The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-18


not possible Tor us 10 conceive why she SO long de-
ferred her prayers for offspring. We do not know
married life. but now reached that point OF lnsup-
portable agony which inspired er triumphant Iaitn,
and her prayer and victory are Of once RECORDED;
Isaac wait twenty years before ne entreated the
Lord In behalf OF his barren wife. Rebeccaf-Gene'
In hi, Sermon on celestial marriages Mr.. Pratt as
serls that "Moses was polygamst, ana that pc
the second wife OF their heathen brother therefore
God smote Miriam with eprosy. page A. Bnt there Is
osa s wo se Is no
OF second marriage zipporah is the only name
given as the name OF the Vile OF Moses. On what,
EXODUS H. o. 1t Is recorded:--"And Moses was con-
tent to dwell with Jeihro and he gave Moses zippo;;
is stated And Miriam aud Aaron spoke
against Moses because Of the Ethiopian wo-
man whom he had married; for he had
that two women are here mentioned, whereas no.
{ang Saa rs more a untrue. zpp9yal pms w Elnl0
person, called OF different names. Let us see. The
father OF zipporah the priest OF INDIAN (Ex.hi,l
and according to the best authorities INDIAN and
portion OF Arabia where Jelhro lived. So the APP
pelatlons INDIAN, Ethiopia and Arabia are applied
t. the Arabian peninsula But IT Is said that this
occurred forty years after the marriage Of Moses
with Zipporah, and after Aaron and Miriam had
should they now object TO her as his wife? But the
statement as tothe time Is entirely Incorrect. 1t Is
true that forty years had elapsed since the marriage
OF Moses. but during all that time he had nved in
the desert and nad not seen Miriam. At the eXpra-
ton OF that period he returned to Egyps by divine
father-in-law in INDIAN. Having delivered his
people he had led them into Arabia as far
Jethro, the priest e OF Mldian Moses, fasSernaw.
heard OF all that God had done for Moses, and
ISr Israel ms people ana hat sne t9 nag
law, took Zpp0rah. Moses wife, after he had sent
her back, and ner two sons; Of which the name Of
allen in strange land. And the name Of the otner
was Eliezer, for the God Of my father said he was
Pharaoh JsSro Noses cam U
with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the will
derness, where ne encamped at the mount OF God.
am come unto thee and thy wife and her two sons
with her. And Moses out 10 meet his father-n-
asked each other their welfare and they came into
the tent And Moses told his father-in-law all that
the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyp-
tians for Isracs sake and all the travail that had
Lo.d delivered them. And Jethro rejolced for all
whom lie had delivered out OF the hand OF the
Egyptians. And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord
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delivered the people from under the hand OF tho
Egyptians. Now know that the Lord Is greater
proudly Ge was above them.' And Jethro Moses
1ather-m-law, took burnt Offering and sacrifices
d tssas 70 eat 0fsaa WIN Moses ia'nef--a" before
Now, this Joyous meeting took place in the year
l490 b. O., and In the same year-1490 b. C.-AarOn
and Miriam became jealous Of the rising power OF
Zipporah over Moses, and spoke agsnst doses be-
cause he had allowed ZippOrah to exert such COM
mandng influence over him.. Her father, Jethro,
had influenced Moses In the organization Of the
judiciary OF the commonwealth OF Israel; and after
he had departed TO his home Numbers X, 20-32l his
daughter seems to have exercised like control
in the councils Of the state; Tue time Of their
meeting and the time OF the dispute being within a
few months Of each other and within the came year
Is proof that Zipporah and the ethiopian woman"
mean the same woman and the only wife that Moses
ever had. And this view is clearly and emphatcaly
sustained by the nature OF the dispute. The cause Of
that family trouble was not polygamy, but jealousy
Moses taken another wife T but IIath the Lord In
deed, spoken only by M0sesY Hath he not spoken
SsG " ns kSmnsEs a 70 dictate es
istration we Will denounce his administration, for
the Lord hath also spoken by u.s. This is evident
commanded to appear before the Lord, and God said
~ will show you Of whom have spoken; with
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became eprous white as snow" Numbers Kill, 10.
The cause Of the trouble was ambition and not q
have spoken now two hours and half. am
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whenever you come there you shall have q pew,
though cannot give you my pulpit perhaps.
preach to the great men Of the nation, and confess
have not preached to more attentive and In nv
ns IN Ut Salt Lake. w. on hs hoe
summers Sunday afternoon for Two hours and q
half Do you wish me to g On M and nd. nsh CIes
will be ct the last Of the feast.
Now we come to the case OF David, the wise king,
the great warrior, the beautiful poet But David
was p0ygamisr, ana the chief passage on which
the MormOns rely touching his case to prove that
God sanctions polygamy Is this:-"And gave thee
thy masters house, and thy masters wives unto thy
and the house OF Israel and Of
and if that had been too llttle would moreover
have given thee such and such things" The object
Of this remark is simply this: II have transferred
the kingdom OF saul the son OF Kish to Davido and
In proof Of this God speaks as above recited 1t is
Cod sauis wives. am prepared to prove
In the first place that Saul never had but one wife.
He mad coRsuDine am prepared, In the second
gave to David the women Of saul's household. They
projection You may 60 through the East TO- today,
and you will md that when prince dies all that
belongs to the deceased king goes to his successor
II the saying, II gave thee thy masters wives into
thy bosom, proves anything 1t proves too much.
up. evil against thee and thine own house,
and I viii take thy wives before thine
eyes no and n !, g give them unto thy neigheor
son.n Now aiiirm that II the expression II gave
thee thy masters wives into thy bosomn Is an APP
lake thy wives before thine eyes and give them unto
thy neighb0r, and he shall lie with thy wives In the
sight OF the sun" also sanctions incest an act That
AbsalOm committed against his father David. You
not prepared for such conclusion as that. But
1t Is said that the number OF his wives particularly
mentioned. David had ten wives. And It seems to
me that the prophet wished to mako that the rea-
son why David should not have sinned against God,
he certainly would not have brought forward les
ser number, fer Saul had but two women one wife
and concubine whereas David had ten Now
what IS the reason Of the reproofi Why 1t Is simply
this. The prophet Is reprOving David for the adul-
terry with Bathsheba and the murder OF poor Urah.
Uriah had but one wife. The prophet
describes her as the little eve lamb and this king
herds, o stranger coming to spend The night with
him. Instead Of taking one out Of his own large
flock he SENDS down and steals the little land which
this poorman had nourisned and brought up from
infancy. God thought that was mean. WhyP Be-
cause David had ten wives already. Then God
see that the prophet says, 'if that mad been too
little would have given you such and such rhingsn
Such and SUCH That Is the idea. God having gwen