The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-01

| tutJ CcuOuhSSu IT. all tue Jews
knew that the God of the Bible was
against polygamy. for in the 4SO
years of their stay in Egypt there is
only one case of polygamy recorded
only one. All the mighty men of
the Bible stood aloOf from polygamy,
except those who, falling into the
crime, were chastised within an inch
of their lives. Adam, Aaron. Noah,
Joseph, Joshua, Samuel, monogram
lists.
| But v.n say: didn't David and Sol
ONION favor polygamy? Yes and did
they not get well punished for it
Read the lives of those two men, and
YOU will came Ia the conclusion that
all the attributes ofGod's nature were
against their behavior. David suffer-
cd for his crimes in the caverns of
Aduliam and Masada. in the wilder
ness Of Mahanaim. in the bereave-
ments of Ziklag. The B,douins after
him. Ahithopel after him, Adonijah
afc5r him, the Edlmits> after him, the
Svrians after him, the MoabitPs after
him, sickness after him. death after
him, the Lord Gld Almighty after
him. The poorest peasant in ali the
empire married to the plainest Jewess
was happier than the kings liason with
Bathsheba. How did Solomon get
along with polygamy Read his
warning I'M proverbs, and his self dis
gust in EcclesiaStes. lie throws up
his hands in Ioathing. and cries out
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity. His
700 wives hal nearly pestered the life
out of him.
SOLOMON GOT WELL PAID
for his crimes well paid. | repeat
that Ill the mighty men Sf scriptures
were alUof from polygamy, save Is
they were pounded and failei, and
cut 10 pieces for their insult 10 holy
marriage. Yet Mr.. Ingerso!l in the
ace of an audience, declares that the
Bible approves OF polyg,my! II it
dec, why is it that in all the lands
where The Bible predominates. poiyg-
ANY is forbidden, and in ali the lands
where tuerc is 10 Bible it is favored.
P.lvsamv al over Cuba, all over
Ird.a, all over Africa, al over Per-
ia and all over heathendom, save u
the missionaries have done their work
y hire pol, amy does not exist in Eng
hnt ant the United States, except in
defiance OF law, rs in Uiah, from
wnica the president of the United
States and The congress are about
o eject it. The Bible abroad, God
nonoIed monogamv. The Bible not
abroad, Gnd-abhorred polygamv. And
yet Mr.. Ingersoil says the Bible ap
proves of poIygamy. God is against
polygamy, and the Bible is against
polyg4my, all christendom is against
poly amy. How much Mr.. lnger-
sol, "pInion of the marriage ius'itu-
ii II Is worth, | leave you to judga,
wann ! tell YOU that il one If his &c
ture; he compares an English aut 20 'eSs
wh - very existence was an insult To !
the IN irrIa &c relation which her dis |
reputation as writer /
could not pa!liaIe, and whose life Was
no example fit TO be held up to the /
mon ami women of America with
Queen Victoria to the depreciation of
e later In other words, rather
than Q1een Victoria, the purest speci-
Heu IF Christian " pmanh Oh on anv
hr,ne in all tue earth. he prefers an
ant ,oress, whose life was an oiienSe TO
me marriage institution AID her eX-
ample an insult 10 every pure woman
IA cnristendOm. As for mv-elf, | hav
a., admiration for the literary adult
srpss, than | nave f"r her, who Al
he Il re of nineteen. on being Informed
hat the crown of England was hers,
lnelt AMI a-krd the archbishop To
Iray for the blessing at Col on her
,eign, and who rearing her princes
lnd priDc-sses in the iaith of IA Chris
ian life. finds in Der widnwhood a
IN that gospel which COM
orted Prince Albert in his dying mo-
nents, when with trembling lips. IN
caste, she sang To him,
ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME;
md VINO, whether IN plain dress gong
,ut from the castle at Balmoral. or o. ,
aOrne. to read Scripture to the P0r
n The lane. or carrying some delicdcy
o tempt the invalid's appetite. or -
ny down to Cnise hurst, holds b. the
hand the banished empress standing
~ the casket of her dead boy, The
MY SIN of his mother, and she a
widow, or cables to the capital of our
lation her anxiety about our wounded
thief. and then sits down and writes
With her own hand such comfort as
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