Show HISTORY OF MORMONISM o n for tho the lut ml 4 0 a truo true aal succinct account of the at ign of terror la in utah FOJ blood atone alone kneut nicut how ir bit I 1 tally tho the the lit arder of elpe X prophecy Prop hacy ant nuil SALT LAKE CITY sept at 7 1871 an open letter to brigham young SIR in the first section of your revala tion commanding poly polygamy gainy it is declared that said ron revelation elation is ii it law unto the popie in iii tile the second it is s declared that I tho conditions of this law are arc these all covenants contracts bond oaths etc except the oath of the endowment house are ro null alid void the third section is nearly nil all verbiage but con contains lains this proposition 66 no roan man shall coma coins unto the father lint lilt ty ly me or by my iny word which abich is bylaw my law which means chii rc re elation on poly polygamy gainy tito thu fourth ettes substantially that no gentile can have his wife in the next world I 1 in the fifth we have tho the doctrine that though a man marry a woman I 1 for time and eternity it if that marriage is not by you it a is a null and void the sixth section con tain taini the key to your ideas of the resurrection immortality and salvation in these words which glory hall IMS be a full and a of the feih eds fur furrier v find and ever this section n emp emphatic batic in tho the announcement that those parties niti aimed mimed ried by you at your poly polygamous altar 11 shall hall inherit thrones th runes kingdoms kingdom principal principalities bies etc 0 Is then shall hall it bo be watten in the lambs book Bool iut of lire life that lye yo ahall commit no to tiled shed innocent wood blood cut but in ili the tenth section 3 on that the innocent blood of your blood nut not such fuch and fled fied blood its as that tiled shed by tho the at tho the mountain meadows tito tho seventh section is worthy of note you say aay referring el errine to those who ahu go into polygamy under your administration then sh ill ill they be goda because they lime no end therefore shall tiley bo be from ig to Lver everlasting lasting bc they continue 11 that I 1 is their posterity or II eeds continue the eighth is nearly all surplusage surplus age but shows your pet idea that in a von ron of the lives that is you eap exp et to live forever in you your spring offspring the nielli I 1 quote entire because it is in th ibis S 6 section ec that you affirm tho the iy ay in order to save fave tham Vei ily fly verily I 1 say unto you if a man mail marry a eife e according to my woid that nl H in polygamy and by v virtue of tho the requirement qu qui rement irementa of this revelation rev elation and they are healed by the holy spirit of according to mine appointment that is at your altar and he be or she ehe shall commit any sin or ion of the new and ever everlasting lating covenant whatever and till all manner of blasphemies phe mies and if they commit no mallder therein they shed innocent inno ent tent blood 11 ilia blood of the mormon priesthood alt snail they come orlic in ill the result I 1 and enter onte into their exal exultation lation SHALL BE IS IN TUC TUB flefil anti and shall be bb delivered dali deli vired unto the of Satan unto the day of redemption saith the lord in the tenth section you make the billins illins blasphemy against the holy gliot u hibb khall nut be fur forgiven given in the world nor out of the orld to be tile the killing of bl bigham young or assenting to lilt hii dt death aahl I 1 cy by the llie eleventh i 1 section this revelation is audo mudo the llie law of the holy priesthood of the remainder of the ilia revelation tile only section worthy of I 1 notice is ia the twenty fourth reads as follows fallow iland anil again gi as pel dining to the low law of the Priest priesthood houd ir if any man espouse a mi fr gin and desire to espouse another and the gie lier ter conant con cona and if lie to cipf juo tile the sc coid and they are I 1 irgin and have bowld to no other oilier manthen manth cn is ii becan not commit adultery lor jur they invy tire given lio lie gave them bunto unto liim him fur for lie ho cannot adultery with that that unto him and to no one ile and if n he be bave ten lir gins given unto him by this laws law hu he cannot commit adult adultery cry lor for they liblong belong to him nod and they are given unto him bim there fore is ib lie he lot hut if one or either of if thetta llie tn virgins ir gine after lie is liall bo be with vilh another nun man the she haa bas com mattil adultery find adall bo be debaro ed for they are given unto linn him multiply to and h thu earth according to lu my commandment commande nt and tu to fulfill tile the pio itell was gian gi by my rather before the foundation of the llie orld and for their wn fit the alto heinal nil world that they may inny bear tile lie wills will or of men for herein ii tile lie work of my father continued that 11 alj i may be glorities glori lied tied 11 I 1 lide now prone gone til willough lOugh your bla phem ou ous revelation and gathens gat heid alit nil all that is ia motley of notice its being diskint ji kimt t hily hi ly mormon this ifford of propose e birtt it law lat a law superior in its claugh to the law of the land second a law at WILL ome ind and ile de tile the sacredness tac redness of gentile co cm nants nanta the binding force of ls and tile virtue of oaths and obligations third a law chidi li ali in bilics akes ganly llie ilia great means meana by rubith call attain to lo falva tion lion and exal exaltation lation in fit the cele bial king kingdom doin ot the almighty fourth Four lii if a doctrine u belh tia ten heh thu the of mui leimoni lu niona imoni rith a law lan lucli delaree A murder 11 against tho mormon priesthood to bo blas against ill the holy uliosh suit a command to apu late in older to tham seventh eipl Bining tito iho moral I 1 bai acter of polygamy which is by tile tha auy A my tt a lery cry dilrea rot lind kind of if macnuge tys tun leorn that aldi you tire are because that makek it a po bitio condition that the hall be virgins alio to have bare oed to no other oilier man hile the clief chief characteristic cliar of 01 your polygamy gamy hat hai beau ba to corrupt ad d atal away I 1 I 1 tv ivos ea you y will w 1 1 nir 0 when 11 I 1 lull you at choll air eve 71 b fliri tour t it lint I 1 on heard i I 1 ono 0 tha 3 brightest of your our apostles apostle state in a publics discourse that poly polygamy gAnly was the ills ilium lum of mormon jam im aliat tho ilia principles principle or of tile gospel were but a net wt cast into tho the great tea epa of mankind to gather tho the people together in order that alicy might be saved by maani of polygamy I 1 heard beard that sir mr and it is ii but one among unnumbered of like character that have also been uttered and thesle li isis your religion ligon rc it is the corner ottono of the great temple of your kingdom of dudl it is to you what was wai to lo the south aye and more for while file that was but a question of economy and pul icy this penetrates the channia d circle of the fl cirei reide ide re repose voluptuously between your shott shotts s is ia deified delfied as something worthy of efad adoration adorn orn tion is as a goddess it rules supreme Eup giving shape color and direction to all experience of life all of faelli in god slid and all of h b pe of Il diven in so BO far as a the reason reasoning ing in revolution H concerned it is utterly so fo and false you begin by assuming that the ancient Irai liles acknowledged polygamy as a religious principle and doctrine trinel which is not truo because the word principio plo implies a it uth and doctrine co bonit nit it in propositions based upon that truth find and in this aenlo it can not bo be proven flora the scripture god gave to casid wives and concubines in ili the samo same sense that ILI ha did u hat fields and M V iney aads the sun cun bine and the iho rain arid and in no other lie ile and So solomon lonion were ts became they wanted to ile be and they dont pretend to give u us any other urtasun rA Sull they vent ent into plurality lor for preddy pred ib the same reasons that thu this indians indiana dj da to day and vh it is ia nut lot to be forgotten they did so in ton ol of tho com comi nind ol of allows ilo vf u aich enjoined thu the kings kinga ol of horn multiplying wives dent 17 polygamy occurs in in the bible if in the taine bills san fene e arid and upon the same turnis th tint thit it the incest of lot dues does that i they were simply and equally matteis altris in of filet fact it is no DO where mentioned bici pl ns as ft a of hi tory and no hero as a a principle n and doctrine with regard to oaths and covenants tile cible bible hodl allodi them thein na n ali ab and to be performed nothing would have chocked hocked tile the moral sense of ilu auls es moru more than tile llie doctone contained in in the second of your revelation then again the most important of fill all the enyingi of blocs is found in dent vi 4 I 1 hear 0 israel lir arl the tha lord thy gd is one lord nod and in cl apt iaz 35 there i alone else besides linn that is ill vic the great idia idea of tho the old testament and theone more than till nil calso tho the religion of moses froin the of the world hut but your revelation makes gods god odthe glona mona thus reliving og in the cen century lury the of the iho ancient Pa grins then as aa to your wonderful cilot t on tile ques tion of adultery athy by bir if a man can call not commit coin tnt adultery with ten simply because lie he claims that they belo ig to libin III 11 how if can lie ha commit arett with his un dauglas lor for the time i lason naion and before the how could a southern planter commit aa his douches nei they belonged to him stich sach is the wretched vir etched ro sophistry of your re dalion and tins this is your f ibis is that divine system by which 3 jo 0 i propose to vive the human family you begin with the admiration of ankles progress 8 by tile the 11 ot of tile noblest nol lest of the inot inoval al obligations of contratti raU anil and and nj aith s ith ilia cutting culling of throats for achl ests rakel abc I 1 ar 1 l r vann and vile stuff formed no part of tile moi mun stitt fittim nl find and to EO do you you commenced in the spirit and you have ended in the llie floii ll cavins what lait a 11 progression in inspired aired prophet who shall ting sing thy by praises in the lie great congregation or bound the trumpet oathy firne loa lit likening ening 0 solomon islia to inny acad thu the volumes of thy incomparable ui advin or periL thu depth ol of thu multitude of thy loves divine teli cherl lier how all lia t thou d thy flork flock ilow rich ht hatt thou made thy people in oil all thin tiling p thou art content with A till honet poverty how thou hat unrobed enrobed them by lubons in ili philosophic thus bringing into active training tile tho higher and better aies or of their nature ilow how pure anil and pot less tily lilo life how ho notable thy deiy bilwin in tion liow how unini ling eliy very surely tile saints mint shall baad laad tile liying ti ying thy word 14 it hi good us its illy law bivall what ciul im haa thou taught us to in deal cutly lov ione mercy find and walk dimbly before godl gid with anith what n hat glowing gloving and hat limn prea ditl tj tile maint ma or of tile love of till di ino ilia re K deviner ili his humility laug slavering fiill and patience how vell all and tidily thou bat buth both by precept and ci ample thoc tho c great commandment then lilt balt have live no other gods god before mr thou lindt not but kill thou shall nut not steal thou halt hall nut brar benr false wilnita thy no kibur libur thou nut not cohnin adultery thou not covet thy neighbor nile mid immaculate apostle baa progressed in tile thu di file III i ai a no sen ant of god oer crded cr did buru iuru progress uy by thu the power ol of thy inith icat Ld tho the hillara of 01 hope wid auvo vat avin if to the heaven ot of Hi fiarn arn en and literati rending aundra the mil tit that bida and the infinite bivin the view ol of mortals and there abou thyself in tha ilia pres enco of thy Clra Civa torl turl thou hut liu t seen een thy god to gaze t on that cleav enly bong being thou placa not as ai in ili tile cleft of tho ilia rock while thu the lord pied pi IIA bed ed by but bill beneath bon catli it huge pile of harn amado yours undoubtedly Ai anois tots |