The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-01-11
LAW OF MARRIAGE.

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you have save it be one wife: and
concubines he shall have none: For j,
the Lord God, delighteth in the chas-
tity of women. And whoredoms are
an ahomination before me: thus saith
the Lord of hosts. Book of Nor
mon, page 116. Cook of Jacob q.
The Lord said to the church as
early as February, 1881, through
Joseph Smith:
.'Thou shalt love thy wife with all
try heart, and shall cleave unto her
and none else." Doctrine and Coven-
ants, Section 42:7.
COURT DECISIONS.
Judge L. S. Sherman, of the Court
of Common pleas, Lake county Ohio,
February %, 1880, in rendering de-
cision in suit between the Reorgar-
lied Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints and the Church in Utah
and others, involving the possession
of the Temple in Kirkland, Ohio, said:
That the Church in Utah, the de-
PENDANT of which John Taylor is pres
ident, has materially and largely de-
parted from the faith, doctrines, laws,
ordinances and usages of said original
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, and has incorporated into its
system of faith the doctrines of celes-
tial marriage and a plurality Of
wives, and the doctr ne of Adam God
worship, contrary to the laws and
constitution of said original church. :"
Judge John F. Phillips of the Cir
cult Court of the United States for
the western division of the western
district of Missouri, in a decision
touching the possession of what is
known as the Temple Lot, in 1894,
said
There can be no question of the
fact that Brigham Young's assumed
presidency was bold and bald
usurpation"
Again he says:
elf so, l suspect the doctrine of
polygamy might be imputed to many
Of the Gentle churches. Certainly it
was never promulgated, taught, nor
recognized, as a doctrine of the church
prior to the assumption of Brigham
Young. .
4 Judge c. j. Armour, of The
Queens Bench Divisional Court, at To
ronto, Canada, in deciding the ques-
ton whether the Recognized Church
of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
is a Christian body within the mean
ing of the Canadian Statute, speaking
for the Court, on Nov. 81, 1893, said
we think it quite clear that thi.
conviction can not be maintained
The defendant was clearly duly or
dained minister of the religious body
and there is no doubt that it is re
ligious denomination within the word
of the statutes. Assuming ha
Christianity is the law of the land ir
a sense, there is nothing contrary Il
Christianity in the tenets CT THU
body" See files of Toronto Globe
Mail, and other Canadian papers; ant
the court records of Toronto, Canada
Brigham Young fathered the curses
doctrine of polygamy, in a public ser
mon in Salt Lake City, June q, 1874
He said:
"While we were in England in 189;
and 1910, think, the Lord manifested
to me by vision and his Spirit thing.
that l did not then understand.
never opened my mouth concerning
them to anyone until returned t.
Nauvoo. Joseph had never mentioned
this. There had never been though
of it in the church that | ever knew
anything about at the time; but l hat
this to myself, and l kept it to my
Z self. !" Deseret News, July 1, 1874.
BLOOD ATONEMENT.
The Utah Mormon hierarchy have
preached cold blooded murder unde
the guise of "Blood Atonement. >
| The true church of Latter Day Saints
deos not and never has adopted or in
anyway received or advocated the doc
trine of blood atenement, polygamy
, Adam God theory.
The Lord said through Josepl
, Smi h.:
"And now, behold speak unto tn
, Church. Thou shalt not kill" Doc
trine and Covenants, Section AZ.
The Book of Mormons also says:
, '.The Lord God hath commando
that men should not murder. - Pag
SO.
CHARACTER OF THE SAINTS.
H. H. Bancroft, the great Amer
ian historian, in order to get salts
, factory statements concerning Josep
: Smith and the Church, first read SO
books and pamphlets. Of these h
/ says in his preface: