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fectiS Interpreted, that either sanctions or al- |
lows tie pIactice Of polygamy.
lygsmy.
G. Tho practice of polygsmy. ~ recorded in |
the lable. IL condemned by the facts in the |
case.
4 Prostitution has been, and1s, more preva- !
lent IN polygsmic than in monoglnnic countries,
right, protected by the Constitution Of the |
United States, which guarantees to all citizens |
religious liberty.
.. Po1ygauy does not tend to the perpetuity |
OF the national Life.
HIS object IN coming hero, he Haid, VISA
threefold-to do good; to announce great |
tSuth; to present monogamy 10 Utah and the |
world q Mble doctrine. Then, giving hls |
text, stating tho question, "poea the Bible |
sanction polygamys" and hiz fi11t proposition, |
given above, he proeeedea TO aua'yzs marriage. !
It w.s ihseetold IN its objes.-:ompanionship,
dIst in importance. God B&H that it Eia not |
good for man 10 be alone, and 80 ,naie him |
IN helpmeet. The production Of offspring 4
was second. 1t was necessity growing ont
ton of promiscuous intercourse Of the sexea
wAs tho third and last. It IVES III Institution |
rathor than Law; state rather than Al act. |
Its obligations were duality, intliAsosuhleaoss:
except for adultery, reciprocity. Its essential |
elements wern intellectual intention, choice, |
7,cer.tsnce Of each other. and la sanction as !
! n Eolv covenant Ly tho Almighty. OtEer ele- |
1.:ulit. ucre mutual Affection reciprocit|, th%
e:,tv Of procrcztioa, the propfe : OF becoming |
DEE h+sh. It's rights were authority on tbs I
part Of the man, prottctiou On that OF the |
| Hunatl. It's Muniments or defenceH were Its |
| Innocence, its nobleness, the sauctions Of Law,
1:Eman and divine, the sffinl.y Of the sexes,
ana thelz equality III point Of number. TAs
mighty in the time of mans innocsncy; and,
alter replying to the Mormon objections to
| srti, a eonclu4ion, he proceeded to ahow that |
| poiHgamy waA an lnstitntion invented by man
Atlef his fall, and was in its nature suoycrsive
| q stoe marrage, because the admission OF
:lirt: p'rty to the relation violates II in every
essential feature, destroys It.
! H.. showed conclusively that po1ygams is
as:sltczy; that adultery does not c3nsset il the
tnt ing away Of . wife, simply, but in marry
aid NOT be guilty Of The great transgression;
l;r: il thoy mat7y ot'etB, they commit Adul-
sGy. Tie sin consists in addition and not N
s.naration. And ssy INTO you, whosoever
tation, and shall m1rfy another, committsth
=,itilterr, 9fatt- 1i1), But suppoaing
=. add. smother. So is then guilty, for
| tl- law Of marriage, In instituted By the A.
Chi, chap: 4, "a, Is; again reAfirmel By the
Savior, Matt XIX, !, &. 6, md by 81. Paul.
timothy, i'll, 2. md Corinthians, vii, q, is
| t.e union III wedlock OF one Inxn and one Tom-
an On the strength Of thsse te1ta, MAcf.
~ ll4e law OF the Eew Testament"
| II support OF the fourth pfoposition, Mf.
HC~:aan explained the texte depended upon
iH sho polygaraists to sustain their cauBs.
1la.: are: Exodus 11l., I'll; Lesitlcas xviii,
ia; Deuteronomy xxi, 1911; Deuteronomy
.A7 E-l0; Samuel Iii, 8. Tho bearing of
, the ffst text roass on the words 'auother
WIFE: III ho take him another wife, her
f,-+l, her rain.ent, and her daily OF marriage,
IL shall not diminish" ar: Newman afhrmol
, IL the Hebrcw and Greek: It reads, amply,
"suoiher," to Which the Engtsh trA,:sIaiors
e.roneously sdded "wife.r II. tcxs does
LOT refer 70 marriage At ali, but to bet. 'thal,
, .lling," her marriage dover, a. is evi-
t dent from Deuteronomy 111iu., 27; P1Alms
I civ 90; jeremiah xxi, IS, aud Amos ill.,, 4.
. Tie second text, = Neither shalt thou take
I a wife 10 her sister tv vex her," raaas in the
: r,arsin, "IAou shal! not take one wife to an
= otl,rr." This rendering is sustained by Cook-
. ron, EiBlop Jewel, DR.. Edwards, aud DR..
= Eu;Sht- According to Or. Edwaris, the words
: WISH - trRuslatu, IA wife to her eis,er," are
e found III the uebsew but eight times. 1ncsch
+. as tue wings of tlAa cieEupim, teuons, NOR
r us, Ac., and signify coupling togethur ono
. = a.4otlcr. Tnry denote the exsct likeness
=: o:se thing to nnother. and here forbid, as
I
:, VIE to another in her liictime, Here, then,
:. it j: direct command OF God: Thou shall
9 ,n: .ale one wife TO ano her,"
/ he third text, II mai, have two wires, >
t &c.. Mt. New man held TO mean il liz havu. o.
!, rncil l.aye, two wives in succession. Tht
;, CAL prove anything from the text
Dl: interpreted ty tho sr1rit OF the rest Of tllt
o M'esic law, and keeping itH object in view
the securing 10 The tirstborn the rights oi
Q Newman is most likely to be tie true one. II
u it prove even no more for one side than the
o other, 1t may AS we'll be laid aside. Il Is OF nc
:; further consequence in the argument. But
= The ph1aFe. II a man hsve tmo wives, :" Bauc-
|. tiors 1plygsmy. then the phrase, opening the
I, nt1t chapter OF Leviticns, xii, "1l mau
Q rliutl eteal m or, or sheep, Banctions thiev-
: ing Thus is tho argument sought to DO do
! dused from the text in support of polygAm,
T. Tho next text. that about raan's mart ine
r the widow Of deceased brother, Mr.. Sewm II
b affirmed referred to unmarried mcn exclusive
. ly, instead Of to all men iuliacriminatelr, =,
Il claimed by the polygamist- Tho phrase. VI
% brethren dwell together" could refer only t
" | unmarried men, hccause married men, headl
+ Of families, lid not "dweli together
IT Dwelling together" means unmarried mep
s n,,t:s nf tho SAND father, living Ut houe
o iii. view il sustained by every cass of th
= ,lIl recorded in the Dlble. Je.cphun give
% IN a reason why tho k.nslnau Of Hath decline.
IL 10 marry her il Accordance With this law wllic
y lo'yEanists i1,=ist y as Finding. On him. tha
l. s.er had \ wile a1,d ch,ld1en already.
r. t-...tiq. b 9, c s. q ~ And tho fact that III
y Ia, provided for the refusal indicates the de
j. -iEli to Eelezsa married men from its nl'liX.
;" lions. The question q the sssldnsoeA, t.whoa
r. .afo ahall sEo Ia :" Luke Ky, lsl, il Mtcnet
J. y ytcE.oual. but loses all its sisu,d1.nce il III
10 @us*eluent tro.heta had other wives.
10 oI tue next toxt, ''h,At gase theo thy ma
ut :t. house. and Thy masters wives into IL
ID .esom," kc.. Mr. Newman affirmed tn:
j ..uisse' means the women of tho Hing
70 il i4utchcM. Tbs Hebrew word for wives (n4l
ID uiGl) appears either III tho singular or plur
ii torn IL the following rassages, viz: Genes
J. A1iy, And tbs harvanl said unto hin, pcrAl
l. ,cLlara tie woman will not 10 willing 10 folio
ie .,e un1a this 1artL" Ge1eris XXI, U.s. 'And 81
at s,e 70 her fsthet, let it rot displeass my lo
.. saat I cannot rise up hofurn theo: Il
Id tile custom Of women il upon me
70 Io., Iii, IL. = And in all the land were no Vi
to mel, found 10 fair ~ tho daughters OF Job
ut | I'd Samuel, I, 16. !" an distressed for the
l.y brother Jonathan thy love to ms y
I'M ,senjrtiul. passiog the lore Of womon.
,nt give ,hena .rornen Into Da~!ds bosom siur
re- i,Ipied protection Abr1ham's bosom,
to wiac1, Lazarus was carried, was 4 place
W. pso:t c,ion. tiguratavcir expressed. Amo
lis :he Jews the King could nol legally marry i
ion widow Of his PREDECESSOR, or ole divorced
NJ hitr. Fiualsy, the polEgamists r,tasr1etati
&C u t1Hs kGAt pIotes koo AucI, II u lEuN
lino usthing, For it the giving Of s.ul's wiz
ae- so David is ucsa'- rpr-oval Ut polysamz, th
ting tie lising OF Ds~iI . wives 10 abs.iom
mt, sn d.s ErRsovsl cf rebellion and incest.
u'n VI the last text Observation-Disclosures
'eo- ax4i1,. 2-brauiliug b.slAr!s with ,nfamr to
rep. t.ltu generation. prung use has been nas
errf II olsgsnsiets from a Misrepresentation
late ths meaning Of the term ''bsstasl" "
.oia Tic yess 1t Was the Offspring OF IN Israel
c ,aas and rasan, which is very dileEent from I
$40 N, aIiug We give il, VIZ Oasl,tin.; born o
H. .hss s'cs Of lawful wedlpck Ths onjsct Of
!ol Law wss 10 preserve the Jewish r7.ion IN
ION contaet with foreigners until the coming Of
sas 'lesstah Bui, it is said, We must admit /
md legitimacy Of Judah, Nathan, aud Solouc
sod the fruit Of polygamY, otherwise ws can t.,
As no lawful descent OF tho Messiah The !
ace swtF 10 which IL, that Gods prumse OF !,
ND Sihe SAVIOR does not eiEbrAce Legitimacy
:, heteditary descent. Ii could not. from /,
lne M 11ct pf HIS miraculous conception and iu1.
~ uA!!on- All that is pledged II, that his hum
lS nature. as well As l1s repulel csnpslu.
"a "a. should descend through Atrahauls pos.srl
aat which pledge Was fulfilled
lu iuo IL support OF the fifth proposition, Mr. Nc
u mAn aMen on homogeneous marriage ~ ins
we ,nted try God in the beginning, Fecorded
Ao+cs, Genesis ii, ~ Therefore 'shail
ot- nan leave his father aud mother and clca
20, INTO his wife, and ttev shall be ona fest
la lhey arc repeated and explained by MslscJ
eh- II. II, IS. in the last book Of the Old Tesi
ast fnent: Yet 80 SAY, xhercfore7 Because l.
~. ltoru bath been witness between thee and 4
lAF WIS OF thS youth, ag1inst whom thou Ia
W. oeat trescheronsly; Yet is she thy compauio
'ph .. tAa spirit. And wherefore m enca @ t's1q' ~
n. ne might seek goilr reed. Therefore, tai
- aeeo 20 Your sp!,lt, and lot none deal tf-acl