Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-23

d suppress plural marriages and
think they oVerstepped the
c Constitution. In the school we
: teach the free agency Of man:
!. We also teach that it is proper to
l seek counsel from the best sources.
: We have not taught that it Is wrong
!. TO rebel against the Priesthood. We
e have taught that members Of the
Church should obey the authority
q. OF the Priesthood, but they may dis
z obey if they choose, think that
we should obey the instructions
OF the President Of the Church in
his official capacity in relation to
the Church. The subject Of obedi-
ence to the Priesthood is not dis
cussed. don't teach anything l
do not believe, but do not force on
the pupils all that do believe. There
!! are many topics that are not re-
ferred 10. In our college the pupils
are from II 10 80 years Of
age. / am - years old. In
regard to the Kingdom of God, /
do not understand that it is set up ut
all. | understand it is the mission
Of this Church 10 prepare for the
| Kingdom OF God, but TO do so that
it is not necessary for them 10 exer-
else temporal authority. have real
the sermons Of the leaders of the
Church, but have not seen any
destinations that the Kingdom Of
God Is set up, without notifications
Of those declarations. ! understand
that when the principles OF right
| eOusness taught 10y the Church shall
| prevail, then the Kingdom will be
established. But in the sense Of a
kingdom, il is the teaching that il
is not setup.
To the cOurt-When Christ comes
and reigns, then the kingdom will |
be established; il cannot be king
dom yet, because there is no king.
To Dickson-The President Of the |
Church is not the representative OF |
the King in temporal matters. He
is in spiritual matters. be-
lieve that when Christ comes He
will hold control in temporal mat
tiers, and that all men who work
righteousness wiiLadd in CONTROL
that the Priesthood holds no control
in temporal matters, but in spiritual
matters. l DO not believe that the
Priesthood have the right 10 control
men in all temporal matters.
don't think the President has n
right TO direct absolutely IL I'll tenn
poral matters. y doctrine TO that
effect is foreign to my understand
ing. / never have understood that
they have a right to dictate in all
matters. have studied the teach .
ings Of the authorities Of the
Church,
To Rasbin-We teach the pupils
that there is 4 distinction between ,
plural and celestial marriage. We
designate no revelation rs the one {
on polygamy. We have one on the {
eternity Of the marriage covenant. I
We teach that the revelations in the I
Doctrine and Covenants are divine, I
and this includes the revelation on :
celestial marriage. Plural marriage |
is not given as a command to the {
Church, nut celestial marriage is. I
Plural marriages in the Church are ,
celestial marriages, but celestial q
marriages are not all plural mar
riages. believe that a deception Z
or fraud is necessary characteristic /
Of bigamy. understand there was {
no law in 1913 against n man mar i
rying two wives, unless he l
practiced fraud. | understand
now that there are laws 7
against polygamy now in existence. 2
DO not consider that our system ;
includes biEiimy. In the school we [
have not given any instructions rs '
TO whether plural marriage should O
or should not be practiced. )
To the COurt-In the highest c
grade in the school thee questions a
may come up. We say that celes- (
tial marriage is binding for eternity. h
being consummated by divine |
authority. We do not explain what n
plural marriage is, but | understand /
il to mean plurality Of wives. We
teach that marriage can be per- )
formed as a religious ceremony, or n
rs a civil contract. We don't men il
ton plural marriage, either ore way @
OF another. | am EeitherauthOrized n
nor qualified TO teach plural mar T,
rage. We do not understand that 4
teaching that plural marriage is cor n
rupting the morals % the pupils, I,
heCa"sC We TO uot teach II. There /,
has never been any comparison
between the laws Of the government [,
and the doctrines Of the Church. | n
believe plural marriage to be pro- I,
per condition, hut have given no in {,
-tructiOu upon K. / think n young "a
nan educated in the college would b
relieve that a law which binds his [:
Is unconstitutional, but | n
he would not believe that such n n
aw was not binding. / would not II
ldvise the breaking Of any law, q
or | consider a law binding until it :,
; annulled h
10 DickSon-I believe the anti ii
law is unconstitutional, al
lut that il j. binding. l have never 4
aught the children that plural mar in
ilge is right. because / have not II
aught il at all. The Priesthood do :
lot now control in temporal matters. ci
have never heard il taught that n
ilural marriage, OF itself, viii exalt 10
nyOnc: | believe celestial marriage IL
s essential 70 eXaltltion. tr
70 Lc Grand YOung-A celestial nj
marriage is one consummated be -
ween a man and a woman that I'm
' IN be ofavail in eternity rs well as y,
Il this life. This is the revelation IN
n celestial marriage. / understand Ii,
hat pOlygamy is not obligatory, but n,
5 peTmiSsive. | think celestial IN
marriage l. obligatory for exaltation 10
that is an eternal union in Y,
marriage Of husband and wife. The m
cvelatiOn has been read in school.
We teach that marriage for eternity re-
necessary. We have never or
.ught that polygamy is ncces- IN
lry. We have never taught that ga
he Priesthood control in temporal M
latters. We teach that ad- II
ice in temporal matters from N,
nose who understand them 90
proper, and the same as 10 spirit
al matters. think there must be an
king to n Kingdom. think Christ q,
ill lie King Of the Kingdom OF sol
iod. and that there will he no other ON
Iler. As 10 the proportion Of of
in Utah, l would say TN
mere is not to exceed one in thirty he
mong the adult male members OF Of
he Church. wi
To Dickson-I think there are 10y
IS than 100000 people in the Ter Pc
tory; do not know how many ru
ientiles there are. tai
To Biskin-I said If l needed an
ledical advice I would ask one ma
10 give it. We
Baskin-ls laying on Of hands for rel
ne healing Of the sick a doctrine Of in
he Church? CO.
The court ruled that this was i'm
roper. pin
To Mr.. Young-When n man is a Ne
Dlygamist, it is usually but short m,
me before his neighbOrs know of OF,
. l don't think it possible TO keep ciI
secret long. | know the nonogam- las
IS have the elective franchise, and asC
,lvonu,isfs tlo not take the oath ~