Show PLURALITY OF WIVES I 1 the dob doctrine trine of plurality of wives ho luo beep been it aud add d is i s the subject of considerable at attention in various quarters that our position and the basis 1 of our faith falth as a community with regard to td it i may be better understood than tiey they seem seep seem to be at present we ve republish lish the revelation which enjoin enjoins ns lt upon us as a divine command this revelation was first published in this territory in a DESERET NEWS extra pamphlet form on sept wl 1852 a large edition of which was off and widely circulated it was reprinted from that extra in the millen miren mal nial star no 1 vol 15 january I 1 and was again published in the history of joseph smith wh when ea that history reached the date on which the revelation had been received in the deseret NEWS NO 46 vol I 1 6 under date jih Xii january nuary 1857 revelation muon to joseph aseph smith sinith av nauvoo nauvoo july julg 1843 4 verily thus thu saith the lord unto you my servant joseph that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I 1 the lord justified my servants abraham isaa isaas and jacob as also moses david and solomon my servants as touching the principle and doctrine of their havin having 9 many wives and concubines s behold and lo 10 I 1 am the lord thy god and will answer thee as touching smatter thi therefore prepare thy heart to ta receive and obey the instructions which I 1 am about to give unto you for all those who have this law revealed unto wilto them must obey oley the th same for behold I 1 revea nevea reveal unto you a new and an everl everi everlasting astin 9 covenant and if ye abide abida not that co covenant ev then are ye damned for fon no on one e can reject this covenant and ad be pe permitted r to enter into my glory for all ail a 11 who will have a blessing at my hands shall abide the law wh which pich was a appointed for that blessing and the conditions thereof as was instituted from bafo re the foundation of the world and as pertaining to the new and everlasting covenant it was instituted for the ful ness of my glory and he that receive th a falness thereof must and shall abide the law or he shall be damned saith the lord god and verily I 1 say unto you that the conditions of this law are these all covenants contracts bonds obligations oaths vows performances connections associations or expectations that are not made and entered into and sealed by the holy spirit of lp promise of lim him him who is both as well for time and for all eternity and that too most holy by revelation and commandment through the medium of mine anointed whom I 1 have appointed on ori the earth to to hald this power and I 1 have appointed unto my servant antl joseph to hold this power in the last days and there is is never but one on the earth at a time on whom this power and the keys of this priesthood are conferred are of no efficacy virtue or force in and after the resurrection from the 0 dead for all contracts that thata are not made unto this end have llave ahi afi an end when men are dead behold mine house is a house of ord order r saith the lord god and not a house of confusion will I 1 accept of an offering saith the lord that is not made bade in my or will I 1 re receive belve at your hands that which I 1 have not appointed and will I 1 appoint unto into you saith the lord except it be by lout tout law a V even as I 1 and my father ordained unto 0 you before the world wasl I 1 lam iam am the lord thy god and I 1 give unto you this commandment that no man shall coma come unto the fathi fatha father er but by me or by hv my word which is my law saith the word and everything that is in the lorld whether it be ordained of men by throne thrones sj or principalities or powers or things of name whatsoever they may be that are not by me or by my rhy word the lord shall ahall be thrown down and shall not remain after men are dead neither in nor after the resurrection saith baith the lord your god for whatsoever things rem aineth are ure by me and whatsoever things are not by me shall be shaken and deA destroyed royed rosed therefore if a man marry him a wife in the w world 0 rid and he marry her not b by Y me nor 1 by y my word and he covena zovena covenant nt with her so long as he he is in the world and she with him their covenant an and marriage is not of force when they are dead and when they are out of the world therefore they are not bound bolind b by any law when they are out of the world therefore when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are appointed angels algis in heaven which angels are ministering servants to minister por for those naho are worthy of abar a far mo more re and an exceeding and an eternal weight of glory for these angels did not abide my law therefore they cannot be enlarged but remain separately and singly without exaltation in their saved condition to all eternity and from henceforth are not gods but are angels of god forever and ever and again verily I 1 isay say bay unto you if a man marry a wife and make a coven covenant with her for time and for all eternity if that covenant is not by me or by my word which is my law and is not sealed by the holy spirit of promise through him whom I 1 have anointed anointed and appointed unto this power then it ignot is not valid neither of force when they are out of the world because they are not joined by me saith the lord neither by my word when they are out out of the world it cannot be received there because the angels and the gods are appointed there by whom they cannot pass they cannot therefore inherit my glory for my house louse house is a house of order saith the lord lora god and again verily I 1 say unto you if a man marry a wife by my word which is is my law and by the new and everlasting covenant and it is sealed unto them by the holy S spirit 1 I it of promise r amise b by him who is anointed uno ungo unto whom I 1 have appointed this power and the keys of this priest priesthood hool hoof and it shall be said unto them ye shall shail come forth in the first resurrection and if it bo after the first resurrection in the next resurrection and sw inherit thrones kingdoms princile principalities cities and powers dominions all lM hights gats and depths then shall it bo be written in the lambs book of life that he shall commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood and if ye abide in my covenant and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them in time and through all eternity and shall be full of force when they are out of the world and they shall shail pass by the angels and the gods which are set there to their exaltation and glory in all things as hath been sealed upon their heads which glory shall be a falness and a continuation of the seeds forever for ever and ever then shall they be gods because they have no end therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting because they continue then shall they be above all because all things are subject unto them then shall they be gods because they have all power and the angels are subject unto them verily verily I 1 say unto you except ye abide my law ye cannot attain to this glory for strait is the gate and narrow the way that unto the exaltation and continuation of the lives and few there be that find it because ye receive me not in the world neither i g do 0 ye know me but if ye receive me in the world then shall ye know me and shall receive your exaltation thal that that where I 1 am ye r shall ball be also this is eternal lives ilves to know the only wise and true god gob god and jesus christ whom he hath sent I 1 am he receive ye therefore my law broad is the gate and wide vide the way that to the dea death h and many there are ate that go in thereat he t because they receive me not neither do they abide in my law verily verily I 1 say unto you if a man marry a wife according to my word vord and they are sealed by the holy spirit of promise according to mine appointment and he or she shall commit any sin or transgression of the new and everlasting covenant whatever and ail all manner of blasphemies and if the they Y commit no murder wherein they shed sh innocent blood yet they shall come forth inthe first resurrection and enter into their exaltation but they sh shall shallie allbe alibe be destroyed in the flesh and shall be delivered unto the of satan unto the lay day of redemption saith the lord god the blasphemy against the holy ghost which shall not be forgiven in the world nor out of the world is li in that yo commit murder wherein ye shed innocent blood and assent unto my death after ye kave have have received my new and everlasting covenant saith the lord god and he that arideth arideth not this law can in no wise enter into MY iny glory but shall be damned saith the lord I 1 am the lord thy god and will give un jot tot thee bee the law of my holy priesthood h 0 od as was wa s ordained by me and my eather father eather Father before the world was abraham received all things whatsoever he received by revelation and commandment yby by my word saith the lord and hath entered into his exaltation and upon his throne abraham rec ree received eivid promises concerning his seed and of the fruit of his loins from whose loins ye are viz my servant joseph joswph which were to continue so long as they were in ill the world and as touching abraham and his seed out of the world they should continue both in the world and out of the world should they continue as innumerable as the stars or if ye were to count the sand upon the sea shore ye could not number them this promise is yours also because ye are of abraham and the promise was made unto abraham and nd by this law are the continuation of the works of my father wherein he glori fieth himself go ye therefore and do the works of abraham enter ye into my law and ye shall be behaved saved but if ye enter not into my law ye cannot receive the promises of of my father which he made unto unab abraham god commanded abraham and sarah gave hagar to abraham to wife and why did she do it because this was the law and from hagar sprang many man Y people this therefore was an fn fulfilling aling among other things the promises was abraham therefore under condemnation eerily verily I 1 say unto you nay way for I 1 the lord commanded it abraham was commanded to oner his son isaac nevertheless it was written thou not kill abraham however did not refuse and it was accounted unto him for righteousness abraham received and they bare him children and it was ac counted unto him for righteousness because they were given unto him and he abode abodes in my law as isaac also and jacob did none other things than that which they were commanded and because they did none other things than that which they were commanded they have entered into their exaltation according to the promises and sit upon thrones and are not angels but are gods david also received many wives and concubines hs as also solomon and moses my servant as also many others of my servants from the beginning of creation until this timea time and in nothing did they sin sli save in those things which they received not of me davids wives and concubines were given unto him of me by the hand of nathan my serva servant servall nl and others of the prophets who had the keys of this power v e r and in none of these things did he eo e s sin bin 1 n against me save in the case of uriah and his wife and therefore he hath fallen from his exaltation and received his portion and he shalliot shail shall not inherit them out orthe world for I 1 gave them unto another saith baith the lord I 1 am the lord thy god and I 1 give unto thee my servant joseph an appointment and restore all things ask what ye will and it shall be given unto you ou according to my word yord and as ye me have asked concerning adultery verily verily I 1 say unto you if a man receive th a wife in in the new and ever 1 lasting covenant and if she be with another man and I 1 have not appointed unto her by the holy anointing she hath committed adultery and shall be destroyed if she be not in the new and everlasting cove covenant nant and shebe she be with another man she has committed adultery and if her husband ber with another woman boman and ad be he WAS under a vow he hath bath broken his vow and hath committed adultery and if she hath not committed adultery y but is innocent and hath not broken her vow an and d she it and I 1 reveal it unto you my servant kervan t joseph then shall you have power by the power of my holy priesthood to take her and give her unto him that that hath not co committed adultery but hath been faithful for lie he shall be made ruler over many for I 1 halve have conferred upon you the keys and ani power of the priesthood wherein I 1 restore all things and mae make known unto you all things in due time and verily verily I 1 say unto you that whatsoever you seal on earth shall be sealed in heaven and whatsoever you bind on earth in my name and arid by my word saith the lord it shall be eternally bound in the heavens and whosoever sins sing yb bod remit odi on earth shall be r remitted emit te e eternally ter nally in the h heavens eavenson eaven san and 1 I whosoever er s sins bins ins you retain onearth on earth shall shail be retained in heaven and again verily I 1 say whomsoever you bless I 1 will bless and whomsoever you curse I 1 will curse saith the lord llord for I 1 the lord am thy god and again verily I 1 say unto you my servant joseph that whatsoever you give on earth and to whomsoever you give any one on earth by my word and according to my law it shall be vis visited ted led with blessings and not curlings cur sings and with my power saith the lord and shall shail shallie be without condemnation on earth and in heaven fori am the lord thy god and will be with thee even unto theand the end of the world and through all eternity for verily I 1 seal upon you your exaltation and prepare a throne for you in the kingdom of my Fa eathern father thero thern with abraham your father behold i I 1 have seen your sacrifices and wui war forgive all your sins I 1 have seen y your sour our sacrifices in obedience to that which I 1 have told you go therefore and imade a way for your escape as I 1 accepted the offering of abraham of his son isaac isaae verily I 1 say gay unto you a commandment I 1 give unto mine handmaid emma smith your wife wile whom I 1 have given unto you that s she e stay herself and partake not of that which 1 I commanded you to ofner offer unto her for I 1 did it lt baith balth saith eaith the lord to prove you all as al I 1 did abraham and aud that I 1 might bight require an offering at your hand by covenant and sacrifice and let mine handmaid emma smith receive all those that have been given unto my servant joseph and who are virtuous and pure before me and those who are not pure and have said they were pure shall be destroyed saith the lord god for I 1 ani am the lord thy NY god and ye shall obey my voice volee e and aud I 1 give unto my servant jose joseph 1 I that he shall be made ruler over many things for he hath been faithful over a few things and from henceforth I 1 will strengthen him and I 1 command mine handmaid emma emilia smith to abide and cleave unto my servant joseph and to none else but if she will not alde aide abide this command she sue lord for I 1 am the lord thy god and will destroy her if she abide not in my law but if she will not abide this commandment man dment then shall my servant tint zint joseph do all things for her even as he hath said and I 1 will bless him and multiply multi ip I 1 y him lim and give unto him an hundred fold in this world of fathers and mothers brothers and sisters houses and lands landsi wives and children and crowns of eternal 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