Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-05
TREAN:
THE MORMoN'S DAUGHTER.

tot There's no OOQ ABOUT lJi whoever nap
pens to be in the majority, good or bad,
makes the law, and God has nothing to do
with it. l tell you, if it gets in your way
set it asidei
ssMost Of us have come out Of and been
mixed up with the world; we have been as
ISOLATED with, and have received our educa-
ton and ideas in the midst Of, corruption OF
every kind, and we have sucked it in as with
our mothers milk. Even our religion has
been corrupt, and our ideas of morality
have been wrong; our politics, laws and
philosophy have all been twisted and pervert-
ed, until now it's hard for us to believe the
strange and wonderful things God reveals
to us. Why, when the Prophet Smith had
any thing to communicate to the children Of
men, or the church, what was it he had to
fight against all the year aroundl Why,
the prejudices of the people; and, in many
instances, he could not and dared not reveal
the word Of God to the people, for fear they
would rise up and reject it. 1t was just 80
with the revelation on Celestial marriage;
that divine principle was revealed to him
in 1881 and was practiced by him and
chosen holy few up to 184S before God give
him permission to communicate it to man
kind.
"And right here would like to ask what
will become Of them who have this holy law
of polygamy taught them If they reject it'll
will tell you: They will be damned, saith
| the Lord God Almighty. For Section rs Of
| the revelation on this greatest Of all princi
| pies reads as follows: And again, verify,
verify, 1 say unto you, if any man who holds
| the keys of this power have q wife, and he
| teaches unto her the law Of my Priesthood
as pertaining to these things, then shall she
| believe and give him other wives and admin
| lister unto him, or she shall be destroyed,
saith the Lord your God, for I will destroy
herp Now we are created for the express
| purpose of increase; that's why we are
! here The Lord ordained marriage between
male and female as q law through which
pre-existing spirits could come here and
enter into this second stage Of existence.
And, sisters, it's your business to provide
these spirits bodies; it's your duty, andlyour
duty must be performed if you ever expect
to gain Gods approval. Nay, even your
souls salvation depends upon it, for if you
| do not fulfill the commands Of the Almighty
will be destroyed, if not here,
then hereafter. The burdens may
seem heavy, but, I tell you, you have
| got to round up your shoulders and bear
them if you ever expect to be exalted to
glory and queenship in the unseen worlds.
And another thing will tell you, sisters,
you mustn't marry outside of Gods holy
church il you care about salvation; you
| can't do it and be saved. Like apostasy,
that seals your fate. 1t is q shining away
Of the Holy Ghost, and can only be atoned
for and RENTED by the shedding Of your
own blood.
"And, brethren, to you,. too, bring the
message Of the Lord; take unto yourselves
wives, be fruitful and replenish the earth.
II you are faithful servants Of the Most
High it is your duty and privilege, the same
privilege that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Of
old enjoyed; the privilege Of Solomon, the
wisest man that ever lived, Of many Of the
ancients who walked in Gods own footsteps,
obeyed His commands, and were approved
of Him. Why, we are certain, though the
fact is not capable of positive proof, that
Christ Himself was q married man. One
thing is sure, there was several holy wom-
en- who greatly loved Jesus-such as Mary
and Martha and Mary Magdalene. If all
the acts of Jesus were written, we no doubt
should learn that these beloved women were
His wives.
Sand, again, the grand reason for the
burst Of public sentiment in anathemas up
on Christ and His disciples, causing His
crucifixion, was evidently based upon
Of the philosophers who rose in that
day. Was not Jesus the bridegroom
at the marriage Of Cana Of Galilee1
Now, there was actually a marriage, and il
Jesus was not the bridegroom on that 90
casion, please tell me who vast I see that
some Of the ungodly revile me for assuming
this position. All I've got to say in reply i!
that they worship SAVIOUR who is too purt
and holy to fulfill the commands Of Hi,
Father. worship one just pure and hol,
? enough to fulfill all righteousness; not onl,
2 the righteous law Of baptism, but the still
2 more righteous and important injunction
a to multiply and replenish the earth. Why
s It Is the greatest principle Of all tho kerne
I Of creation. Without marriage woman il
. fIoy ,v-olt <hoh o;n o1oI
to man Of God, she can never, at least, b
exalted to queenship in Heaven. 6he ma,
be saved after fashion without, perhaps
;. enter the very lowest courts Of Glory liz
menisls as it were, but her Heaven vii
scarcely be worth the having You dom
want to be servants and scullons in tn
] mansians abovel Then set your mari
:. burdens that are laid upon your sex, and b.
Il queens In the Courts Of the Most High.
q Snow, there is another thing I'm going
be plain about, and that Is an apostasy fror
Gods Holy Church There is good deal o
this going on among US, and 1t must cease
We must save these deluded persons il "
= have to take their lives to do it. It's God
will that we should I tell you the time
n come when justice must be laid to the lin
v and righteousness to the plummet; when W
must take the sword and ask: Are you 70
God1 and II you are not heartily on th
IT Lords side you ,Oin be hea0n do,Onl
"It is true that the blood Of the Son Z
God was shed for the sins of the fall an
them committed by man, and yet men CO
commit sins which it can never remit. A
it was in ancient days, 80 it is in our da,
= There are sins that can be atoned for
offerings upon an altar, as in ancient day
but there are other sins that the blood Of
lamb, Of q calf, Of q turtle dove, or even I
Christ can not remit, they must be atone
for by the Mood Of the psrson hinasslH An
one Of these objectionable sins is apostas
the falling away from obedience to God
revelations as given through His Prophet
and the divulgement to the wicked Of Il
holy and secret ordinances Of the gospel.
But, says one, this is murderl tell "
It is not, it is atonement. You will find
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