| Show JOSEPH SMITH AND PLURAL MARRIAGE Reply to the Leader Leador of the Rear floor Church A js m U I II lilt of I r We so COP COli time tho In time the Airia tena published In Now York amid Melbourne on it II fIlch luh that hll hiss been brought by t louder or of th the t a nd ad which a rut In III I ha last lut A lu latter ron eon d so many both of oC fact oral anti that Ilta t F It tu to it fI dIrect the AllIance luLlI wore worl fair and III gIve Ulo to thIs article tin 1111 as 1111 It to 10 insert It An fo F Smith takes up elleh Irs In the August artIcle t hew leto l is ho 11 need to 10 It In It lie IJO that President Smith lie hI not 1111 or oridea idea for Cor polygamy htmL hill merely stilting slItting time the facts In to It its II III Ihl thIs l by time the lInt Seer WP Ve the Ihl lii In the tle Ari rl no nit In iii Its entirely time fhe t aim Ill cli I by JOHeph lre or of time the Church of oC SaInts h iii the writer tu to give the of oC 1 martlage or in III America Why this effort should lie be made mado nt at Ihle him late date when hlo not beun for or many In the hy Joseph time tho Is IN not explaIned The to ItO he under tIme plea plen t of Jill that relIgious from franc time the 1 of unit to with I nil all his In him the mind find usa o a 1 of men and of blo to r anti hi In g In church sonee ot of them still timid who have 1011 time the t direct theta th time doe doc of r nil no contaIned In time the revelatIon duteil July I 1 tim 1843 of oC that lit lie cd ito ho I taught This number reth hll oath onh that the they were to Joseph as an hIS hili wIves for tal tIM nud nil all eternity amid they thoy thIs to whIle hI he ll It is IR un on thus account lie under multi rull ot of BYrum time llie a reli and of Jo Ii the I ime this thIn reply to time the slate lUent and d In time Iho Arena Under Is in nit tue slIghtest m In tIm th of at tim the ot of time the Churon of Jostle of Lutter dllY Stints WM wits a on APril 1830 and has contInued un nn anti with nn an lIne 1111 sit of authorIty to 10 the present lute ha its lis Jre ent in III I Utah Plural marriage lI ous lurch by y Josep In lii III anti that time the revelatIon men Was b by hint him to the prominent of tIme the h Id tas ns writ written tell his dictation it II VII WIIlIam lIam who whose o Is on 10 lit III b the lion hion John T I CaIne pUblic In Salt City February Wilt Idill Hit Its III fUrther Joseph Smith 10 s to him for tor tIme null eterniTy UI as II a Ilium wife Moon un on mh flu Isn 1813 nt at the lii ot of El EI tIer e also 0 that h lie Clayton an nn nim Iier hurried Walker its lIS it II wIfe to the It at lila own oft op II Imay hat RI I I ThIs lady Is stIll II If and l to repeat her llIn r lar I n lire record recorded Id ed certifying to fo till th II b l 1 seti and I Smith sworn to b Un time Ihl PartieS them I and givIng I burn ot 0 tIme to them ot of time the of lC celestial or eternal mum rI go I him plurality ot of ilia 0 I b 11 of church leaders lit In time the city ot o monS them are nrc time the of JO Joseph n Ii Noble 1 F Lorento Snow Wilford H 14 A A Orson Imatt 0 rhum Grover e C l howard Corny COrtY I Edwin D an mall othmer whose ter for veracity anti general of life Is III unspotted anti and tu tic A III on I tIme the lattice who have hao also made nande are Eliza It H Snow P D 1 1 Young 1 Partridge Lott Iott olna Walker INC IL H soil Bon Lue Lucy W V Ann Ien Mar 11 11 Fanny many oth othera Ir era word would be 10 with without without out question by nil acquainted with them There III u a Irl latin still living In Salt who to 10 M I r It IL C CI 2 I Evans who II ic lit at prell nt to ho of It tho ho article In Time Arena whon timen hf h visited e tills thiN city some ago 1110 sho was In Nauvoo I tin Jos Joseph Ih Smith to 10 SmIth fn a atimer timer of the ns as It a IJ ural Her nt at the tIle tice of oC mat now known RII as PhIllips This Timis evidence In with time till is doubtless well to In time till pr of the lie He and his hIli hll vIsIted thIn cit hare Jn t who assured tutu tile were In marriage to imis father In the cIty of oC allu lint hul to II Iii hits own language lie he prefers to 10 belIeve tue Ip he tf is say A of at IMn living witnesses to n a given fact II by written dO documents anti lira ere to be counted kim for nothing In vica 11 of n it preference tim III ala In accuracy tt It lies hu b n urged In contradiction of oC fI t or time lire are here given glnn Ilen signed a 11 which WAS In him oo to the effect that they Ihn hn html never been n taught b by time or his hili brother the wIfe which wn M 1111 mind and secretly L by John e C Un Ben Bennett nett other hI from rein the flut when thIs is h Investigated It will be tIt that time and lIet licentIous isles b by anti ida aa far I from lie lre HOt st forth In Intile tile tho revelatIon of II a lecherY I is Irom and ami foulness is from In him a 1 feeble h to tm d I the Ide t of oC those e ladles the writer In time the August Arena hI is agaInst his thus thul nf at forded I by the that thai In a suIt prop prosecuted b by t the e before tIme the Judge of the circuit court of the tho In time wet 1 era ern district ot of this testimony oll d utterly to 10 the Iho of laid women lt H Ih time writ Writer or hind UK mis much disposed to hf fAir its lIS lie III emms anxious to n a In support or of hIs f lie hi have musIc mudo It clear bitt the I he before lilt thu ourt kourt Was WILli not the cor of oC their testImony hOt hilt time Iho lit cit the Iho to I land ownell and ii h a 11 hOlly bosly lIes tic IiI bud hod now flow hy by Mr Ir SmIth wims t to nib tIme the latter 1111 ho hi further hI stated that Ibis of it that elU set Het on to n a higher So much fur lila hIli ln en to tI the force CorO ot of II dl ancl it nd u ni nil Ic I I Plural taught and ld ny hili and uncle Jo Jos ph jh Smith il A us 14 iii th Arena rn nn thIs that Ihn t lii III thin et ef time Ihl Chunh ur of J us I or of cloy wits Willi I hul ori On All the I es Jo 30 this thmia file lU 54 Thin is III mIni what thu hub thi anti In relatIon tl mar I ICor It san fIrst for Cor Ollie yearn afterward limit hut and mama I t to lii III Nauvoo tumid the tho ambil of oC time tho Prophet Ihl Ion celestial lie pluralIty of nil fill explained on nn July 1843 beats bears limo Iho of the ot of th time other and earlier i mis liS II H hol III lila his life time timime in III the tho flooR of l and It beams benu no Dietary to 10 time thu In time same volume gIemi through lre ld Young It hits hilS special reference to nf at aIrs III im the fatally family ot of which would be If coil COli coned utter his decease It iii en to tu to personally amid to 10 his wife amid to 10 imbue alone TI n also to time the wIves that hind already been sealed to 10 Joseph Smith In a 0 that would lie be wit with I out obit I nemmie nHO or for Its applIcation to those Individuals during hl Time thull of were well known h it a large num er erot ot of trustworthy ell to 10 have been hIs hili In Iii In every reuse ot of flint relationship lbs non on In time the article the tho bald as assertIon that there Ihre no flu issue to tiny ot of the o marrIages Timid l Is it a mere that which ll he Is not able to 10 Prove Irue which no in III the Hi dIspute for Cor lack of cnn cap scarcely lie he viewed all aM dIsproof of oC time relAtion or wha t would be tIme the socIal status ot of estimable calm cou lIes In this country rho fhe Arena wrIter maker n mu quotation Irons time the hook Book ot of that Is ly Iy astray of time tho 11 in contention 1 ifs n a gIven to the 1110 ho hived on thIs continent sd till yearn be before foro the ChrIstIan lIn anti that an fur for their partIcular and rh Iro to one each The ren rea renon 1400 on for tor this lie 18 given which was that they thoy were too anti to h is to a enter Into sn cred relatIons lions ansi covenants com 1 In the tue order or of celes celestIni tIni ur or marriage In referring to 10 ancient inhibitIon whIch has imo upon time the Present nt n ago o Or tho tm people of the these o tImeS th the wrIter an aH lie In relatIon to the suit In the MIs courts court arm amid essentIal unit putt ut of time the case Thin hook of declares that tim Iho ot of hint thal carly earh period have but 1110 clause that anti vas carefully left Quit out isy hy J For ur If I will the Lord of 11 hosts os Itt raise Up UI seed unto me I 1 will my they thC shall heathen Into thin things fhe quotation of that woUld have hae taken nay away time the entire ground of his lime that time the limit one une wife Willi for tor that und that time with the that a furl further her and tilt dlf ferent mIght b be given at home to people mini tIme law declared wan hut reading of the Ian of Goti to the Church in these latter In its earlier Years will that were to the am by r cime maim have one wife anti ammo one bears that a mIght silly Ut at flume to have more omme while a woman was to but one husband Be as it ama the revelatIons to time franc trio begin were to time effect that inter and more advanced truths vere to lie known and the Church to receive them as time word of time Lord mis ti received them from Deity At Atthe the organization of time Church AprIl CUt 1530 time followIng was given by revelation Wherefore time Church thou give head nil his words and command Ice gIve unto you ems emslie lie walkIng In all hell miens before for shall as if front mIne mouth In all patIence faith All time history of time bo that Gnu would reveal time to time Ills word tind and all hind lost be restored thIs of restitution of ail tImings spoken of ii nil tIme holy since time began In a lIon Jami ICil time following occurs verily I say unto you let timis house be buIlt unto my that I reveal maine therein un unto to my for I deign to reveal un unto to iii timIngs Luen kept front before the of time world that to time of the of times In time Mine revelatIon lime of for time death Is set forth wherein time Saints of Clod who have been and re time Ghost by time laying on of thin hands of dIvine au man be baptized for mind him b half of theIr departed who hiatt f receivIng the Gospel In time tiesh ThIs it Iii shown mutt be attended to In a temple o of God erected for that This and vas one of the to time faIth of the Church at time time but butas as hot it vart of its creed In the be of the are other ordinances in tile rev revelation elation that sere not required or known until somo years after time organized WIll Mr Smith they wets hot part of the doctrine in time beginnIng and omitted revelatIon Is ammo of time doctrInes of time establIshed by Smith the Therefore the notion that because plural wits taught in the early years of lii it vas not declared In later times is a amid contrary to the very Order ammO progress are essential features of time body That some principles mini halide of time even in time days of Its vete requIred to be kept back for a period because of the hoe of the is indIsputable lie is perused It was time Iii time stays of time who salti to his dIsciples I have things to 3 unto you but ye cannot bear hiram now religIous hod over which Mr mind which repudIates the of is called the ReorganIzed anti Into existence in the year he being called to stand at its heed as time son of the peer hOe es was a virtual that the Church April bad become through time death of Its officer lice Is that there no of time I through fur It wits no It continue intact mii mutter should mIle or is hemm its were cx hy mob violence loin the cIty of all Its essential hood mis gIfts vowels blessIngs and stunt arid contInued It mill its it on time eliot knoWn its Sushi Lake City It has never It its time Church that tinder thin was by tinted its if time vales of time Becky and provision before hun cruel death fur tile cx lion mind t of tim a me glen it was the lifework of as It imas been of hula In to carry time devised by time Joseph divine tIme accepted with faith They no mote of isis mind Intents would of denying ChrIst or defy time eternal The by writer in time Aremia to relieve imla father time of Is tilt endeavor to juts is railed lime of a that was organIzed But this hmo be conies accuser of time for if lila ii correct therm time orthy mind great men who silt his sillier in time of time C art with Its wilful lIars and the hosts good tacit and testIfy to time same facts tin they have Limo itt tIme thIs time Church of Jesus of by time Its solemn arm to time that whatever may it thought of time or error of time of blural it was introduced by time et am revealed vas by him and to limo in the of thIs art and lion eat In rejecting the on time of time sect will to also tim doctrine of or is arm hIatt of time same and is uric of time moat sublime and glorious ever mande known to It a oman amid a wo be together as and wile the Lord and it stimulI Ito heaven not inertly sleuth shall them hut time countless ages ot eternIty In that are glory antI anti perpetual Increase do and In end Plural Is but a part of time lii that coma amid that it caine frolic or the Joseph slur lag time years of lila lIfe Is as tam as that time sun shines when its is reached In the to time leader of the organIzed church Is as asan an In favor of plural ringe That in not time at Is Issue sue rime of Jesus Christ of SaInts decided to submit to the law of the laud after a con contest test in courts when it finally un the Supreme of tIme United States Therefore arguments as to time right or wrong of Plural are A dead issue need not be But tIme eternity of the whIch a and his wife be on to be one all eternIty nail It shall be In by tIme that connected was the lai of time holy mOod by which macma it tinder divine receive more than one uie in that covenant restrictIons and regulations Is as perfect ansi complete as ever Jim a conclusIve came before mu court and Is without tho of mu by time thousands of meron who compose time lie founded Under diIna thou and was or discontInued bitt stands today as a to the and inspIrit thOu of one of time greatest Prophets who ever lived on time face of lie earth I SMITh Salt Lake CIty Utah |
