Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-01


We have received letter Co which Of /
frat we wc-e Inclined 60 pay no ntten- /
lion. as BE- was marked "pemonai' ana /
"siricuy conn scnunl and set requested I
A., rapiy through the News and while .
claiming Co.. come from member ~ tho .
Church who protested to know great .
many things. yet displayed gross iFnor- .
orsa OF some particulars. which De- in-
,.rp,illio with the writer's proicn-
sions. on second thoughts we have dee
cllsd 90 notice q in these columns lcst
those Interested in sending Il might
miaraurifue our silence.
The substance of % is that the wfl'-
or says be desires 60 marry plurN'
wife. with thr consent NJ Dis hNlnF
i.g,i wife. iIa claims that Doc ana tho
young woman entered into % sacred
agreement iu the old world. after oD'y-
irr tbo Gospel aud learning ~ the doe
,rIre of plural marriage. that they
Womb enter into that order after ore
diving hero. He wants 90 know whether
choir relations would bo sinful ~ they
wore Co ro into another State and ho
married by an Eiior everything being
kent secret iIo fny1 they would even
go 90 Moxico in order 20 accomplish
tbis. ana inumntoa that De knQwa
"s,mc have taken another wife recent
~"
In the nrat place. lf the wrItor knows
ANYTHING about tha order of iha Church.
even when plural marriage was permit
tci. Dc should understand TINT hr had
no right TO mako any such covenant nH
ba declares Do entered into ln England
That was contrary Co tho church law
ana Z, tho direct counsel N the church
authorities.
In the ngxt place n De- bias any COM
prsbansl0n Of the principle N ccl.aual
marriage, he would not write TO tho
editor Of "a Newspaper aH TO what he
would bo authorized 60 DO Ia such q
matter. Ifo must have read the roVela-
ton In which Dc Expresses 90 much
faith. and that states cmphntically that
there IL only one man on earth 90 "a
time who holds tho Keys Of the author
| ity 20 direct in such affairs. Ills In
auiry. II In good faith, would have been
made Of that one man. the President Of
| the church.
In the third place be would recognize
tho fact that no Elder. IN airy State OF
the Union. would perform such corc-
mony as he inquiries about " the FL
der was Sane and IN good standing
And further the ceremony without the
authority NJ the one man holding tho
keys would be- void. even " attempted
10 boz H0lomulzod.
Ia the fourth place be- should undor'
stand that President Lorenzo Snow hal
publicly and privately announced that
no such marriages have taken place. of
Will be- aolcmnl1od, under hiH presi
doncy. either here OF elsewhere. on Hand
or aoa. on tho mountains or the rivers
IN Mexico or any other country. am
that any person who attempts 20 per
form any such ceremony will b
promptly dealt with for tfnnHgrrHalon
II tho writer u the letter does no
know those things he la very poorly in
formed. Ana We are satisfied that IL
claiming To know of recent plural mar
rlngca he ~ boastfui as wcll as lgnor
ant. We invite him 10 rcport what D.
claims TO know on this matter. VIII
the proofs " any oxiat. either TO us o
10 the President Of the Church Tor IN
. yostgation We have aificd "a numb,
Of similar statements 10 the bottom
. and found that there was nothing LET
p after they had gone through the pr
e cess.
. This subject II very much like atra
d rcvcn times thrcahcd. and h bocomln
, very dry and prontloss. We IA,
I touched upon Il In this case Tor N
reasons we have named, and 80 tn
% should there be any persons really
h the conditions claimed hy the wrltcr
4 the letter We have received, they ma
y know. once and Tor all, that the kos
a have been turned against plural maj
r rlagc. and that mo- Huhtorfugo, or ci
4 cusc. or reason that may Doe urg,
10 can prevail against that authorinui
r act We do not fcc how much plain
70 we can speak on tho subject u this
o not enough. and any ONE doubts VIII
10 we have said oB 10 the rroHllcutH al
@ nouncoment appeal should bee made
70 him direct who has tho nual word ar
70 n the end ~ controversy