Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-15
TRUTH

and swallows a camel" Thou blind
Pharisee cleans first that which is
within the cup and the platter that the
outside of them may be clean also"
Mr.. Talbot rails and fumes at Jo-
seph F. Smith, but gives good jobs to
wilful criminals in his own church.
Mr.. Talbot also showed great lack of
judgment in upbraiding the Mormons
for polygamous cohabitation while he
was preaching in Presbyterian pull
pit. Every one in Utah knows that
polygamy is fast dying out among the
Mormons as no new polygamous mar
| riages are being performed and Nor
mon missionaries are not PROSECUTING
| in countries where polygamy is toler-
| ated. But if Mr.. Talbot will read
| Presbyterian books and papers of re
cent date he will see that polygamous
cohabitation is increasing in the Pres
byterian, Baptist and Methodist
| churches.
| In the year 1884 the conference of
missionaries of the various denomina-
lions, including those of the Baptist,
the London and the church missionary
societies of Scotland, and the Ameri-
can Presbyterian board unanimously
| pdoSeu Tie lOllOWluS IeoOluIlOu
| IF a convert before becoming
| Christian has married more wives
than one, he shall be permitted to
keep them all; but such person is
not eligible to any office in the church.
In no other case is polygamy to be toll
Grated among Christians" Browns
History of Missions, Vol. 3, page 1865.
This rule has been generally adopted
/ h., al, oil ;,fi sras<~
since 1884 down to the present time.
In 1855 DR.. Colenso in South Africa
adopted it, and in 1875 it was again
adopted by the South African mis-
sions. See Marshall's History of Mis-
sions. 1t was also adopted in 1896 at
Ludhiana, India, by vote of 26 to
10, at regular meeting of the Pres
byterian synod there. See Presbyter-
ian Reformed Review, Vol. 7, for 1896.
The Rev. John p. Jones, d. D., of
South India, A. b., G. F. M, published
''Krishna or Christ" in 1903. On page
200, speaking of a convert who had
plurality of wives: Il would not al
low such people to become officers of
the church, but l cannot see why
there may not be an humble place in
the church for such and their fami-
lies. Inc Interior, presbyterian
paper published in Chicago, says in
the March 20, 1906, number, that DIR.
s. S. Laws of Virginia, who has
charge of the Presbyterian mission at
Luebo, Africa, reports that his mis-
sionaries are receiving into the church
converts who have plural wives" DR..
Laws presented the matter to his own
synod, which voted to sustain the
missionaries who received polygamists
into the church by vote of 70 to IA.
The Louisville, KY, Christian OBJ
server Ga Presbyterian family paper),
on May 18th, 1906, devotes an entire
page in advocating and sustaining the
rule of accepting polygamists and
their plural wives into the church as
members and it further declares that
when man has assumed the respon-
sibilities of husband to more than one
wife to retract this course would be
much more sinful than to remain in
it, and the man who would forsake his
plural wives is liar and violator
| of solemn covenants.
| | want to ask the Rev. Mr.. Talbot
and other members of the Ministerial
association, the Tribune and all who
object to polygamist being loyal to
his plural wives to get the above pa
pers and books. q have more If you
want them) Read them very careful
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