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

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o0jection that the term is not az he has had but
III he mas" afirm that 10 tac original the future
is said:-"Ii man or woman have plague upon the
head or beard" the meaning Of which 10, II ne or
she na ta AVER Of bs ss sSd rsog
that any future time he shall do as ordained In
the law OF leprosy and that law implies the recur-
renee OF the disease, which implies succession. But
suppose the meaning OF this passage Is two wives at
the same time, this cannot be construed BY any 40
gamy for 1t Is as II Moses had said:-'lf IN view OF
the prevalence Of polygamy Jew shall SO far forget
two wives at the same time therefore this shall not
work the abr0gatlon OF the law OF prlmogenture the
born fOn n sa not srsSy % Saa
steal an OK, or sheep and Kill 1t or sell IT. ne shall
SS o ~ ss r f
permission and sanction for sheep stealing.
but the famous passage adduoed 10 favor q poly.
fall BY the SWORD aud tS S1d mighty in tne waT
Ana aer gates snail " lament and mourn and she
that day seven women shall take hold Of one man,
take away our reproacn.n Now what are the facts
This passage Is quoted time and time again BY the
Mormons, as descriptive OF the menial-that grand
| ''good time coming''-when man can have ali the
women ne wants because great many men have
Of his paradise. He told OF lis golden Streets its
saying. "Ah, Efendi, shall have 900 wives when
Iget there" Gaughter But what are the factsY the
miles, those apostate Jews who had SO far forgotten
God as to go after other gods; ana God slew them;
He indicates That SO great would be the slaughter
that there would be seven women TO every man.
women shall lay hold OF one man." Is a sanction OF
| polygamys II you do, then point you to Isaiah
KILL, lo:-''Their children also shall be dashed to
pieces before their eyes, their houses shall be spoiled
and their wives ravished.n Now take these two
prophecies. One Is prediction of the overthrow OF
Gods enemies; the other IS prediction Of the over
throw OF Babylon. God Almighty in His infinite
love, can never sanction the dashing to pieces OF
into the future the prophet predicts that, in the
overthrow OF Babylon such shall be the fury OF the
| the evil mentioned shall fall upon the women. A
great slaughter Is TO- come upon the men. and the
quently the relative number Of women Is to be in-
creased But now mark the cause OF this tremendous
msnt Of the Kingdom of the LORD Jesus u Christ In
| the world. And wherever Christianity has gone
there monogamy has prevailed. !! mas smlten Inc
pied to the fall; and today where Christianity is
preached and practised in Its purity there marriage
feltcitous form OF marriage under the heavens SO
much for this passage: 1t may be known to you that
human device. Frequently the man who thus
divided the Bible took the last verse Of the preced
Ing chapter and with that commenced the following
chapter This is the in the present instance as
affirmed by The best Biblical scholars. l submit
TINS statement en- en- to the best critic IN the world
This verse then belongs to the preceding chapter
and then comes new chapter and q new subject
namely, the establishment Of the kingdom OF the
Lord Jesus Christ.
But with greater triumph the abettors Of polyga-
my quote Levltcus xviii. 1s:-.Neither shalt thou
take wife to her sister. to her, to uncover her
nakedness besides the other In her lifetime" 1t is
OF the law must be considered In determining the
sense Of any portion OF the law; and it is equally
binding upon to ascertain the mind or the iegis-
lator from the preface Of the law when such preface
Is gwen. The first tive verses Of this chapter are
EUVDt.
We shall not do; and after the doings Of the land or
Mn VI walk 1S you s s not ao
were their ordinancesf Both the Egyptians and the
Canaantes plactsed incest adultery, sodomy, idoa-
teen inclusive the law Of consequently is laid
down and the blood relationship are defined,
marry But in verse eighteen the law against poly
gamy Is given:-'Nether shalt thou take WIFE TO
shalt not take one ne VIE TO anoSer ana this
derng is Sustained by Cooks0n Bishop Jewel Dr..
1%1 ana Dr Dwight According to Dr. Edwards
are found In the Hebrew but eight times In each pas
sage they refer to anmate Objects such as the wings
OF the cherubim, lemons, mOrtlces &C., and signify
coupling together one to another. They denotathe
exact likeness OF one ching to another ana herelor
Did, as the margin expresses 1t, the taking OF one
wife to another during her lifetime. And the reason
assigned for this prohibition Of plurality or wives
Is natural. logical and mercful-becauSe 1t would
''vex herprove the cause OF innumerable jeaousies
and contention The history OPP marriages
From Lamech 10 Jacob, from Jacob to David, from
David to Solomon and In subsequent times, tile viO-
laton Of this divine law has been attended by
such evils. But 1t Is said that If this passage does
not prohibit man marrying two sisters at the same
To Weh
such marriage is forbidden BY consequence and
analogy. AS for example:-Where It Is prohibited
xviii y, it follows that the daughter shall not
marry her father Yet 1t Is not 80 especially stated
cover the nakedness Of thy fathers brOther.n so
infer mothers brother. though 1t Is not stated
the nakedness Of thy brothers. WIFE," So infer that
man shall not uncover the naitedness OF his wifes
same woman then two women shall not take the
same man. For between one man and two sisters
na one and nd Two brothers the de-
by the law OF God. Furthermore, If the marriage or
man and two sisters Is here forbidden, which is In
disputabe, then verse IS. according TO Mormon IN
More than this. II, Tor argument. we concede it
is not permission for Q man to take two wives
who are not sisters; for all sound luriss viii agree
another. Nay more the Mormons DO or do not re.
ceive the law OF Moses as binding. That they do |
moi e ss own mae take For
her mother 1t Is wickedness; they shall be burnt
with fire both he and they" Yet Mr. John Hyde, Jr.,
that a Mr.. E. Bolton married woman and her
daughter, and Captain Brown married q woman |
in tie Territory Of the same kind More than this
the Mormons say that Lev xviii, ls prohibits
mdu lIOm HaTIyLng Two sisterS. YET Mr.. HyQe IN.
forms us that a Mr.. Davis married three sisters
that 9 Mr. Sharkey married the same number, and
ing to marry two sisters should marry them on the
same day, "for that will prevent quarrelling about
who 10 first or secOnd.o page SOY
Mosesf Nthey do not, as is clear nom the above
cited facs what confidence can we have In their
claim that because Moses sanctions their system Of
this. II II here means two literal sisters and
whereas Jacob married two sisters, and Whereas
miracle on Leah and Rachel that they might
have children, and whereas you say that said
miracle was an approval OF polygamy, so also was
1t an approval OF Incest. If the Mormons say God
did not express disapproval OF Jacobs having two
wives neither did He express disapproval Of his
marrying two sisters, therefore the Divine silence
the one case Is the offset to the Divine silence In