The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-02-16
FARMvILLE, VA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1906

m anotner mousse. has supper in another
house, spends the evening in another
house and sleeps In another house. In
each one Of these homes he has a diff
ferent wife. When he walks along the
street forty-two different children can
stop him and call out. Hello, papar
Uncle Joe must have a great memory
90 remember the faces Of an these chill
drcn lie must have a deep well OF
affection 90 love an Of his progeny. He
must De a financial genius TO support
all these homes and yet De poor min
ister.' Most OF as Protestant minis
tegs have hard work 10 make financial
ends meet and support one wife and
three or four babies. but Uncle Joe GER
tainly can DO wonders I have more
respect for the stag lording it over his
herd or the shaggy four legged beast
leading bis cattle over the western
prairie than for this human Hboruue
walking around and posing rs am apos-
tie of God and talking about love Yes.
he has love- but it is the love Of
wholesale llhortnism which ought TO
push Dos deyotce ont Of an decent so
ciety.
While writing this sermon there lies
before me list of The domestic me
mage OF the leaders OF the Mormon
church. Francis ~ Lyman, the prcsi-
dent Of the twelve apostles, has two
wives; John II. Smith. am apostle two
wives; Hebcr j. Grant. apostle. two
wives; John W. Taylor apostle. Eve
wives; Mariner ". Merrill. seven llv-
ing wives ana forty-siX children: Mat
thias T. Cowlcy. apostle. three wives:
Rudger Chwson, two wives. Now, II
these men are living IN open sin. what
are they doing in secret2 And II these
church leaders, those apostles. are llv-
Ing in such Illicit relationship. what are
the rank and flc of the Mormon church
doing todayf If the truth about the
iibertInism Of the Mormon church could
be fully pictured the walls Of Pompcli
would be looked upon as q picture gol-
lery of virtue and Of modesty IN COM
parison All decency. all purity all
virtue, should rise up IN wrath against
the Sins Of the Sodom and Gomorrah Of
the Utah plains.
But modern MormonIsm stands for
more than financial graft and unllccns-
ed libertinism. II stands for the degra-
datIon OF woman, not only through the
evil door Of sin, but also through the
narrow door Of superstition. What
Brigham Young and bis associates
could not accomplish by false means
they tried TO accomplish by the blinded
eyes Of superstition. Where they could
not overthrow woman by her physical
weakness they tried to overthrow her
by her spiritual credullty. The sue
ccssors Of Brigham Young are now try
ing 10 render her helpless, as the Phil
istInes rendered the mighty Samson
helpless after his betrayal by Dclllah.
They try 10 put ont her two eyes and
compel her TO stagger around IN the
temple Of GAIA while they mock at her
and derlde her holplessness.
There are two means whereby II Is
possible to overthrow a good woman.
The one is through her heart or by her
love. That Is not what the Mormon
leaders can do. Even Brigham Young.
with an his powers Of persuasion. could
not prove 10 a sensible woman that he
could love equally we'll and at the same
time twenty-siX wives besides a score
or more Of aflnitles. Tn, 'cond way
for the Mormon hierarchy 10 overthrow
a good woman IS through her religious
beliefs This is one Of the ways IN
which the Mormon church accomplishes
It's infamies. The leaders Of that
church promulgate these two doctrines
First they say.
"a woman who is unwilling to mar
ry and beget children IS a woman who
viii have no part in the glorles Of the
celestial life. Therefore lt IS the duty
of every woman 10 marry. no matter
what may be the desire Of her heart
Love or dislike Of life has nothng 10
do with the matter. In the Mormon
world a woman must be sealed 70 a
man or else she Is doomed to eternal
death" The second doctrine Is like
unto the frst: THE highest seat IN
heaven for the good Mormon Is for the
Mormon saint who takes unite himself
the greatest number Of wives and rears
MP the greatest number Of children. for
on the great day Of ascension God Will
first call up the husband. Then the
husband, IN turn, will call up bis wives.
Then the more wives and the more chill
dren the man can produce the greater
will be his rewards for eternity"
Therefore the Mormon church says:
woman. marry. Woman. get your
husband as many wives as you can, for
such is the will Of God" BY thus mp
pealing TO woman's superstition we
find that husbands have married SIS
ters and even mothers and daughters
and had children by them all. Is II not
about time for this horrible teaching TO
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