Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-01-31
CHAPTER vII.-contInusd.

man had been given the gift 10 look
upon men and to know in one slow
sweep Of his wonderful eyes all their
strength and all their weakness. He
had listened with close attention to
the remarkable plan suggested by this
fiery young zealot. and he studied him
now with a gaze that was kind. A no.
ticeable result of this attitude OF
BrlghAm's was that those who he'd
laughed became more or less awkward.
iy silent, while the Entablature Of
Truth, in the midst OF his pantomime,
froze into amazement.
"W'd better consider that little"
said Brigham, finally. You can talk
II over with me tonight. But first you
go get your stun unloaded and get
kind OF settled. There's q cabin Just
beyond my two up the street here that
you can move into" He put his large
hand kindly on the others shoulder.
Now run and get fixed and come 10
my house for supper along about
dark"
Somewhat cooled by the laughter OF
the others. but battered by this con.
alteration from the Prophet, the young
man had gone thoughtfully out TO his
wagons and driven on TO the cabin
Indicated.
brigham talked TO him late that
hight. advancing many cogent reasons
why II should be unwise to make war
ut once upon the nation of Gentlles to
the east. OF these reasons the one
that had greatest weight with his
h..
course would not at present be pleas.
ing in the sight OF God To others,
touching upon the matter OF superior
forces they might have to contend
with. he was loftiiy inattentive.
From matters OF civil government
the talk ranged TO affairs domestic.
Tell me-" said the young man, the
truth OF this new order OF celestIsl
marriage" And Brigham had become
animated at once.
Yes" he said, when the family
organization was revealed from Heav.
en-, and Joseph began on the right and
the left to add to his family. oh, dear,
what qunking there was in Israel!
But there II was. plain enough. When
you have received your endowments,
keys, blessings. all the tokens, signs,
and every preparatory ordinance that
can be given to man for his entrance
through the celestial gate. then You
can see IT,"
He gazed a moment into the FIRE OF
hickory logs before which they sat,
and then went on, more confldentially:
Now you take that promise TO
Abraham-'Life up your eyes and be.
hold the stars. So shall thy seed be
as numberless as the stars. Go to the
seashore and look at the sand, and be.
hold the smallness OF the particles
thereof am giving you the gist of
the Lords words, you understand
and then realize that your seed shall
be as numberless as those sands Now
thilk for a minute how many particles
there are. say in a cubit foot OF sand
about one thousand million particles,
Think Of that! In eight thousand
years. II the inhabitants Of earth In.
creased one trillion a century, three
cubic yards OF sand would still con.
tain more particles than there would
be people on the whole globe. Yet
there you got the promise OF the Lord
in black and white. Now how was
Abraham to manage to get a founda.
ton laid for this mighty kingdom?
Was he to get II through one wife?
Don't you see how ridiculous that is 4?
Sarah saw Il, and Sarah knew that
unless seed was raised to Abraham he
would come short of his glory. So
what did Sarah do? She gave Abra.
ham certain woman whose name was
Hagar, and by her a seed was 10 he
raised up unto him. And was that all f.?
No. We read OF his wife Keturah, and
also OF a plurality of wives which he
had In the sight and favor OF God, and
from whom he raised up many sons.
There, then, was a foundation laid for
the fulflllment OF that grand promise
concerning his seed"
He peered again into the fire, and
added, by way Of clenching his argu-
ment: Il guess II would have been
rather slow-going, IL the Lord had con.
fined Abraham to one wife, like some
OF these narrow, contracted nations of
modern Christianity. You see, they
don't know that a mans posterity in
this world is to constitute his glory
and kingdom and dominion In the
world 10 come. and they don't know,
either, that there are thousands OF
choice spirits in the spirit world walt.
ing TO tabernacle in the flesh. OF
course, there are lots OF these things
that you ain't ready TO hear yet. but
now you know that polygamy Ii nee
esaary for our exaltation TO the full.
meas OF the Lords glory In the eternal
world. and after you study II youT
like the doctrine. lido; can swallow
Al without greaslng my mouth"
He prayed that night to be made
holy as Thy servant Brigham is
holy; 20 hear Thy voice as he hears
It; 10 be made as wise as he. as true
as he. even as another Lion OF the