The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-03-10

n Jesus! tne BAfCA
Sfall we enjoy.
S1T lives to thy honor
We wish 20 employ,
,.,,sr by Bishop Samuel A. WOOlley.
d d.o sang another hymn;
oGod. tn Eternal Father
wbo dwells amid the skyi
+, Jesus' name we ask thee
70 bless and sanctity.
,.crament was administered by
III. pheStAO0d of the Third Ward.
A %InvR HENRY W. NA1sBITT addressed
.oncregstion and said: The Sabbath
vs. ~ dav provided expressly for the
: ..ant;on Of spiritual food. The
l.. CHG. or teacher, is required to pro-
li5e for the spiritually hungry. Indi-
:5u.I experience enables the speaker
:, ,I draw upon the wealth of his own re-
40. and inpart to the people; but a
se .af deal depends upon the congrega-
era themselves. Our church organiza-
Az. AZ basuecessarily had avital influence
w, Fl, The family conditions of our com
W. PITY There are circles within circles,
!, az he prophet said, wheels within
heels The Immediate prosperity and
gtTTe success depends upon the family
.sl"t;ons. Where the ordinance of mar
r;ooe is not recognized as the foundation
a. Society, confusion disorder and chaos
"iIl ultimately predominant. God de-
,;gned that man should not be alone,
mt that woman should be his helps
mast and that man and wife should be
sns The scriptures tell Us of Eve, the
mother Of our race Marriage was Or
Saiuad of God. The pages of holy writ
EVIDENCE that marriage has always been
recognised as a sacred and holy alliance;
in one place saying, "Whomsoever God
hath joined together, let no man put
sgrnder.naa The observance of its
sacred relations have always met with
divine blessings; while q disregard and
violation of its holy requirements are
everywhere shown by the Bible to be
sapping the whole foundation of the vel
fare and eternal happiness of mankind.
Marriage is the means designed by God
to perpetuate from father to son the
characteristics of ourselves, as ex-
exenplifed by the Savior, who declared
that he was in the exact likeness of His
Father, telling his disciples that who
srer had seen Him had seen the Father.
The pages of Holy Writ, although not
full details of the early his
.ory and habits Of the ancient people of
God, yet show conclusively that mar
rage existed in polygamic as well as
form. The Prophetdamech
is the earliest recorded instance of a
man having a plurality of wives.
David was a notable instance. God
instanced His divine approval of David
having several wives, onlyi denouncing
him when he resoTted to killing a
man 10 obtain possession of his wife.
Solomon and many others of the good
and reFered ancient prophets, sacred
history tells Us, had a plurality of wives,
besides concubines. However, modern
Christianity has assumed to say that
the marriage Of aman to more. than one
wife has become an obsolete practice.
The Bible showsus that marriage rela-
tons sanctioned by God are eternal
covenants, not made for time only, I'M
I'll death separates as, but to last be-
yond the grave. The love naturally
existing between the sexes is the divine
git that will alone bind together the
family circle. 1t is the power
which causes individuals to labor
and sacrifice for the welfare of
our race. Sad indeed is the con-
dlhoR Of the association OF the sexes
where this divine principle of pure love
Goes not exist and control. This ele-
'sient should lay the foundation of all
harmed life. Man and woman are
compound beings, possessing other feel
iegs than those of love, due considera-
aon Tor which must be had. There
! hast be a union of sentiment and
1sDought, hence the scriptures tell us
~ ~ not unequally yoked together"
;s5en regard is not had for these
II enngs sorrow and regret. A man
Hiassaially exerts q good deal of
+n5 se over woman; but a
sOoo woman viii and can exert a
i nv greater influence over the man.
HUrhq1esuonabiy 8 great deal depends
sEgsn me properly exercised influence
ro "Onlah: But rs to the question of
s ~,oloEamle or polYgamic marriage,
g. uing shows that the latter has ex-
c ons "a ana does now exist upon the earth:
. snu mas the relation OF man and woman
as Sss ee polygamic in the world to
fso le. IN TACT to unprecedented and
~ q iltill persons it does seem peculiar
d. ~' .le Christianity (so-called) OF to-
~, should decry the plurality of wives.
- iueie can be no doubt that the OPPOSE
,n5 W Today is the result Of tradition.
,oD.;, carried on without due
a. and thought on the sub
~ ~ put the question NAV be asked
, ,H! consider this subject, and provoke
,o'nIenton, when here in America Laws
is po pg zen made prohibiting plural mar
h rs + OF the best of all reasons, that
a. ailerlea, free country, freedom of
6s, '4 us IS guaranteed ito all men, and
.on,;S sue discussion and thoughtful
: va G;'eIallon OF the subject will tend to
ioo3 II more TS properly and fully under
y o,,,a.,, mere Is no eyidencein mans or
,I Sr-9ii organization to show that
-i iIiI',ilty OF wives, or polyeamv. is in
H. s'"u9h OF right, but on the contrary
how ylhe part OF our natures
ar. such 4 relation to be in
Seie '-iGny with the laws of God.
1hysi .1i,c men agree that the laws of
-elsficn ,G admit OF such a marriage
Iolv W. The evidence contained in
vel se III ~ corro6orates this opinion, as
years - ne experience of men of later
md act, II haS been demonstrated again
narri.sa Sun mat the patriarchal order Of
plureI;5's' me polygamic relation. or
ii gao l'Ss = " wives, has been productive
suecesSf, ~ humanity. Marriage, TO be
recogni,Iaai55y productive Of good must be
has lied as 4 religious oTdinance II
one Ibass been so, until within the last
relisionn,a hundred ,glred years, when so-caIied
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