The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-10-29

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have stated repeatedly that IL Is not
dying out, and that there il no inten- i
tioD on the part Of the leaders 70 let
1t die out. There Is dictum Of the
church which lie supreme. bearing on
this question. which / have read fire.
queutly before Idaho audiences. II
Is taken from the doctrine ana coven-
ants which contains the revelations
o. Joseph Smith, and It deals with
the question Of plural marriage.
Matthias Cowley, one Of the ~
apostles. and formerly q resident Of
Idaho, delivered an address In the
tabernacle at Logan, in which be
stated among other things that none
of the ordinances Of the church bad
been repealed, and that none Of them
could be repealed without making
God ont liar. And be exclaimed.
God can not lie This address was
delivered in 1901, IL years after the
manifesto.
PROPHET SMITH s REVELATION.
81 want TO quote for your ediflca-
tion . portion Of the revelation Of
Joseph Smith, who, according to the
Mormons, Was a prophet Of God,
bearing on the question Of polygamy.
IL Is in part as follows:
=" Verify. thus saith the Lord,
that inasmuch rs you have inquired
at my hand to know concerning my
servants. Moses, David and Solomon,
touching upon the question of their
having many wives and concnbines;
for behold, reveal unto you q neE
and an everlasting covenant, and Il
re abide not that covenant then are
ye damned, for no man can reject
this covenant and be permitted to
enter into my glory To quote
further: If any man espouse q vir-
gin and desire TO espOuse another and
the FIRST give her consent, then is be
justified. And again: IF a man
hath 10 virgins given to him BY this
Law be can not commit adultery, for
they are given unto him, and they
belong to him; therefore is he jnsti-
Red.
LAW or THE CHURCH TODAY.
This IL the Law Of the church 10
day. Il has always been the law
u the church since the time Of
Joseph Smith. IL is the word of
God, and God can not change, even
though the United States government
or the government OF the state Of
Idaho say, thou shalt not. ! hare
taken this fuDm copy Of the doctrine
and covenants, edition Of 1903
have carefully examined that book.
and ell Of the other books Of the
church. and have never been able
to fiue auy place where these people
have intima.ed that they ever intend
ed 90 recede from their original posi-
ton on this question. 1t is all non
sense for-the leaders Of the Fepuhli-
can party to cay that ploygamy is
dead, when the president of the
Mormon church. Joseph F. Smith,
who is also . prophet, seer ard re
yelstor, who bias direct eommunioa-
ton with God, testities before the
committee on privileges and elections
of the United States that he lives in
open polygamy and intimates that
il Is nobody business. Taken with
this the fact that six Of the -
apostles are prscticinr this thing,
aud bearing Ia mind that this prssi-
dent aud these apostles guide the
Lives q tbe Mormon people in Idaho,
| say that this fact alone, il there
we're ne other evidneoes. is sufficient
10 prove that polygamy Is a very
lively corpse. have stated FIRE
quently from The platform the names
Of men whom have known since
childhood, and whom I know live
openly in this relation. None Of
these statements have even been
challenged, Of. viii ever be- challenged
by any Of the gentlemen whose bust
ness il is at this time 10 defend and
uphold this system.
at Is excusable in men whose
lives have been such that they have
never been able to arrive st the facts
regarding those matters. bat those
men who so about the state and give
the lie 10 these statements, these men
who know positively that these state
ments are true, are not excusable,
And the people OF Idaho, all Of them.
shall know these things, and when
they DO. il viii not Re vell for the
political aspirations Of these gentle
men who attempt To null the wool
over the peoples eyes and wink at
the degradation a. women for the
sake Of sittle temporary political
gain
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