The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15

polygamous practices (Millenia1 Star
ana Deseret News), He also prophesied
mat 1t would ride triumphantly above
an the prejudice and priestcraft of the
DAY, and that their sacred rights in re.
gard to Same would not be tread upon.
supplement to Millenial Star, volume
10. page 81.
Inc Utah church books and histories
show that the leading officers of their
church, including the present president,
nave been penalized for said practices.
is 1T not strange that these continue
IN p9lygamy inasmpch as their peri
odlcais Oklahoma, January 18, l90S),
make such statements as follows:
When the divine purpose with refer
! encc TO this matter had been carried
far enough the word of the Lord came
to the L. D. S. through the proper and
established channel to cease practicing
plural marriage
40, Because Emma, the elect (Doc-
trlne and Covenants. section "a, para
graph 1; Utah edition, section 25, page
! 81; who was not to be deceived by
false prophets (Matthcw 24:24) nor
their revelations, and who was not to
be charged with apostasy or anything
else (Romans $3.50, rejected both the
revelation and the usurper who pre-
sented it.
Al Because those believing in the
Doctrine and Covenants containing said
revelations and who would practice that
law would be breaking the laws con-
tanned in the Book Of Mormon, and
those living under the laws as. con-
tanned IN the Book of Mormon would
| be breaking laws as found in the Doc
| trine aud Covenants, thus being out Of
harmony whichever way they turned.
AZ. Because Christ is not divided
against himself, neither should his laws
be. The polygamous revelation creates
division between itself and the reve.
latlon given February Q. 1881, wherein
it SAYS: "Thou shalt love thy wife
with all thy heart and cleave unto
! her and mono else.'
43. Because an editorial in Times
and Seasons, volume 5, page 400, April
], 1914, reads as follows: elf any
man write to you or preach to you doc
trines contrary to the Bible, Book of
| Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants,
set him down as an impostor.' AS
the church laws up to that time taught
monogamy and embraced the original
marriage covenant, then the one pre-
senting anything contrary must be set
down as an lmpostor.
said to the people concerning the prin-
| ciple involved, that as to whether it
was true or false was none Of their
business. Brigham Young, in Journal
of Discourses, volume 2, page 1877. Brig
ham also claimed that polygamy was
| given in order that righteous seed
might be raised up unto the Lord, while
Malachi says that monogamy was insti-
tuted in the beginning for that purpose.
| (Malachi 2:14-l6 Now who was right,
Malachi or Brigham?
IS, Because in accepting said revo-
lation we would be logically bound to
believe that Christ could be the head
of two or more churches, for Pau says
| in Ephesians 5:23: "The husband is
the head of the wife even as Christ is
the head of the church, Therefore,
church and the husband likewise the
head of the wife, is it not q logical
| conclusion that man can be the head
! of but one wife?
46. Because there is nothing in the
history Of the life of Joseph or in his
! diary that shows that he received any
! communication whatever on July 10,
ever been given that it should have
been withheld from the church for
| over nine years.
~. Because those who accept this
| document are using inconsistent argn~
ment TO defend it, as the following
viii disclose; They argue that verse
! 81, wherein it commands Emma TO
cleave unto Joseph and none else,
means that she should marry none else;
! but in explaining section AZ, paragraph
7 paragraph % Utah cdition), where
in it says; "Thou shalt love thy wife
with all thy heart and cleave unto her
! and none else they interpret it so
as to grant them the privilege Of mar
rylng others than the one wife, II
"none else means the one thing in
the former case. why does it not mean
IL Al, H. Lot.
45. Because this revelation could
not have come through Joseph Smith,
! for ii clearly shows that the person
inquiring had a preconccived under
standing that the Lord approved of the
doctrine, while Joseph the martyr con-
demned this doctrine both before and
after the date he Is claimed 10 have
received it. See Millenial Star, volume
l6. page go; and Times aud Seasons,
volume 6, page 423.
80. Because the Lord states plainly
that through monogamy shall Israel
be saved in that be SAYS doctrine and
Covenants, Utah edition, section 3S
paragraph 32) ~ gave unto you the
commandment that ye should 20 TO the
Ohio; and there l will give unto yon
my law; " for I have great work
laid up in store; for Israel shall be
saved. and / will lead them whitherso-
l
my hand" After which the Lord
said. upon their reaching the {; ohio; ,Y
heart, and shall cleave unto her and
none else.n Doctrine and Covenants
section 10. ~aragraph I; Utah edition
paragraph %.
80. Because verses 10 and 30 of this
document teach that men may become
gods, while Joseph Smith taught that
Christ would give power to those who
received him "to become the sous OF
Cod" but never that either Adam OF
any other man was God. This is clear
evidence that this revelation must have
originated with the same parsonage as
did the Adam-God theory.
81. Because paragraph "a reads;
""This is eternal lives TO know the only
wise and true God and Jesus Christ
whom he hath sent" while John l7;3
inspired translation, states, ''And this
is life eternal. that they, might know
thee, the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom thou hast sent, -
81 Because those defending Tho
statement made in the revelation that
Ia.