The New York herald., 1870-05-30
NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY MAY 80, le7o-TRPLE SHEET
committed in defence Of polygamy. Genesis w..

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committed In defence OF poygamy. Genesis w.,
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And L.msSh ns took unto him .wS wives ssv,. AND
voice ye wives OF Lamsch hearken unto speech for
have slain man to my wOund'ns and young man to my
The reverend doctor continues -'sThis Is the only
Of N es the
fian OF marriage; and we Judge from the record that
both Lamech and those aroSnd Sn hm considered h
murderer; but did he murder In defence OF poly
gamyf Mo- there is not the least intimaton to that
ONE OF THE FALSE CHARGES
Of this reverend divine to embiter the minds OF the
wish to assert that because murder was crime
therefore poygamy must be crime .e. ain ns WAY
S0, mrsTer sas ana he Soa but sne wife,
monogamy was crime. Sucn wouia W sue ''Su''
Another specimen Of his logic is tkat there is no
record OF any other polygamous family tor 2oo9 %
years In reply ~e say hat there was no recofa o
Xdam % to % Noah. A.I Does 1 Mr. Newman suppose tnat
this silence OF history In regard to the marriage in
to-
no. hesitate W ss s
God had appeared unto Abraham, and promised him nn
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away then the first time the Lord spoke to Abraham
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] Kind and OF which he and Sarah repented."
have given this lengthy quotation In order more
| fully to point out the ,,,,,,.
| I'm regard to Abraham and his two wives. He has
unbl1shingly declared sthat Abraham was in no
assertions 6s the most gross pervesIons Of the his
toricai facts saying that Sarah realized her sin, and
OF the Bible knows that there are no intimatons Of
any such thing in that good book. 1t Is true that
sarah gave her bondmaid TO Abraham as his second
% And he went in unto Hagar eoncelyed and when
she that she had conceved her mistress was despsed III
| her eyes.
What injustice and ingratitude on the part Of a
OF & save s,ras wnas s se aT aanerosv
| consented for her husband to take her as wlfel
| When Sarah saw that she was unjustly and wckedly
| any wrong be upon thee; have given my maid
into thy BOSOM and when she saw that she had con-
| Ceyed I was despsed In her eyes. The Lord Judge
between me and thee" But Abram said unto Sarai,
"Behod thy maid Is In thy hand; do TO her as It
| pleaseth thee.n And when Sarai dealt hardly with
her she ned from her face. VERSES and o>
In ali these affiictons and The great wrong which
-Hagar heaped upon her mistress there was not the
least intImation, either from sarai Abram, chat
they had done wrong In going Into polygamy. AD.
ram was appealed to as the supreme ruler OF TN the
household, to correct the wrong and mere out JUS
tice in behalf OF Sarah. the aggrieved party which
he promptly dia, by delivering over the offender TO
| her mistress. Tnis difficulty was no greater than
| what often happens In homogeneous families, ana
had nothing 10 do in regard to the divinity OF either
aa occasion. % called Haears son Ie ladS Mr. Newman
supposes that the Lord did not recognize Ishmael
Hear what the Scriptures sayE.And God said unto
Abraham, AS for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but sarah shall her name be; and
will bless her, and give thee a son also OF her'-
(Gen xvii, Is, 16.) The words, "a son also" show
show most conclusively that God recognized Ishmael
applied to Isaac as well as Ishmael-(Gen xxi, 81
And are therefore. Of no force in support Of Mr..
It is true that the Lord calls Isaac "the only son 3
o. Abraham at the time ne was, was required to oIsr
the the son Of Abraham, the expression :. thine only
SON." applied 10 Isaac must mean that he was the
only son by G 9h son nIougn % whose
the only sen through whose lineage the promised
Messiah should come,-the only son whose seed
should be the legal lawful nheitors of the promised
land. Several years after the birth OF lshmael he
became very rude, and
good woman, and in suffering her son to do the
manded Abraham to hearKen to the voice Of Sarah
and seni her away. This was not because the Lord
considered Haear unworthy to retain the honorable
position TO which she had been raised as pOyga-
and % society Of that most noble and godike family.
! Mr.. Newman acknowledges jacob to be polyga-
mist but thinks that he went into 1t unrlghteously;
that he had not previously been converted; that the
| land where he dwelt in his youth Was land where
monogamy was the only custom that the country
: to which he lied was poygamic country that lie
was deceived into polygamy, &c. That Jacob was
converted before. he arrived IN the country
Of Laban Is evident from what Is recorded
In the 2sth chapter or Genesis 18th verse:
And he Jacob dreamed and behold ladder up on
% a as e of sasa sn to % and d
the Lord .to9d above said am the Lord God Of
ss. ,hss WIN give and 2 seed; and ny sssd
% M To h se
and in thee and IN thy seed shall all the families Of the earth
thou ana will Bring thee ss into
which nave spoken to thee Of
After seeing angels and the Lord God and obtain
ing from Hts own mouth such precious promises he
This Is none other but the house OF God, and this is
the gate OF heaven" Jacob made most solemn
vow unto the I.ord In that place. If Jacob was not
q converted man then there never was one His
future life was that Of man Of God.
| Up 10 that time he was raised in
COUNTRY WHERE PoLYGAMY WAS PRACTIsED
His grandfather Abraham and Abimeec III, KING
OF Gerar, both practised polygamy. the latter being
| q righteous maa whom the Lord visited anu with
whom. He conveTsed. The Lord Informs this good
King that he knew his h art was full integrity and
innocency when he attempted to take what he sup
posel to be Abraham's sister, in addition to the
wives he already had. Instead OF conlemnpg the
polygamy of the King ana denouncing him rs
Criminal He approye1 Of his integrtg. The place
OF JACOBS nativity therefore, country OF poly
gamy (Gen. XXX. Though jacob was deceived by his
Id. herlr.law i'll the taNng OF Leah, yet he was not
deceived In marrying Bllhah and Zipah, his third
and fourth wives. That these two women were also
Jacobs wives, and mol, as some have said merely
COncuJnes, see Gen. XXXvii., 22 Tne reverend doe
tor in his concluding remarks, refers to The wicked
acts Of some of the
| ANCIENT PROPHETS AND KINGS,
especially those OF David and solomon and Oh these
| gi0unds attempts to condemn p0ygamy. Tie same
| argument would als6 condemn monogamy; for
many good men, prophets and apostles, who had but
one WIFE, occasionally depar.ed rom the Lord. Docs
their adultery and incest prove monogamy TO he a
criminal form Of marrtageY Was the nonogamy OF
| Lot crime, because OF his incest with his TWO
daughters! IL Mr. Newman's argument prove:
anything 1t proves too much. II the adul-
terry OF David and the lceniousness o
| SOiom0n, IN taking strange women from
among the accursed nations whose daughters they
| ,Hrn lalun Of Enll To olllarr