| Show A of ly by elder I 1 ens 11 S mr pratts dis conrao on en sunday july 11 hi 1875 1873 in the tha tabernacle salt brilli anko city was vvs an elaborate effort ol of two hours in h 0 o for the ilo luter day daiy saints sainta nod to give to tho the editorial excursion party a part of it whom bero rero present proa tho the pa culiar doc tricea ol of tho the litter day saints to a and having note nolo I 1 lils its prominent fe fares Lull horo give RITO thorn to till th tender malor and ow out answer to them not but firt cret we wa object to I 1 mr pre 1 l t 4 unqualifiedly for tho the litter day saints be RUSS abo utah people with whom mr pratt in ia anti nil over hire been obly a friction in add 4 a sect or faction of 0 the grea katat body of tho latter day sins S this is u by tho the rollow ici FAM AND noci iia IQ in itil 1211 the litter latter ly S siuila AM I 1 is wore estimated rt at 2 times anil and seasons somal yol vol 5 p 5 17 and in n 1853 after afler nine nina years or of nuil and the number dumber in utah is given by mr pratt himself as now allowing allow inc tint that the during heso nine adno years were cil equal ual to those in in fellowship out of utah tho the whole number was in 1853 I 1 less ices than one cde sixth the ho number ol of latter day ia 1811 and Arid when it is ia remembered that hat in that year 1853 polygamy was first crat proclaimed resulting in the withdrawal of largo large this proportion in doiy it 7 bo conceded is 85 unchanged aull of the 0 in 1 1654 tro probably bably no not ono one fiftieth are ara now in fellowship with mr diat farther con eida calion of lua ab let 11 us 3 see ica whether ho he re presents or cr hii ro presents tho the laith faith iio oya keys wo we uro here in those gathered out rom tho various nations in ia alfill moot prophecy or isaiah 21 ob apter 21 versa lod and it come to pas in tho the laet set days that tho the mount in of tho the lords loras hotter SLIM abill bo be in tho ilia tops of the mountains and aal all nations shall flow unto it nolif now it these mountains this valley were tho the only once known it would need bo be tho the ones ro berred to butas bat as they aro are not how did mr identify them 03 tho the ono the prophet referred to simply by Lf firming it but bat wo we will provo that thai they are ra not tho the first arao settles this as 03 follows fol lowa rho iho word that isaih isaiah tho the son of amos saw coo coa judah and Joriu aloa not utah or silt salt lako city so sir mr pratt lit line cited thu this scripture to others anil and to his hia own cn doma domn Hion tho the tomo is fouta in micah itla chapter anil and in chapter 11 1 verso verse I 1 wo we learn it is aLo plied to anil and Jeru eale ea and in 3 torso term 12 wo aro etolil tho the mountain ot 0 the se is viz in jerusalem un on applying these kroph core to utah mr pratt noces airily assumed that thai lie a hero were within tho the zion therein mentioned montio coil and of course a chosen place of the lora c to two strange contradictions aro are loro lore involved let thu this location this thia oily city temple el ets is 13 riot not upon ilia tops of tile the mountains nor above the hills bat at tho foot of them bod ia the iho seer vol 1 I 1 p 77 mr pratt prall states stales thit bat tho the here lore tire aro in exiles driven hero now it I 1 they nf ate within tin the boundaries of zion lion the chev aro are oot not in ia echo and if they are arc out oat ol of the boundaries i hat authority is ia thero there fr fir temples wo learn in ia doe and cow COT sc ac jtb par 3 that zion is the ae new g Jeru fadem and in ia seo sec 27 patti part 1 wo we learn where the iho centre of the city of zion or new jerusalem is ia viz via independence jackson county mo me and in par 21 awo 1 wo have baro tho ihl meal mc Burc mont 1500 1300 milca quare silt liko like batys temple is id thus thua moro more loan WO milas outside of tho the boundaries of kioa israel did not found a zion at dab bab iron yon in ia their exile I 1 batia but ir emiah t n d micah did not no speak of utah evidently jeremiah did chapter 17 2 5 0 6 where it is gold and those who tr arnst a st in ia barrand min aej made fl flani ah lie lia arm or did as they acro told by man should inhibit the parched places ia tho the wilderness in ia a stall salt land and not inhabited this place in let also shows icy achy sir mr pratts cities were li 11 catal here because tepic bearis do da from ilia lord mr pratt then intran aced ace J martialto mar laio rialto 03 83 a peculiar tenet each of the tha naioti relating to tho the nuptials of adam and aad ete ere big and assumptions wiro as follows adorn adam and 1 ko vo wore immortal hc hanco nee acir union was tor for eternity mr webster defines immortal thus flom liability to dio die un dicing imper ah cleoto lie ble oto adam ind and evo acro liable to dis die and did die did therefore wore not immortal Thero loro Coro sir mr pratts assumption as tho the bisci of oe the I 1 e eler t eri nily of mr mar riago is mao falso and t tho he inference drawn from it must bo be falso false oleo also cut but ho he goes on oa rod and affirms that the object of camaro is tho the production of tho begetting and bearing of will continue con tinaa through all eternity clera ity but in lu 20 marriage marri aio it ii clearly limited to this thia world this world and that world is il this tido side and the ollice side bida ol of tho tao resurrection tho the contrast is ia drawn between tho the two tiro upon this thia point thus the children ch illren of this world marry tho rho children of that world world osbar marry nor are arc they given io in marriage doo doe and OOT cow fcc ca par 3 declare that roar mar rago is ia ordained to fill tho the earth not tho the measure or oroff offspring of man mad mr Pratt haTing A FALSEHOOD FALBE nOOD of course every proper infer inference from it wo no find la is falsehood false bood alo aleo L lint of the mairl main object of mr pratt waa tram to establish polygamy which ho he asserted grow out ol of the ibo eternity of marriage as follows follow a abo object of marr laxo being lag childr co andin and ia case caso tho the wio wife of a man mana a man in ia tho the prime of lifo life says mr P should hould dio such do die che tho the man may tako take another and raise children and nd this secona is ig his wife AS 3 much as tho the first anti and in the resurrection bah will mil bo be his be 80 ws MS mr bit pratt triumphantly polygamy will exist in eternity in ia abito of congress to abu it bp be replied that a buRba ild might die and leave a wife 1 in the primo prime of life and still she would woula a bo equally coequally entitled to marry main again to obey that cicat gre a t command to multiply and her s would bo be jut just at ranch much her hils husband bandas ai the first and in ia be resurrection she eho would have hao two bus balds and thus polyandry polia poli odry andry in otera eternity ity in spite apito of Cor congrow grow iut mr pratt palt thus that ho he lad bad rarely dimly p polygamy I 1 in eternity aek why not tico it io in this world no ila did not forget to mention abraham and his two kivee sarah and hagar but ho he forgo to notice oat the lord and sarah divorced him f from am the litter so ill thit it abraham went into that world a monogamist anti and no a polygamist mr pratt thou askon who says po pa ia crime does docs tho the biblo bible and answers no prophet no apostle no inspired mart man ever acter callad I polygamy a crime to this we TO oppose the ibo following in hook book of mormon page it is twice re referred forred to as a gro roia batir or crime junob here speaking says saya ho he was waa burdened by tho the word of tho the lord because of tholo grober gro crimes and tle forbid in ili tho tha name ol of tho the lord that thai roy dy among them should bato PAVO myo it bo ono one wife and concubines none again joseph and hyrum smith in ia I 1 their notice to the church february lit 1844 polygamy la its placed with other fiilds add corrupt ali le acting tit of which is ia called iniquity this thia Is ia equivalent to calling it a crime crime mr john taylor of mr prella 2 ot of apostles said aa iii in ia 1915 for let mo cay tint gala cala who went to 0 nod and taught the iho doctrine ou ol 01 a of wives wires end ilia gi n t 9 who practiced the S time lamo binl W equity et ato cit aro all workers coworkers co on the 14 rama me plim T 84 vol 0 p r II if iniquity i if criminal then hero is ia in n apostle of mr statts own quorum who occo area called plurality ol of wives W or a crime agaba doo doe cov v see ec 10 s par 4 ina huoh as this church 0 ot t christ has boon been r ro a pro preached ached cd with the crimo crime of 0 fornication nod dechiro ilett we boli ve tint that oro ore man should have ono one will anil and roo gomill ono husband this chii ithol om of cf liw law was waa adopted by the iho general ot of all tho the quorums ot of ilia Oln Clin itoh rob air I 1 am ong then them who hero onus calla polygamy ft or thus wo we have shown drown that both prophets and apostles and the whole church ot of jaein christ ol of call polygamy rolyE 11 a crime then abby by did aid mr pratt mako make like statement hadid ho did not to do ceide leow ha was 1 9 station elacio no an untruth oa lruth anil and does doca not th thia 13 proto 0 v 0 that ho be is ono one ol of the tha fal false 40 A ta e 8 deceitful wor workers keri ot of whom clims slims and honest lire are waeneta Etl TO dewane mr pratt fruit them clai clairried immunity immo oily for poli gamy under the as biocic Bib buinz ciC part of our religion tied we iho majenty in con enact a law to ali who vilio practical link lioi tic abo he 1 l larri zig is ii also a part of the religion of t this is faction at by I 1 1 I coal coald refer yon to plenty ol of bierc bion on have loan sell celtin in ia order to ift alone tor for their tins brigham aham young ia boar die dia vol 4 1 I pago 22 aw ilia is ia loving our neighbor ai 03 I 1 hs delphim bel help phim him K fit it is ia aary ta spill his hia blood on the iho earth ili ia oriler that ho may b ibl now hero is u a peculiar doctrine of ct this 13 ople a part or of their religion to 10 spill the blood ol of such bach as is IB moo they of course being judges in a ai 0 itar that ho he may bo be caved coot according to sir pratt con gross gresa has no right to lo enact laws against i spilling ep illin bloedt or killing in rutih because forsooth it is part of 0 the their aclis ion and itis it is upon this ilia view of the subject that ell all attempts attempt at t ng out aad pani the church murderers is called lion lioa the tha time tima has como come mr pratt to inia ity rebuke b racy aul aal cill call crime by its right light dame J W gracios Bra cios SALT axe LAKE july 21 1875 1675 |
