The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-01
LYMAN ON PoLYGAMY.


Az Logan ON Sunday last President
FRANCIS NJ. Lyman of the quorum Of
the twelve apostles Of the Mormon
'hurch issued "A pronounccmcnt that
VIII be Varlously received in the State
OF Utah. IT WIS with reference fo new
polygamous marriages within that or
Ganllatlon, and was intended TO def
nitcIy fix date when the same became
illegal under the cdict of the church.
upon this special point our report has
MIR. Lyman delivering himself of the
following;
?, In giving Tho manifesto 10 the church
PRESIDENT Wilford Woodruff presented
tllc WI! OF God. II was quite as binding
on 'Ie church as any written revelation,
SAID II Himself Some OF our brethren
VINO were not satisfied with the mani
,csto. nave gone outside and over the
law, and they have offended God in do
ing so, In the manifesto. President
woodruff notified the saints that ihev
need not go INTO celestial marriage any
,i,a ,ha' notihca,ion was made the law OF
me church II was prohibtory. There is
not man on the earth today possessing
The authority to perform plural mar
clearly understand that the sisters par
,iGularlE. II is unrighteous and unlaw-
tul now. We doubted the constitutions
ltv ot the laws. but they have been test
cd ana sustained I'm the courts and VIC
must obey ihem. What reasons Cod had
Tor taking from the earth this principle,
OF plural marriage ! am not prepared to
say In ancient days He gave to His
servants and then took IL away again
Ncverthrless, 1t is the true order OF mar
riaso. II has been so from the very
beginning, and will be so through all eter-
MY We don't want our women deceived
ana cheated any longer as they have
,,S neen rms skulduggery must cease. No.
man has the authority In marry another
TO plural wife. though some of them
thought they had. We want you breth-
rrn ana sisters to behave Yourselves in
inc future. We want mothers TO ac-
quaint their daughters with this fact.
ana some others OF YOU 10 tell the widows
about IT. Some OF the brethren have
done lot or mischief in this line some
mon and women have got into the ash
Ion OF having visions and dreams abou,
inns. put let Inc assure YOU that all such
when God wants 10 speak 10 His people
mere He VIII do it through Joseph l..
Smith.
Before proceeding to discuss this out
giving by President Lyman, we deem
1T proper to present the matter Of April
6, 1904. to which he makes reference.
We find it in tho Deserct News of that
date, printed in most prominent
box on the first page, the text being
as follows:
OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY PRESI-
DENT JOSEPH T. SMITH.
Inasmuch as there are numerous re
ports in circulation that plural marriages
have been entered into contrary 10 the /
official declaration by President Wood
ruff of September rs. 1880, commonly
called the manifesto. which was ISSUED
by President Woodruff and adopted by
the Church at it's general conference,
October s, 1870. which forbade any mar
!, Joseph f. Smith. President OF the
Church Of Jesus Christ OF Latter day
Saints, hereby affirm and declare that
no such marriages have been solemnized
with the sanction, consent or knowledge
Of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
dav Saints. and
| hereby announce that all sucn mar
riages are prohibited. and If any officer
or member OF the Church shall assume
10 solemnizc or enter into any such mar
riage he Will be deemed in transgression
against the Church and will be liable TO
be dealt with according TO the rules and
regulations thereof and communicated
therefrom, JOSEPH f. SMITH,
President of the Church of Jesus Christ
OF Lattcr-day Saints.
RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT
President Francis NJ Lyman introduced
the following,
Resolved that we. the members OF the
Church OF Jesus Christ OF Iatter-day
Saints. in general conference assembled,
hereby approve and endorse the state
mcnt and declaration OF President Joseph
+. Smith. just made 10 this conference.
plural marriages. and will
the courts OF the Church in the |
thereof,
II was predicted some time ago bv |
The Tribune that there was to he an
effort made by the Mormon chiefs TO
ix the effective date of the Woodruff |