Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-29

speech or wrought into practise. There
IS no people in the world that so re-
llgiouSly and absolutely believe that
doctrine of Paurs that in Gods econ
omy OF things the man is not without
the woman, neither the woman with
out the man In the Lord" Some
through misrepresentation. have
charged that We believe this doctrine
so absolutely as to hold that there Is
no salvation for man or woman out
SIDE OF the marriage relation. or
course, that is an extreme to which
we do not go. We believe-at least.
permit me to say that l believe, and
l think 1 have warrant for such be-
lief in the principles of our faith that
1t Is possible for either man or woman
TO be saved without marriage at all
IL Is possible for man to be saved
with one wife; and. IL you will Just
be patient enough to let me say it.
II we may here regard the teachings
OF the Scripture, which speaks of
Abraham as having a place in the
Kingdom of God-nay, his very bosom
Is the goal to which all Christian eyes
turn, where they hope to find peace and
heavenly rest-and If we believe this
or Abraham, we may be justified In
believing II possible for a man to be
saved though he should happen to
nave more than one wife. But in
Structed by our faith, we so honor
woman that we hold that man cannot
attain to the heights Of exaltation and
glory possible to the intellgences we
cal men only as he shall be holly
joined with woman in dlvinelv an,
pointed wedlock, for in that State. and
tnat state only, is the power of eternal
hVes' and increasing glory, and do
mimon, and eXaltation. No man may
attain unto these high things only as
no is united with woman In holy mar
riage
1 accept all that the reverend gentle
man says of the beauty and blessed
ness of the home. 1t is indeed, from
the Mormon viewpoint, the principal
FACTOR OF civilization; the spring and
source of national life and greatness
and stability. And, as our reverend
friend remarks, ''as the earthly noms
Is lifted 1t becomes nearest like the
nome beyond the skies, the final home
OF the soul. A very pretty sentiment
truly and MormonS believe in * So
absolutely that they look forward 10
the actual existence of the family "he-
yond the skies" or at least in heaven
through all eternity-that they even
now make their marriage vows and
covenants with reference to that status
tine eternal perpetuation of the fam
lly They are not content to have III,
marriage ceremony end with that dole
tul note from the tombs-"until death
does you part" but rejoice rather i'm
the blessed words of their God-civen
ceremony-the inspiring words of life
and JOY and hope-'I pronounce YOU
man and wife through time and all
eternity" To those who express Tho
fear that all this Is too concrete. 10
matter -of-fact. too sensual. we answer
that such has been the refining inAu.
ence of woman upon man, developing
the purest and best part of his ma
lure such has been the influence OF the
home upon civilization In this worll
that we cannot believe but what the
joys of heaven Will be heightened and
rendered purcr by It.; and even con-
ceptioD of Its community life must
be made grander by thinking of
1t as made up of indestructible
families. Hence our hopes and hollrst
aspirations are associated with the fam
lly-in which woman Is necessarily .
chief and honorcd factor In this World
and in that which is TO come. And
not only is this our hope for the fu-
ture. but we believe 1t Is a condition
prevailing In all past eternitles as
note one OF our hymns;
NOBILITY OF WOMAN AND
MOTHERHOOD.
In the heavens are parents Singley
No, the thought makes reason stare:
Truth is reason. truth eternal
Tells me I've a mother there
when / leave this frail existence.
When | lay this mortal by.
Father. mother. may l meet you
In your royal courts on high?
Then at length when I've completed
All you sent me forth to do,
With your mutual approba ton
Let me come and Gwell with you?"
/ challenge the Christian world t,
equal-to say nothing of surprising
this conception of the nobility of wom-
an and of motherhood and of Wife
hood-placing her side by side with the
Divine-consort and mother of divine
intelllgences. Some object to that con-
ccption, and undertake to detract from
its beauty and glory by saying that II
presents to the thought n pluraliStic
deity. consisting OF divine Father and
divine Mother, That, however. is u
consequence they attach to our faith.
not a principle that we accept; because
the Godhead. for us. as all those who
arc acquainted with our doctrins know,
consists of the father. the Son and
the Holy Ghost. the grand creating
and presiding divinS Council that
upholds and sustaIns and guides rho
destiny OF our earth and its associated
spheres. And these gentlemen who
are so fearful OF a pluralistic deity
being thought OF. would do well u
stand out a little upon the frontier of