The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15
vREASONS FOR REJECTING THE SO-CAuED
REVELATION ON CELESTIAL MARRIAGE

lieve that Joseph Smith would inou;ro
of the Lord wherein he justified no.
! !lygamy, lnasmuch as every church law
/ book condemned it.
2l. Because the revelation con-
demns itself in that it saws (verse 81
that the house Of God is the house Of
order, while the principle involved has
Saused more confusion, conflict, and
dlsorder within the ranks of those who
believe 1T than any other one thing.
%: Because the revelation com.
manded Joseph to abide in it. and in
! so doing he would have been Violating
the state laws Of Illinois, and this
would have been in contradiction TO
the law OF God as found in Doctrine
and 10y 1SGoyena1nts, section So, paragraph
man break the laws of the land >,
Christ commands us to keep the ma.
tonal law till he comes. Revelation
OF August l, 1881, paragraphs 21-22.
% Because 1t states that if Joseph
and Emma did not abide in the new
covenant that both would be DESTROYED
According to the Utah church. Emma
rejected 1t and .apostatized, and she
llxed TO ripe old age; while Joseph,
who, they claim, lived faithful TO it,
suffered death in the prime of life.
u Because God Is works were never
before born and developed in secret.
John 1920. Second Nephi 1l:I4.
70. Because il states that Isaac had
wives and concubines when no such
lntimation can be found in the Scrip
lures or anywhere else outside of this
document. Would it not be lust as in
consistent to believe that Isaac lived
in. polygamy inasmuoh as he felt
grIevcd at his son, Esau, for having
gone into it Genesis 26:s4-35), as Il
is inconsistent to believe that Joseph
Smith practlced 1t Inasmuch as he con-
demned 1T? We could hardly concede
that both of them were hypocrites.
20. Because it teaches that all who
do not obey it shall be damned. and
lnasmuch as we feel warranted that
continual living in denominations (po-
lygamy) (Jacob 2:6) means damnation,
this would leave Us standing in q pc,
culiar position before God, in that we
would be damned if we did and damned
if we didn t, thus challenging the con,
sistency of God IS Judgment.
21. Because it is called the new and
everlasting covenant; and as we had
the fullness of the Gospel before,
fullness cannot be added TO. ReveIa-
tion of February, 1881, paragraph 5;
November l, 1881, paragraph 4
Is. Because God declared that he
had given his last covenant for sal
vation. Revelation on rebaptism, April,
1880.
%, Because We would no moro be
disciples, being apostates. Revelation
OF February, 1881, paragraph 2.
30. Because Christ declared that
whoever would teach and establish as
his doctrine more or less than the gos.
pei taught in the books was not of God,
nor of his church, but came of evil,
and that the gates of hell stood open
10 receive them. Nepbi so. Rcvela-
tion of July, lS2S, paragraph 10.
III. Because we are 10 be Judged by
the Book of Mormon in the last day,
and the laws therein contained are 10
stand as long as the earth shall stand.
Second Nephi l1:4-6.
80. Because the laws contained in
the Book of Mormon are yet TO be
preached to the Lamnnites (Second
Nephi l2:12). and no polygamist can
consistently do this.
33. Because il is not possible for ali
to abide in that doctrine, inasmuch as
the sexes arc too nearly equal; and
inasmuch as the revelation condemns
those who reject it, wholesale damna
tion would ensue.
The claim is made by the advocates
of polygamy that the revelation was
given for the reason that spirits were
awaiting the development of earthly
bodies which they might inhabit upon
earth, This is in opposition TO the
fact that there could be no more chill
dren born TO women In polygamy than
would be born to. the same number of
women IN monogamy. Whatever spirit
that gave this so-called revelation for
got that the number of children would
be determined by the number of wo
men. AS the sexes are just about equal,
the males being IN excess, the above
claim is out of reason.
81. Because 1t teaches that men
may commit. all manner of blasphemy
and transgrcssions against the new and
everlasting covenant and yet have part
in the first resurrection and obtain &C.
lestial exaltation. This is utterly in
conflict with all the teachings of the
church law book. See revelation on
celestial marriage, paragraph 2G, and
compare same with Rev. 21:S, Second
Nephi l1:l6, and revelation given Feb
ruary, 1881, paragraph >,
80. Because 1T justified Abraham in
taking Hagar TO wife. while the Lord
told Abraham to henrken unto Sarah
in all that she had said Genesis 2l:l2)
after she had commanded him to cast
out the bordwoman Genesis 2l:'O).
II Abraham were justified, why then
did the Lord say unto him ''Thinc on :
son, Isaac" Genesis 23:2l, inasmuch
as Ishmael was the first born?, lDas-
much as lshmael was born aiter inc
flesh Galatians i:23), and the. works
of the flesh are foruication, adultery,
and lasciviouspess (Galations SID, it
| should be clearly seen why the Lord re-
iected lshmael Thus we can also
clearly see that the combining Of for
nicatfou and polyGamy together as
crimes iu the original marriage cove
nant is in harmony with the Scrip
/ lures.
So. Because paragraph 7 dscredits
| all contracts, vows, obligations. made
and entered into outside ;s Of Of the he. ever,
and Covenants, section 100. paragraph
(Nauvoo editions, lS44-lS46;, Liver;
pool edition, 1852, says: All legal
contracts Of marriage made before a
person is baptized into this CHURCH
should be held sacred and be fulfilled. -
81. Because the 52nd verse falsely
accuses Joseph Smith of having, wives
other than Emma, while the 5rd verse
clearly intimates that he had not en-
| tered into if In that IL required blm