, 1870-08-22
MORN M0HlSM.
Does the Bible Sanction Polyg-
amy
Debate BetEeen Orson Pratt and the
Rev, DR.. Newman.
Third ursk E.nst 1pny"x Discus.
sion.

tl,at the Sat.:s induced tho negative 10 make
III" Cyct,iur prayer, the object OF which vii
appear III the st4rel.
THE ALIGNMENT ror 1NLroA,:y.
Mr.. rra:t !l-t enougl. to o, and went at il
uithpns complaining, acknowledging that ar
euiutn nts ha.l cen produced On 10th sides
liz war challenged Yesterday, he aaid, tt
prove that tic ieraclites were a poivgamouI
Eation i'll .lu Wilderness. lie would now dt
it. lie Mn1ta :.ke :lr. Scun,an's statcmen
ot their wiz. i. EAnl.cr, W.: Epj eeO, as cor
rct!. l!e s,,.i!.! IL NcnEcrn i, -. that tl,er,
we're aa.;.!Ss,t ,:rn over 4; yfatp OH. IIo as
tt1sE.t! TIA: 1l'"1. we're sn e1uai humber O.
us'n1s1., mailing together ,a'l7, 100. King pha
ra4't:c ln,m:ratdt tisresl,c lirthtimc OF Noses
u.at Ms lie; Ia. male lnfao;H should lie ttt,
stVuycss. A~~u.::i:s;, t:aat, in eac!l 800 male
tissii- ttn- '-'c: wt4 ~ 'vcsl ohc., 31O Ool
ncnld llnvs l'ecn 1p-tr ,yeI in eighty years
the iCIiod le:wrcs TIE birth OF Moses aud
tho AcpI1t':re uf ls.1..s srs,:a Egypt THE
would aeavv >,rl,ln4 of .J.19j -vomsu. OF
csr,tss,. WITCH, a''hcd to the above sum,
wani1 mak- l.tiV1. .ltip .nsh atll women in Is
rael over - Hear- uld. Inis. suh,ractel from
-,fNO. .G0n-:he while num'er Of The opfe,
ACCORDING to DR. suNtilan-wD1;lt leave S92,
:af1 chiltlrn GErles IL y.ars uf age. He de-
1uced from the nun; er of fanlilifa whoaa
fir-l-1orn "s.r~ masrs. gwen il, Sum5sra, iii,
~, viz, 1aa.:7s, sat 10, oJu w,,r,ld he fsir
aid literal cstitna'c Of the number Of families
at tli,t time in lrrael. Dividing tho wluIo
1eol'le-o 5ot' ,t'''o o-smnns tl.ess, would Hivc
fur monosami=ts! Surprising them to have
lren nnno;,an.ou-. the women must certaihls
have I'artaken of some herb more etIica=ious
thai the reverend g-nteman's "mandrake' :
1-sugli'rr VIC shoulsi hAvs to give each
Ianlly rcvrH wives, with ten children zach, t..
ltu. Ftb,t34 t,.nr -
t'achci''rr. and 79 81, m.tlA. over ~ Years OF
age,-enoush ~ iutni-h each bachelor wife,
AID ieavc ~, ,n1D to t's.cole old MAIDS. or en-
1cs into Tulrsarnun. lpuscln,!ds. :. Having
1hsstc. II nontlcr II Mr., Pratt lad no. been
la1tAl',is OF tho wnn 1etfnl fesunlatin.:
mandrake J, Mr.. rr1.t assumed that iia
hsc proved that Israel was pnlysamou. IA
,io,s When tH,l ;.a.s them His lar.
taust ray, !r.a. that, to slow tho a1JsnriIi-
ttLs Nr. pEAfts assumption from Numbers
~; ", that there were only 10000 families in
all Israel. it i. only necessary - read the pre-
cetirG part uf tue t.me chapter. whsre the
1nsles alrye n.osstl MD Of tho ti;a. families
tf Levi: viz: the IchriteR, Se1neites, Amra.
ozieh'es.-;l4cse cgM and no more, mial,
fer The text, after namiug thon
eays: "Ihesc arc the familiup." kc..-srt
ser .iown Al =, .,e4H'. The fcmal..4 won!,l
Lave 1Ea3o ID: number ii.Nu.-1,:l31 in o,c!,
A1iAHS. h1'at large Ia:ll1Fs Hrea fcr
.ei.E Ean,i4t! Tie hra'i uf The fauily mus!
have Lad iscesi ef tic celebrated ''aand-akcs
III this care Counting l"n children to cael
wife. he ui1l.t llhye ind 5:a0 wives That .c1.
something like. How il rarst m,kc rhc Nor
mems pale With envy. Another point hero
Lew had three tons. AMI b.tw2ea tss-n th.y
hal eight .ons.-:st ua,!eli like tue iao:a.si
Hntton, With Ills tersa:y-twn soa> 2nl
don't knt''y itut7 man. dauSi:less, .farcvel
held NJ l.y the Nc.:Eu1,s a. n.,-t:,y II e2,ai1.
t!o;l; Moreover. tho 'i.ilrscs~tion OF the
rl.id:en q ler;rl b.. t,n.is ili!,ts, f11::t.es,
&r,, indicates ali the way ,i:E14sh i.la. they
wcsc uc11ssSaEl'tt. tx :..;1r sons a;,;,cl
only Ar > r1ll,', end th,e slSavs t:;c ct:icfa CT
the Eenple.
,lr. Fiat, t.:cn showed thai. If r=su.7:;oa
E1-c il DE-1 he ADMITTED that G,,.rs n. !,,.s.
tissn of mturIaray condemned 1t. &C. la,
Il,tl OF ln1lr rntsla :.tv,r 90. I>':n,sti ,a.t
lie noT ra:uc To- :a.1: 1,ass-s.. Levi,i.u4
xviii. Ii .enEa'ion|. wtt,ri, the sen,!.,a.s,
lanloun'ica, yesterday. - ! Ere1t law pro
]ie was sla'a Il, A.a- it, III. lar, aoeordia.
to hing j7'a.~ translation, reg: :. p" "Scit!rl
shalt thou ias.. a,'e Wifi, tn her sister" 4 :
Thai "as ;t4e :5:E- NIs. Newman, t..+;rt!,e.
with Dwight. t:'lwa:-.r. .tc.. disagreed wifi
;si ,nS:rs:S m H.: n: i aud a,, :; .,ss.ly m, i'o .!;!",
cHc wife to anoter." Iii. o;'I'oncnt
argued tia: tllis marginal rn1tine
Iu's-t g correct, AMI Tia: King Ja,ass
translation must have 1eeI mistake. Or
tIrvc. Tie great c<usnrn:;.surs ~t.d thus alter
King lanes tr3.4elation. e1 well ;s the trau5-
iasor-. were snouogamist=: it is, therefore,
MuilEsulni=ta cortertlinS with oa-h other,
Here, Sfr- l'ratt e,tct.l iuto lengthy ex.
animation Of the meaning OF tho Hebrew
Not.i- Of tie text. affirmed that, il the ;:,sr-
rtn w"r.i left M the tex" to i,c Translated
"wif..-' The wuii ''wifa' in tho masxiu
NAH manufactured Scripture. II rnnltl:,'t DC
:os:':'i in tl,r original lie didn't know w!,a,
1t aae d"ne far, u'ess hcc1nHot he srAtslators
Mere 1its,it.,,a7riets, and we're afraid tl,u,
eis,.,hin's i.,, any sl.i"g III til. U.le condeu,n,
'nE nlrSsatlr, and so lrlt it in thu margin. II
VI" = l.,d the right ta iaaut:acture a word ID
:ass-MrI u; II ;'1rrosc, so ha ! lle. 70 make il
read, - Ilm'u shalt MT marry one ei.ser 70 AIN
"fheE- This waH the 1itnrs1 rrlniofing. Il
was l'a:t CT the Law Of cansanguinity, sim
r!r. It was law prohibiting the m,rriage oi
tisterE in Hl7! day, ',.ca,,re they would quar-
rel and maka trta,slc- H.rinE thus ,lenot
ishcd lis friends great law c.,ntlcn,,,ing ant
fo1biatitnK rufsga1uy. l'y WHICH he tried an,
his opening argument ea,lctloniuH potyEamy
these teAtH -tpul good until something cl6
should be brought ,ainst ia.ent. Tho I~.acl
i.et we're ro1yg.n,cae ration; these law
Nerc general: and. Thereto Z. it stood prove
that, IN certain ca:e., a man Wis required I
l:c ~as a!rcsi1y married or not. This. he con
trEdc.i, amounted to command Of God 4
Iiie people to practice l"1sgau,v-
IN at,ccn'l sllrsinn 4, thn-n texts. he in
-is,c4t that 1ll. married ki,i.ruan OF ]}oaz a.
k.:pwlcdEed the Law to be l,tt,.!inT on him h
ssNln;., "tio. then. a:1I r1leem my rt1af.
Thus. t's tise lrlp of Joserhns whom til
gentleman iutrtiucetl authority, he WI
tnablrl to provo tiiht m,rri@l men wes
obliged Ia .o,l.ly With this llw-to marry
1tS..t .1r&-, f. S-ta
thc wer.:- 'Iutr oi marriage" meant NOR
thsn le:i"tha!: tha:. accor1,tls to Gibbs
Professor u: IA.olosy i'll iale College. the
uca,t col,atitation. He maintained that til
raeeagts frora Matthew auJ Malachi, a:3duce
as co,dsnssins re'sssnS had no reserens
siMttctE consisted, not iii putting ava
Wife, or marylcE another. bu
i'll lutl, tint the passage from Lssitscns mi
=, a> tx gs'.tls'nan elaincd. pro,Sed th' n,
:. the Fling shall mol multiply wives unto liz
ee1t," cu.tiI.fA l,itu TO unc wife. then Il
aur:. q The kirf shall not multiply ho.ses
himself c;,:.tiscd him TO ono horse. as'd d
lad lat i. c<'Ali be proved from :aa ao
lis, IT, rel divorced ole liarlot be:o1s !,e Ii:
li,,l llat ..'!.cr.
iic.e le . a. reminded that In on1r had
minute more. lie said 10 was torrr
Gst,it Nor. time. l,us liz had discussed I
s,,l jcct according 10 the time ho hzd hsd.
II
candid rarson Hero was the law Of tit
gene vi III IT. nature and application. inclr
ing pnlt xan,ists. at,t1 lnOupSa,ulsts, sud slnl
mi Il nike; or, il limited, il could not
pfoycd. There wa4 M lAw in tue Hlt
against ii. It stood i1n1uovable a. the lie
ri Art.. und would stand wien heaven =
earth eloutl paes away. 1t Was a law that
finding en- ancI-nt l-t1el. ...-.
THE AuGJoI1~r F1,a NoNu4lANx.
a1r. SeNru,n proceeded 20 demonstrate !
inccrrcc:ness Of MIR. Traits numerical ralt
lation. He rad assumed that the elayinf.
tLe lIelres male infants continued thEou
eighty xcarr, hut had not Irbved 1t. !
statement OF the number Of malA, over tw'
II YEAR, If age iu I-rae'. Witch no lad quot
Mae Of those who were able to 80 to wax. y
did not lrcluIe those rot able 10 60 10 wi
nor did lis enumeration Of the nu
bcr or families whose living ft
Torn pere lnaie-. rol;tain the number OF I'll.
who're deau Its.-Es1n uere miles. He I
20. quoted the Scriptures correctly or f1i.
HIS wonderful rn1fncrnatic-' calculation :
b4ecJ OIL errors and assumptions. nrsd .
vr,t,; ,,..l.:,;r. He denied. but he has I
*,;s;roved. the assertion made yesinni*y. !!
there w.~ t,n!y nce or two cases OF polyEs
recorded as existing during Tho roz7od
question.
l.: r@ciing the great law against roIsgas
lie affirmed thai the marginal rcad'nK
reiItci IL word. Ills frieod had labo
ua.tl to slow tl.at God didn't mean What
-Iii!, namely: " Thou shAt not L
~. M.u,au 10 another" He
n,is.s.l ti;c tray.als:ian OF the other Sc
,.atrasrs ccn'sihinS the same words rende
IN '!:!-. ORG Ia aLu:slcr." to he correct: Il
W.: not in sl';e? surIose, to accounod
1,;.a. wc l,are Gu, the word wife, or woa,
ri ris;~r. ard read it, ''Thou ahalt not t
oEr 10 another. 10 rox her, TO Uncover
..st..dnrrs. hrsides the ctler in ler lifetiu
What Uon},l that mean, if not tll7t thou Il
no: practice pe1reamy7 His a1miss
knocked hi- argument to pieces. Suppo 70
rci.lGt il tiri.I AZ la cl1luie. Siatnr HI