| Show I Till 3iviiuvii > jui8Tie J The plar of salvation Is so broad and I omprehenslvo that all human Interests are Identlfled with and controlled by Its pervading 1 siirlt No revelation worthy of Divinity cojld simply pro Aide for tho letlfiious sentiment and nc lion and Incontinently overlook neglect ect or Ignore the varied attributes oman o-man and the gnat crecntials of his well living upon the tarth If jou grant that rtllgioua Concert Ions and religious truth constitute the base of the superstructure the I different floors stories or depart ncnta of that building are equal 11 Important ns iiogicna In duty a nd responsibility Increases It I would be a libel on Divlno wisdom to assume or nsrt that revelation was ti Inpcnslblo In ono section and valueless III ho other hence nftc tho reenlroent of the fIrst principles l of tile Gospel by tho Prophet Joncph Emlth It 11 Oil lit have been lnonpatlble with ill claims and i retentions with 1s mission rind destiny had he failed In endeavoring to throw light upon It ose human relatlonrhlpt thorn ouilom ordlnDnco nnd covenants upon which soc ety ultlmatel depends and rental Statesmen phllosophcn students In social economics nil ngreo that much o f good or 111 depends upon the Ideas entertained In regard to the intttrlngt covenant Its responsibility Ha stability 111111 111 perpetuity few Indeed are they who believe 1 In plomlscuous Intercourse In liregutat passional gruthletition hence Jaw i have been I lod to control and regulate tin 1Iocldllon of the sexes and Ienlllll ore prescribed for shirkers still violators ot legal regula lionThe The religionist of coO looks upon the elation aa of Divine origin To him marriage Is I ordained of God datIng dat-Ing back even to the beginning of time organizations religious and civil have Seconded this Idea fur ages by working together ever asserting and maintainIng maintain-Ing the sacred character of so Important Import-ant so essential a relation one which onto formed was not to be cn lly set uildo by either church or itnte Modem Infidelity nnd the modern craze for liberty have made Inroads upon these conservative conclusions ot the past Its religious or divine Charlie ter has hn dlpul he Sanction of priest or minister has been looked upon as uprltuuu and entry upon that relationship can lo secured today by uhat Is I styled a chil contract pas to be created dlisolved at pleasure by ho contractors as caprice or the olihn of the moment might determine The divorce courts ol our nation testify t to the slight hold so serious a compact haG upon It large section of the papule lion while not afen deem the demand ot law un Infringement on personal liberty lib-erty and so private arrangement In 1 looked upon ta the only prerequlslli for that convenience which accepts of no responsibility and carries out It program by avoiding increase een nt the expense of health and lifeof body I > anti oull So anomalous n condition could nr escape the eye of Deity or be I excluded from any revelation which aimed at the deliverance of mankind from error Ignorance unit death consequently ren ion and philosophy could do no less limn expect In a oealled new dlpn ration that correction Initruttton noycommndmt eholll Ie among the first eommunlollon on title subJect sub-Ject so fully divorced from the original thought Intent and llesslng of the great Supreme The later rev elation In regard to the eternity of murrlge was a glgantlo Slop In advance of religious thought us ound even In the Mother < Church vhlch portends to apostolic succession und its sllenco on this forms A curious commentary upon the assrtecl coaling or binding and loosing 01 Its latest hood when the erroneous colclutnon Alan drawn tom the uncomprehendett statement of tho Savior that In the life to come they neither many nor are glen III marriage It was easily manlf > ct to tire Prophet 1 that ns sex 13 I eternal piocreation lust follow under better and higher I I conditions the tame an In the lncr hough divested ro doubt ef all t > evils which belong to the corriirlht ondltloni and excesses culminating among men through dlrolradlence In1 age to ago This continuance of tire maril3ge and tamil relation also Involved b ths IIvllon8 of the sealing IMwei of the PrlfKlhood 1 reaching behind the val IItho positive existence of plural marrjag that Is I who two or more he bn oncilecutively allied to ono man ands and-s living Issue I or otherwise has fold I lo fol-d thin relation sanctioned by tit authority and It needs but little reflection reflec-tion to conclude that 0 relation co op piobatrd and necessarily existent on the other Side cannot under proper regulation bo so highly criminal and sinful In this probation It this sealing power li I denied If marriage Is not a sacrament If fll I Is no a Divine Institution to h I regulated by I Divine authority It It la always rind everj where limited by death the Iho logic falls men are Justified In legislation against a hitherto concede religious tenet and human Idom may be superseded by suppressing nn order ns aged ns the eternities an coeternal with tho God II Is I uell known that n tremendous pressure was brought years ago to bear upon hundreds of the members > of the Church of Jesui Christ of Latterday Saints for accepting these ideas of marriage that it to ray Us e llcrN character Its existence by alrt a of Divine appointment Its regulation by revelation and Its continuance In the eternities because Ivexte I eternal ard because of the authorized sealing of the Holy Priesthood It Is I a neces Pity In unnumbered cases that Its plural character must be eternal also and that that order cannot possibly or should not be considered a flagrant of line on earth hlch Is I nctlond < llld approbated by being eternal In the heavens Among those who then And now bit icily sanctioned the persecution Im rlspnments anti fines Inflicted upon nt least I a well meaning or erring people wn that faction of religious renegades called the Joael hltes ol the Ileolgun zed I Church their lender Ills right hand man And followers denounced ridiculed and nearly hated those who filmed that the Prophet had lu divine di-vine revolution given the Key lo the marriage relation In thli brood and amplified sense they applauded lesls Intlon I for Us suppression I they Proclaimed pro-claimed to the nation anti to the world That Joseph never received this revelation revel-ation that It was a fabrication theY Itent further when the proof Dbl D-bl < > ught liome to them by Assuming that their progenitor ms a fallen prophet If he did so teach rind art Now there Is I no quarrel here nith amonl no desire to restrict personal right or privilege under the law non with this nation none n Ith public men Imcnt there Is I 110 adnry of a rc turn 10 tho ancient I jll anymore I any-more that here Pro rtgrcIA for past experiences the overruling rrovHene of Cod will surd reward the iuf reri He vilt hniT these who gave their I llve1 tn Mnllrte on eternal rrnclple It the rupp esflon W1O v IOl < lIt if It called for iiiH1ce the re i rrrlhldt Ij 1 I not on ill hllvcin cr IphildciB of that sjstii It nust It wherever dl vine Justice villl rlacc It I If tnero wcro unworthy men or women In that order there are thousands of the unworth In moi oca nous minlago In tl his proud nitlon and It I will lay her statesmen to btttrjg3 by and In connection with le lzlitlon that not yet quite cxtln gulhec faith In racred marrlaso as or ell nod of God for th perpetuation of the human race It tills la 1 done the sad traced l of Soelom rind Gomorrah nlll not need to bo duplicated In this the meet favord nation found beneath tile Pont |
