The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-08

necessities" and conId he owe
looked Looked. While this question G
slavery was being discussed in a
early day, Joseph Smith pnblighe
us views as to the manner of dis
posing OF the vexed question whicI
ne considered Unconstitutional !,
us nature. He suggested that
sinking fund designed for the aholi
ton OF slavery by the nurcbasa 81,
Ireeing OF slaves becreated, WHEREBY
the faith Of shareholders should nci
De maltreated by national le0isla
tors. Had the nation aceented' fiji.
God given instruction as aid q fa1r
OF the statesmen, the great sconrge
would have been averted which feiI
upon the nation. obliteratinG tbat
traternal feeling between the north
and the south, rendering the nation
no longer united, but as positivelv
/ divided as could be, on, the Maso3
and Dixon line. Then the reIiCioI,s
bodies also divided, and theresftsr
being known as the Methodist Ran
tlst, or other church of the north
and the same church of the south'
The only denomination that did not
split in this way was the Roman
Catholic church, which recognized
the necessity of union. This nation
nave classed the system of plurality
OF wives, existing among the saints.
With New England bigamy and orr
entail denominations. Every student
OF history knew the system of plu-
rality Of wives was not new. it had
always been in force. Christ at no
time denounced the practice, for he
himself was a descendant of polyga-
nous lineage. While recognizing
honorable marriage he everywhere
denounced fornication and the pro-
mlscuous intercourse of the sexes.
The only passage that the sneaker
ever heard quoted from the New
Testament against the practice of
poiygamy was Paul's instruction to
Timothy, wherein he stated bishop
should be the husband of one wife.
But the idea that Paul wished to
convey was that a bishop should
be a married man, knowing how
TO rule his own house, and
not that he should have but one
wife. The fact that he said a bishop
should have one wife was in no
way prohibitory to other officers and
members Of the church, combining
them to one wife each. Monogamy
was established in the Roman en-
pire at the time when Rome was
under the necessity of making raids
upon the other nations to obtain
wives, hence it was necessary to
their view to limit each man to one
wife, and as a result the Roman
nation became of the most corrupt
OF all nations upon the earth. The
speaker rather wished to impress
upon the congregation that God had
IN this age commenced a marvellous
work and a wonder with earth.
He had stretced forth his arm to ad-
vance certain " orks, AMI designed
that his efforts should not be ia
vain in gathering the remnant of
Ephraim and Manassa. Concern
ing the twin of the house of Judah
it was decreed that the sceptre
should not depart from Judah
and the languer from between his
feet until the Shiloh came. The
Savior likened the kingdom of God
to ltaven in three measures of
meal; our part of that leaven was
with the house of Judah in Pales-
tine, another in with the Nephites
on the American continent, and the
third portion with the tribes which
God had led away into the north
country, Jesus said he had to go
to the ten lost or reported tribes
after having visited the Nephites,
He commanded the Nephites to
write whatsoever they had seen
and heard; similar instructions
he also gave to each OF the
other branches of Israel. And
in the due time of the Lord
each branch Of the Israelites
should have the records Of the other
and the three portions Of the leaven
be united again, having completely
leavened the threei measures ofmeal.
While the speaker favored and en-
couraged the acquisition OF all
knowledge concerning the arts ana
sciences, he desired to impress upon
the saints the necessity and import
ance of studying the scriptures and
acquainting themselves with the
words of the Lord. Ii the saints
have not the written words OF God
with them, let them proceed to OBJ
tain them as soon as possible. The
prosecutors of this people did not
understand us. The clause in one
of the Commissioners rules in the
marriage relation contem plated the
exclusion Of virtuous men and
women and the admission of harlots
and hbertines. The purpose Of states
men during the discussion of the
Edmunds bill was to admit adult
erers, for when senator attempted
to make an amendment to prescribe
this class also it was voted down,
for as it was remarked by member
of Congress it would soon leave both
houses without q quorum. 1t was
not morality the nation sought. And
no nation is able to hold the reins of
government in the United States
only towork righteousness, otherwise
they work their own destruction
God had called the founders Of this
nation to make an asylum for the
prosecuted of all nations, which was
the destiny of the government. But
some may think this people were
between the miIIsloMes Of thelT