The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-29

nciEhbor's wife. Poor Martin probably
had not time To read the dccaloguc. and
so the lord WAS kind enough TO gIvc
ton % given in ISL. para graph az %. i fin lind
thcse words: Thou shalt love they wife
with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto
her and none else That docs not sound
very much Ike poIygsmy. either: and
these two paragraphs arc all that arc 10
be found on the subject Of wives in the
Whole ffty-four revelations given In 1850
and 1881. | am morally certain that the
prophet never thought OF having polyga"
my established as a doctrine untjl after
the Mornons came TO Nauvoo I'm tho lat
ter part OF 1888.
had n talk with William Huntington Of
Springviile IN regard to the prophet send
ing Henry Jacobs from Nauvoo on mis-
sion and taking his wife while Jacobs
conversation occurred In the fall OF 1856.
I believe, asked Mr.. Huntington sever
~ questions. First. ] asked him IL Mrs.
Henry Jacobs was his sister. and lie re-
Piled that she was. Next. l asked him
II IT was true that tho prophet Joseph
Smith took the wife of Jacobs (hls sis
tem H,, ~ and ,l had her sealed to him tsmlth'
ton answered In the affirmative. "Did
the prophet ever visit you at your home
IN Illinois and stay at your house all
night, bringing your sister. Mrs. Jacobs
with him?" ! inquired. 'Hc did" was
the answer, "and they both slept In the
! same room and i'm the same bed" fin
| iShed by askinS, Was there any revels-
| non authorizing polygamy at that timer
Mr Huntington promptly answered. "No,
| not that | know of, II there was such a
revelation had not heard OF H." My
reason for interviewing Mr. Huntington
was that had been told that he had re-
| lated those happenings and I wanted to
| have ii from his own lips-and got It,.
/ VIII say right here that Henry b, ia :
| cobs gricyed after his wife had entered
the prophets harem. and at last died of
cancer at Sprjngvillc. After the death
OF Joseph Smith. Mrs. Jacobs entered the
| harem OF Brigham Young by whom she
had one daughter
| have made study of the subject
for many years. and have been unable
TO ind any proof that the prophet ever
coming TO Nauvoo, The changing OF the
! date OF the revelation from 1919 TO 1882
does not change the reading OF the text
Paragraph So would be just the same il
| the date were set back hundred yoars
that being the paragraph that gives the
| whole thing away, l will say right here
that Q, F. Whitney, the church historian
was very particular TO keep paragraph
| ~ out Of the synopsis OF the "revela :
tion which he put into the History OF
| Utah. He must have known OF that
statement. And let mine handmade. EN-
ma Smith, receive all those that have
! Whitney knew that this had reference &c
| tho polygamous wives that Joseph al
ready had before the revelation wa.
| given These words prove that Joseph
had the wives first and the revelation
! afterward.
Dating the revelation" back to 1sS.
brings To my mind a story once heard
told of a young Hoosier who went with
his lady love to justice of the peace
10 have the hymenial knot tied Ate,
the ceremony was over the justice OF the
peace began TO fill out the blank certi-
cate of marriage, when the groom in
terrupted him by saying: Squire. Jist
date r back a couple o, months, jist &c
kivcr accidents. ye sec" SO it may he
that Joseph F. wants to date r back
a few years to "Siver" the wives mem
TONED in paragraph 30.
In paragraphs 4. and NJ the 'reye-
latlon' we are told that il wo abide
not that law. then he or she shall be
damned. saith the Lord God" | have
snail book written by lady whose
name is or was Helen Mary Whitney
The lady SAYS. on page 27 of her book
that il was said BY tho prophet Joseph
chat this order would damn more than
it would save That is. il would damn
at least 81 per cent OF those who prac-
ticed IL. Well, President John raylci
once said that only per cont of the
Mormon people were polysamists. Now