Find OF confusion, corruption and abom!na:lou-' -
I Ii MaJ. ISIS, Ossoo Spencer, then editor Of taa
Star tyol. i, p. 1s7}, denounced "spsrls1ai w!fc-
1sp, lygsnn. sexual resurrection, gross asctvt-
ouAnets, tic unayoldAble separation Of husoantls
and wives, sId the communism OF pFoperry," as
.'tpe doctrines Of corrupt spirits, and in close
af1n,ty With each o:heY." 1u July, 1850, Johu
Ts5lc1, another Mormon Apont:e. explicitly denied
That The Church taught or practaed poiYg8my,
with It's kindred anom!natlons, at discussion In
BoIopue. FIapce. Ali these men now upbolt It,
When were they wrong-then. Or no@?
But their own sacfed booxs, failing them ID this
they fall back on the Bible. Much Of tnat great
book Ia simply history, and Of barparous age.
given for warning a. often ~ au}th.nG. As 10
The relation Of the sexes the fact that, in uau>s
natural state, he ~as given but one *oma1, sho ~
conclus,yelv the design ot the Creator Seiths,
does The D,hle, as whole, susfatn po15gamy.
Why, II 1t Is TO be interpreted in such q eplEit
Abraham told fa!sehoofa db0us hiB wife; the
lsraelIiea borrowed Of fhe Egyptians jtwe Of ait,
yer add gold With DO intention Of returning them
they made s,ayeA OF the stranger, and the caotlsc
snd even Of their brethren; iney were allow cd L
beat their elayeB 10 death, only 10 tnat the pool
victim died not Immediately under the rod {+e'
| Exodus. xx! 20, e1,: theY destroyed the Gcnt,lt
nations with whom they came In contact, hip ant
thigh, men, women, aid little ones; they mutlI
a,cd and tortured their eaptfyes. heweI them II
r'ecet. nadc them pass under hasrows; ani
chen they exhibited s'&us vi Es,eattng. we're CON
! nahded "to SNOW no metc'' SEQ Sanoeff
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