The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-03

'cQlIOren RefhAham WI. l.
der;, who put 10 death Marianne. his second wife;
VINO ordered Inc execution or his eldest son. Anti
px.s, ~no S nc ad by s st we 1orT ana
the children or Maramne Then rnere was Her0d
Antjnas who msrraI Iis hrothar pnii,.,a vie
while Phiiin was SIN itvirs, ond VIM n peasa
Sa, ONE the dancer mt Jonn fne Bapeist TO deaIn
Aud there was Joserhns ..wno was suspected as q
"a''or pom Wy Jews anu , hoinais,
In INV former argument I auoted Exodus xxi,
I'LL
.na,,. an nj, ,us. .. J., .d, ..rv.r, .hs
shai moi 10 on, ,he ne ..rv.nt. 40 II sbe neass moi
her master who hath berothed her 20 himself thea shall
shall power seeing he hath dealt decetiuy with
ne And II he have betrothed her unto MS son. no sha
snotber wife her faos hsr e ~ va sr av o
shall he not danish And IL be do NOT three unto he
then shall she 60 GU. free without money.
This ia one OF the strong proofteyts Of the Nor.
mons hnt snowed ,har na,,ter rho sathar nor the
so had aarreI the an"rented air nnt smny he
trothed her and then refn,ed To mary her Mr.
Pratt finds an answer in the words .If he take nm
agOtner wi ner Inod her ra inpnt and her duty of
rnarrape ne shall nor dminish y and rests MS con-
clusIon on the phrase .anotner wlien But unlortu-
patey the word swfe, ~ neither no The Hebrew nor
Gre teyt si,nnv ..anny,er - "a which the Enolisn
tanslators erroncously aided "wie.u Hence, the
plain meaning OF the passage is. iii nc take or be-
trotn another woman.r therefore ali that is said
about bot ladies' having the honored title OF wives
bestUwed upon them by Inc great Divine LaW.iver
hlmsaf,' amounts TO nothlny Aud In this tex God
indicates how STRONGLY He has ruard ed IN sancty
OF marriage engagement by demanding OF him who
breaks that engagement TO give 10 the woman thus
wronged cher food her raiment aud her duty OF
marriage.n ssHer duty of marriage" means 'her
dwelling" as Is evident from Deuteronomy xxxiii.,
81; Psalms, CIV, %; Jeremiah XXi IL, and Amos,
ILL.,. A. This passage therefore, Is wrcsted from the
grasp of the Deastly poygamiSt.
ELDER PRATT FAILS TO ANSWER.
Mr. Pratt fails 10 answer successfully my ar yument
from Levttcus xviii, lo:-"Nelther SHAFT thou take
VIE TO her sister TO veX ner" the pain
one vie to another I" ysx her, Opinions
win not answer In conlrogersy 50 vital to the
,nen1s M pr.s. an, nv, aninn'S yn,r on;n,sn.
are forestaed and not worth q rusn IN SO grave
q matter 1t is not necessary for me 10 repeat my
nr an rus q sna ,,eas a.. na ,l1
nent to my sxegesls Of Deuteronomy. XXI, i5-i7
winch passage relates TO second marriages or TWO
tanned by The unied testimony Of the scriptures 1t
r. f,r,t -. ~, W , s IN gu sS 800
Wve, 3 as mp T thai ne "a tnea a. 'ne same
time has no imDOrIance wnaiever as t.ls ~ com.
mon mule m Scrptre 10 exnras ininre ami success
ave q, ems Az ior Instance in Jev,tlca VII % n
IS SAID, 'If man or W nan have a pllgIe upvn the
ss eas ss ol tue e meaning o. wnic Is, ~ NE or
q man snail have in the sSln uf Ma flesh a
rislng,n that Is, at any future time he shall
do az is ordained in the law On ieprosy
And that law con. emplatel tie reoscurrence OF Lie
disease. whiclrlmpes sI ce.sIon One Il surprised
AT Mr. pratr's fniie remark .srhere "a no re-
TO past time. II does nj -ay II man ha, had two
wlyesn A schoo,boy conI have Ia ormed Elder
Pratt that laws cannot be rcIrospective little at
tention 10 his Hebrew viii convince him that the
neuter verb in the IN ure tense "a here en,nio ed
reading literally. .If there snall h, to man two
wIyes'7-ilaI III IN me course of his nietim.. So
these words have nothing Whatever to do with no
lygamy but refer excusvely 10 tine rights of primo.
eeniruIe. -''"''' ~ '"0 '-sA'' - p''A''
Mir Pratt becomes zealous in his attempt to meet
nv inter probation OF Deuteronomy wv 5-lo:-
I,h~,hr.r a.,, ,..,,.u . 80 - ,h "A.
strange her husband broher shall 70 Ia unto her and
her him wife, perform the duty OF
brother unto ner And i snail be that the nIsioorn which
sue succeed ID .ne name OF ms brother winch u
ue.u' ia. n,s nana &c 10. put OUT IN Israel ana the
W., 20 nm m the ,se mt, he n nj ~. ~ ,s
bands brother reiussth up prot lame
In israel he Will not perform the duty of my husband
oro.esr linen ne elders OK his city sna call hun and speak
% h i AMI h ne s@ ~ ~ anu say IKE NE not 20 tske
ssncs OF he eoars and oose liz sos from off hs FOOT n
spit In his race and shall answer ana saw So saa be-
done that that will build up brother house
Ana ms name pc called In Israel The house OF him that
l asserted that the words III brethren dwell to-
gether' imply unmarried men exclusively; he ap-
plies them " all men indiscrminatey. He siengthy
and family possessions, and therefrom concludes
tnat the law IL applicaple 10 all kindred, whether
married or unmarried lie mas iOrRoten mat Joseph
ana mary lived Ia Nazareth, wnhe Bethlehem was
tnelr na,Vs tt , CITY 70 Wnicn iney went 10 be
taxed" 80 tnat ''dwellulg tOSethef" must have
some other meaning than residing In the same town,
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hnm,a Ard ,h,s r,aus 10 ss,a.nad no. a'c n y a.
tuo kinu nS0orueu ~ tno Dpe. 1vsephus gives as
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