The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
THE BOARD
OF MISSIONS
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MormOns In faith and baptized into the
church are unsaved-they can rescue
them from that condition by being bap-
TIED for them.
One writer suggests that the Latter
Day Saints were few years in advance
of some OF the Andover teachers in the
discovery OF that new continent called
Another Chance"
But few religious organizations, IL
any, show greater care in providing for
the eternal welfare and safety of the
nations founders than these peculiar
people.
President MILFORD Woodruff said the
men who founded the Government OF
the United States were inspired of God,
as were also the signers of the Decla-
ration II Independence Every one or
these men, said he. lis now an: elder
! IN Israel. for 1, myself, was baptized
IN the Temple at St. George" Ga town
IN Southern Utah). Hundreds of the
dead are baptized for weekly.
POLYGAMY.
: IL is difficult to understand polygamy |
as taught and practiced by the Latter /
Day Saints without statement OF the
way marriages are solemniZed. Al !
most any Mormon-even an elder-can
perform the ceremony. 1t is expected
that all marriages will be performed in
IsOme one of the temples, into when
no Gentle Is ever allowed to enter. All
ceremonies are secret and oath-aound.
All records are secret and are never
given to the law nor produced. 1t is
true. that now they do conform to the
letter OF the law in the United states
by obtaining a marriage license, but IL
the ceremony be performed by other
than Mormon, IL Is not recognized as
binding by the church. AS a means OF
salvation for the woman II must be
solemnized in a temple. by saint. "A
woman. cannot reach heaven, except
Through a husband. either for this.world
Tor the next.
These marriages are of two kinds;
those for time and eternity and those
for eternity only. The Mormons be-
Ilieve that the chief joys of heaven VIII
be sensual. that heaven is the earnal
one OF Mohammedanism, that God Is
polygamist that Jesus Mary, Martha
and Mary Magdalen were In polygamy,
: that there are no marriages in heaven
but all have 70 be performed here; they
TRY To have enough wives there. IL not
here. Hence we find young girls who
/. have died without being married are
4 sealed to some man for a wife In the
/ heaven. This marrying women for the
r next world Is called celestial marriage.
Celestial wives do not enter the hOuse-
holds Of their eternal lords. and are
lreseryed for heaven However. in some
: linexplicable way they very. very often
lbecorne mothers. Isabel Thurgood' 5
case)
Says the Rev. n. r. Clemenson--whc
/ Twas born and brought up in Mormon
n ism: "Polygamy is a necessary relation,
: vital to the integrity of Mormonisni.
: fundamental to the Conference and con
5 lsistency of the Mormon faith"
In May, 1885. Declaration of Grfsv-
Iances and Protest was carried to Pres
% ident Cleveland by the Hon. John I
: Caine. then Utah's Representative In
congress asking the kindly offices OF
the Executive in behalf of polygamy
because II was a vital religious. doc
n trine. This protest became state pa
!. lper. committing the Mormon Church tc
- polygamy forever.
"a In the News, a Salt Lake City paper
George @. Cannon holds that celestiS
marriage Is entered into under a GOV
enant as sacred as mortal can know.
why call II sacred II not to make th'
> celestial marriage covenant recognized
I'm the life of Taylor we find Prog
ress in the Kingdom OF God must stol
80 unless this law OF plural marriage !
- practiced." Is polygamy dead Is
sue?
- The Salt Lake Tribune and the Sal
Lake Herald June Is, 1889 give re
port of the conjoint conference of tn
Y. NJ. and Y. l.. NJ. I. A. Mutual In
III lstruction Association). We quote fror
lis that report: Apostle Woodruff an
- wife. Mr.. Holt and Mrs. Freeze of Sal
'
the work of the conference. Mr.
Freeze took for her theme the subtec
of polygamy and defended the practic
as not only being right but a divin
q command of God.
Apostle Woodruff and Mr.. Holt ais
took up the matter and stated the b'
lief in polygamy was as much a pal
nv OF the faith of the Mormon Church Il
no day as IL ever was. and that while
= difference to the laws of the Unite
States plural marriage was not pra
ticed at the present time, IL was peve
theless believed to be right, and u
Government was condemned for SUI
VI pressing IL.
ED 'It was impressed upon the minds
ere the young people that they could n
deny this part Of the Mormon bell
without at the same time denying u
Prophet Joseph Smith, on whose a.
g. vice II was first practiced."
There IL much truth In the priest
saying. give me the child to instru
and you may have the man what
such teaching do Tor the Hawaiian D
and girl? You know the nature a
:. ltemperament of our native young pc
719 ple too well to make II necessary Tor
. picture Of the state of society OF I
near future to be drawn.
There was quite pause when M
lWhiteman had finished her readi
N. and sat down.
,eld IL was a grave queStioh anu HO y
-er. cared TO handle II without due cons
ing Grafton and deliberation.
The Chinese report was then call
for. but owing to the absence OF
superintendent. It was laid over VI
10 the next meeting
en- A motion to admit the Maui sist
.ck- into the board was carried unantmo
r. ly and with qualification. The pre-
y. dent ordered that a report to y
IL effect be forwarded to them. !
- question of representation at the \
York conference to be held In il
uary 1901. was next in order,
n. much informal chat upon the subj
followed. The board will. In all II
lihood, be ably represented.
Mrs. Hyde greeted Mrs. Jones, II
ss.r few graceful words. and then
ssa- Jones favored the meeting with an q
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