The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-10

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would manifest His will to them for
their guidance.
Have you received any Individual
revelations" asked Senator Dubois.
No Individual Revelations.
Il can't say that I have" the wit
ness replied.
Can You say you have not?"
NO; but If l have lived as l should
have lived am capable of receiving
impressions from the Lord, just as a
good Methodist might, but I can't say
that they are revelations
Speaking of the endowment oath,
Mr.. Smith said in reply to Mr.. Tayler
that the obligation is the same as it
always has been. but that it is not an
oath; 1--WE adjure oaths."
Replying to Mr.. Hoar, Mr.. Smith said
he considered that conditions in Utah
justified him in the course he had pur-
sued. ION the other hand" he said,
I'VE have agreed not to solemnize any
more plural marriages, and don't be-
lieve," he added bringing his elenched
hand down on the table, ''that that I'M
Outstanding has been violated
Replying to Senator Depew, Mr..
Smith said no new revelations are in
eorporated in the Book of Mormon, but
in the doctrine and covenants.
The children of plural wives get
only what is willed to them or to their
mothers" said the witness. I'm my
own case / have made deeds to my diff
ferent families" He said that the
Book of Mormon is not the Mormon
bible.
No Distinctly Mormon Bible.
what is the Mormon Bible?"
King James translation of the BIZ
BILE. We have no Bible, except the
Bible of other Christian churches"
Replying to questions relating to his
former testimony, concerning Apostle
Teasdale's plural marriage since 1890,
Mr.. Smith said it was his understand
ing from Mr.. TeaSdale himself that at
the time of that marriage, Mr.. Teas
dale was sealed for eternity to an ell
derby woman who had been his house
keeper. Mr.. Teasdale understood that
the woman was in no sense his legal
wife when he married Marion Scoles.
His relation with her was just as
chaste as with his sister,"
Precisely So" the witness replied.
He said he had personally known two
other cases of sealing for eternity.
Andrew Jensen. assistant historian
of the church, said he had two wives
who were sisters, and that they both
lived in the same house, though he
lives with the first Mr.. Jensen said
he was not sealed in eternity to the
mother of the two wives.
Lorin Harmer testified that he was
a bishop for five Or six years, but had
been sent to the penitentiary in 1899
upon conviction of unchastity and lost
his good standing. He said he has
two wives, Ellen and Ida, and had
lived also with Ellen Anderson, but
never as her husband. He said she
had two children by him, one since he
had returned from the penitentiary.
He now lives in Springville. He said
Ellen Anderson supports herself and
that he had contributed nothing for
herself or her children. He said she
had property Of her own.
Smoot Sent the Sheriff.
Mr.. Harmer was asked if Senator
Smoot had anything to do with his
arrest. II think he caused it." he said.
HE was counselor at that time to the
president of the stake, who was then
away.
He called me to Provo and told me
the church proposed to take away my
bfshopric and other offices. 1 asked
him to give me time to prepare my
family and then I started home"
Why was he going to take away
your offices ?"
Because l had committed a crime"
what crime ?"
adultery, to be frank"
"Why do you think Mr.. Smoot caused
your arrest?"
Because before / reached home the
sheriff overlook me and put me under
arrest. / blame Mr.. Smoot for sending
the sheriff after me. I thought he
might have given me more time, al
though the crime was g. bad one.
4 I'LL
for my arrest, but it looked much like
it."
Hyrum M. Smith. thirty-two years
old, son of President Smith and one
of the twelve apostles, read a speech
he had made in 1894 in Brigham City,
at one of the quarterly conferences, in
which he said each one in the matter Of
obeying laws does as he pleases, but
that each must bear the consequences
of his acts. He said that was his view.
He explained the manner Of sending
out missionaries, and said polygamy
was not talked and that polygamous
cohabitation had never been talked at
conference at which Mr.. Smoot was
present. At other meetings he had
heard discussed the continuance Of the
plural marriages and the apostles had
taken steps to prevent it. Polygamous
cohabitation had not been considered.
Says Bible Teaches PoIyqamy.
When he (Smith) went on a foreign
mission to Great Britain, he had been
instructed not to discuss polygamy. He
never had discussed it as an apostle,
but when he was missionary he had
told certain persons who assailed the
doctrine that it was a teaching of the
Bible and had ended the controversies
by referring the persons to the Bible
so they could judge for themselves"
Thomas H, Merrill, bishop and a
son of Apostle Merrill. said he had two
wives and that he had six children by
the first and four by the second wife.
The youngest child by the second wife
is three years old. His second mar
riage took place in the Logan temple
in 1885, where, he said, he promised to
love, honor and respect the woman and
treat her in every way as wife. He
said he does not know whether mar
riages performed in the temple are re-
corded. He has performed two cere-
monies himself and has kept only an
individual record. He did not use the
same service twice, he believed.
81 have looked for prescribed
formula for marriages, but never found
one.' said he.
Alma Merrill, first councillor to the
Benson stake. said he has two wives,
one of whom he married in 1885 and the
other in 1886. His wives were sisters,
Esmeralda and Rebecea Hendricks. BY
the first, he said, he has seven chill
dren, and by the last eight children,
ond tbpoa afhnFC had died.