Show I 1 JOSEPH SMITHIS LETTER lie denies that abraham and moses were mn L 0 LirT IErILLI lonn lo nn utah slit SIR you say any in your our list that you prefer the plain nord hordof 0 lite lord to any ally statement that I 1 may make let me ine gis gic c you some plain vi vorda orals ot of the lord behold david lim lit need and solomon truly rail ind many lures ivines arid and thiro tiling was abominable before me biily t alic lie lot lord 0 9 allear lue inc and hearken to tile w word ord of 0 tire loral ord for there shall not tiny any man aguon awong you have sas sac c it t be one ditc 11 ife filial ami concubines lie shall have none for I 1 tile lord god in tile c tastily of women B of BE book of jacob 20 C 1111 lite hie your breter eni tr ligin ye haac because 0 of their filthiness anti anil tile curlings cur singa sings which hath biath come 11 upon poll their skins tire are more righteous than you for they ila leave ra not forgotten tile hie of 0 the lord which vias nas gnon ginera unto aurto our fathers that they should hale save it were one wife and concubines they should hac none bogle 11 book ol of jacob 28 A they shall remain under this nit they repent arid and rein ember the new never even the book 0 of lilor nion and tle thai chich I 1 lave have given acra not only to say but to do according to that thai which I 1 haic urit ten D anti and Coypu ants see gee 4 par isar 8 liverpool ed in bone of your arguments have you iou tempted attempted alt to ananca tins vier these tery worda there is 13 not a line of teaching from 1830 to june 1811 8 in a tire the looks books of the church the ile printed journals or the published ernona serro ernon ovis 3 or pamphlet of the elders that contains conti ins a reference to the inar ajnar range relation but wit it IRS aa inorio tt loc you admit that you ott cannot prove from tl abo scriptures that adam noah or lehi lad bad more than one wife ot of what ila I 1 tile tho scale of argument is h your statement that you cark can field other tie nicci ell Is true d lei in the history iulio v ho hall hail tire creator evidently knew just liow haviv lie proposed to ap people co te c the elio carth arifi arid and the hie fact that at t ihn oil outset E lie formed but the tso to adam mil and I 1 eve ve r choum tie bo co 11 cili sive re evs avi lence dence both as to the lu intention of do dc ity ty arid and the fait fact how hoir ignorantly you on in arite rite w lien you state slate that god agod made nada wan man poly gawle the lis his doiy of this world in nil all its genera tic ions proves it aitu tile hie ink inal scarcely cly dry lit ill the alic sentence adgit ling ing that adam viv wag cis the cre er cation tation of 0 sod god and lic bic formed tor for liis his one cite companion find anti that aou oti cannot prove brove thit tatt either cither lie he or noah koah or leni el 1 hall had inore than one ott oil say gott goil created mark inan pol what new cosmon is this of bibich you write do yoi expect me to be believe clieve you avent cie when 3 ou ott so eo pervert the cry of tile the bisto history lite very reason assigned tor for tile lest destruction ruction by the flood is a lalion clation of polygamy the sons soils of iod god ean the daughters daughter of ruen men that they is acre ere fair and air they took them of 0 all they choose clio gui goi ga ibis is lite opening count in elio indictment lite inspired treat by josel it ornith states slates that the lie lord toll neval koali the ile daughters of thy iky sons haic hac sold for behold ILL inc anger an er is kindled against wi if alis 9 of bf initia mci for foi they ley idill not net aki I 1 to lo my iny voice 11 gen 83 1 I lie he voice biord vv ord of 0 the lord mas 1 I as lly b iliin ili il 1 bo 0 buo ouo asb 1 in ill clr dby ho tuo c d direct t accord i L w it alio erea ereatious tiou the revelation to the church through joseph the seer w was is lit in keeping is with ith this llila that it lite earth might be filled vi etli the measure of 0 man according to liia its creation before the world was made U B of C see lo 10 par 3 liverpool Lir pool kil ell this aliis cs plainly that thai god made man frann lie ile made lim him mou but man rr opted ai laj nav var before tuc five lord tins loada spirit quit striving ahl them The thellon llOd caime ami theme alicia except noali noah a trial inadi perfect in lih ills generations who liked with willi god oil the I 1 ions ot of noali noah ft ere aniie god saved that lie establish bit bin covenant is ith them nit and thus preserve it righteous e seed to people the earth Illi sisto me and I 1 think 51 should be to all who teal deal holl honestly estly witla willi tile the bible ilc a caf Q marriage ria 6 I 1 1 1 ilot holy I 1 can yu clr I 1 p ke clicc amilos ramp tos in tho ili iiii tray tary ci if the world before your q eava CS said and siy say that god treated created man poly ga kamic inic the intent as to peo pie lite larth earth anti and ue N e aro are not to bit p pose that it 1118 intended to people it vi lib ith a corrupt aced lie ile hose chose tile system arid and placed the two beings nith ishom lie ins bigan tire ihu volk upon like earth carth and instituted knirr Telar roge lie ile repeated tile warning by alual actual idral loll ion in thes llin of a of noah and till ins wife vito ills his three sons still and one calle v wife ditc itc each cadi lie ile led lilii out of the midst of it people whom you say nith tire the purpose stated that lie might seek a godly lie gave the rulo rule ural lint by example lehi lanthia and it 1 attic I do ills his sons ions end died one wife cetih cach ile confirmed it by the cobmand is idab I 1 have quoted and aid 3 jet et you ott have the liardi hood to impugn the weadom ot of such creation and such precept by declaring poly gamy tile title al aid oil d say eay that sod god poly gainy illy I 1 plural ro arriage to be tile rule raid silly liy till lid lie not to 60 make them tit nt the you yon are tire one olic not 1 I I 1 give 3 on tile plain pl aiu biord urd and tile examples cx in nuil arid 3 you vaile evade them try by that is is as dark as it must lc ike da il waging it you still urge that eliat plural mile inar iia liage cis ia the natural law governing turan man it il its ia but proper for or me to urge that you hati hac a tie no scriptural ground upon chich 1 tie to defond the lie marriage tied and the ri eglit lit of 0 mini mail to linic hac more valves than one should insure the of it to base wore loore hu than one and the tcp step to the absence of my any restriction abounded in ili scripture is not far to rc moiel it will poule pu tIe you to trace from all any history in ili your tour possession either cither sacred or profane pro farve tho exclusive right of man mail to choose his hia tu fe male companions to any direct revelation from god if it is ia left to tile the iolj of the natural appetites of min man he proven 3 y your our statement that three quarters of the elie human family accept it polygamy as 13 the natural liw law of 0 marriage is a singular ar one docs that prove it right the sauie same pro pa portion artion discards jesus joa as i tire the chrict 1015 I 1 adoca does that I 1 prove proc the stitt averit that lie is M eatrue otric ot ruc na IRA lion lien accepting the bible aud and christ accept polygamy as the natural liitt lail of garnge 1 I your charge upon the other oilier quarter of the human family that they haio 0 adopted in ill place of honorable poleg poh tuny gamy a vile it a damnable arid and a hod god accursed substitute is i Is contemptible temp tible 1 you ou point to the c wp kioa in ili inon nations anti and call it JKO io rule what you allude to tied and nhat illk A s idowu 04 f tale tic social evil is in nations oat iotis the pets er bion of tho elio rule and ami opposed to law I 1 quote from bour our letter you denounce I 1 vel estial marriage as is a rune against mankind rind a sin ein against bod od we wc assert that god I 1 never lias has so denounced denounce it but lias is approved ties it sanctioned it encouraged it log blied it at ami oreade made special hao lain 8 for or its direction theat the child was A AS falls aa 5 recognized as 15 legal bulat you certainly haryett tile revord take tire I 1 instance of abrilio fan one olle of your cases cited in ili proof no prophet gave lingar to abraham parfait ithai tire the patriarchs patriarchs only eife grafl ten jealous c alous af fl her barrenness slie she roni cei ed the idea of obtaining a child chaid by arid and bo be she took look ft a slue aad id 1 put ut jeer her iu in lier leer place itlen cd to ills his state so d lid i adam ni and when fruit froit resulted front from liis his connection with lindlar IIi lIn igar glar bewailed w leer her what was this wrong it if gott goil had her croul aas site if in ault no her wrote wrong ivas M H ill ili forget forgetting tio lie odthe 0 alic marital bl relation rt lation chave the lord lei in regard to this bon b oil lie ile parts a cry inge bless ing upon lim liim to prevent the in heri trance from roin going out lei in this fasti ton iod the lord gt c e aarah a sort son isano isaac in 11 bun been was tile covenant 11 ishmael vials tim tire flint boorn the ian 0 this alii vifa the slave conci to bibic inc OW ciul I 1 tells abraham to ilo do as si sarah IT ili enjoined aleast cast out tins this bond oman ali nh lie lil lid ishmael illicit away from liis his fathers bouse lio iise anti anil I 1 max as a it ill ild mall Aler abraham alwain hiie not a poly alvist I 1 lie hall no lie wife try liy tire llie institution of 0 marl m inia inge gc R live but sarah while sarah lc ain ell it A rail irali was ns lend dead 1 when be abraham married nurr icil Nc turah by nahum lie aso had bad children hill belt the ills bis tory lory biases that iu in order to put part ills his C cail it example ai amay ray front from isaac 4 abraham wit tile soils of ill alic lie ike bad all away ay front rom his bou boll to the cast country awl ami they thet ar arc not letko lied I 1 in it ills ii ilo kerit 3 i i lis p uell of 0 the matter matter of abr abraham abamo departure from the apic is ili ii favor tor ot the thought that goil god did dial not approve of it no ko prophet prop liot gas gae e llin him a second n w ife ate while sarith lived nor does docs the record show that there lad bad been bacu a change front the ile rule as g gh nan it at tire first isaacs life lie no comfort lav likic c ruled I 1 glicr ice house in respect to her hu strands wives its as joseph Sini tb vito 1 kinan mma 1 out d it giai ai e done it im be bno ia not is aa you ns as sett cloned lier leer the Ili faia it ii i i ia or ablott abilo to your MCW in se cluing ile he was tire so son of at rachel tile a only legal n 11 ite ife jacob had in tire lytik chapdu of genesis where the enumeration of israels children takes pl ice none is CA called tied jacob jacoba 18 wife life but irachel gotta WM ag 13 tile blessing blea was with hilli joseph jacobs first born of 0 liia his legal wife no prophet abc gave jacob liis vivo aled hi lin C concubines es to lo libil hin nor noris is auf nuy 1 law cited b by y which auy ally such connection was waa au tit YOU ou arp null alvaro that all tile anit of mosca ivre given under the coila le abid ild were call callad edthe the carnal j isbach the lord 11 in I 1 ills rath C albed to continue with tire house of aaron anione tile children of israel tilt 1111 jolin john arid and christ it speaking of 0 tire law of d li i a B part ol of your treed said 31 moses oses for or live hard ties of bour hearts wrote yoi pil this p 1 it is ii clear from tin ie traditions of 0 tile ihu church that tile inn ill of ClI canial fIvAl is ilia h you cite as reu regulating latin g polygamy poly gainy was ivas voided added becaro beca uio ot of transgression the hearts of araci biere bard hardened ened and god oil swore jab in bis W wrath rath that I 1 they hey should not enter into his rest lit ill reply to your respecting 1 the lords portion odthe poll I 1 lutted rs c hapler ter that thirty y live vel I 1 out am quite 1 lit c filho nillion that tie the portion that lyent liva Ivi Kur 1 l list I 1 I 1 fl haayo I 1 gnp I 1 J ug lo 10 lo 10 l o r nt t 1 if yoi yell kuari a 1 leip I lC left ip 1 atas Is of hiu purl part tha th A wint to tile Le leviten the revord eldoi rL DOi lit balent ns as to eliat the levites till stilli thew but the infer inference enLe that they were mere used kes it is far feic fetched 11 oil alicy were bla claici ca taken in wear war anil and tile thought that they could only ha be used eased its aa v i call ci 0 or r As ail li liora the lustful tendency of 0 the I 1 do not mean to all you orthe or thu is world orld that god ever bcd pol I 1 e duly in ili any sense to raise up tip seed onto linn but beat chrit fill ln every instance where lie ile attempted to real rako so up reed mito him the rule gol adopted opted by klinl was one man one wife it is because of that that hint lie ile calls poly polygamy ganty abent abominable I 1 ila do not con consent that lid used that ran means caris for that object mid and tully fully belio believe that you allow shiow ft a tingle single instance or command in proof except the so called revelation of 1813 trial and that thai is of such doubtful parentage that th it I 1 do a not no be cepl it as cn evidence lit in point I 1 moses wits waa not a nt ig eliere I 1 h nothing in the history to show that blokes hall had any other wed than zipporah ohp ws liet of tile tin host bolt for lio lie bad obtained leer of jethro the prince ot of midian A or ethiopian and ippo cd to be at descend ant of abr tie ala bt balli oal li I 1 that rali and the woman are arc one anti the same 1 is no io question but is ft lien 3 ou ott persistently cite cilc icil ill ant arid So lonion ns as examples that yon yet do 10 so tor for nil an wilse you may pret pretend erid to the lont contrary A and D I 1 to allow you how holy has been the reading in ili regard to toIl data Mid id let me inc debalt it a little of his history lii tory saul haul vi flaa its jealous of the praise he bc stoice upon david to for 1 I slaying tile and wade made an all attempt on oil ills his life with willi a ganelin before lie he lead had yet cl become Ie coine a married man loan IS 1 sam m 18 7 11 ciol is libin I 1 till liis his cider idar daughter daug liter Iea aib ton ife lull but cheated him out of her ailing lice ter ica to adriel adrial then bichai another of i sauls auis Z daughters loved ill paid id final n nas is his first wife for whom lie he paid in an hundred trophies taken from tire iho Philistin lh ilistine eb NOLA idi standing this marriage liboino more arid and more david 9 enemy I 1 siim am 18 29 this hatred of saul said continued I until hauls lis faro P AIN lead i lik epili life ilif I 1 I 1 alie he of war bail placed it lalni am I 1 in ili liis his limiti r david having libring g 1 tIl CICI nii ITs to standard liis his h kiil S I 1 lini taken f thoin oil ila a lit lil need fand gai 11 rii car leer to Phalti atie cl and then david took look Nia bills niilow binl till Abi lint beat there is i no ile proof that hint samuel or nathan find been the through lip eno apok v niec ives david v n s crai tied kinn king of 0 jirah tied and reigned seven years Is at hebron iring daring this time lime war mar ere cp street tile ar lillos of sort son ishby s hebb i aciner the general of israel joab for david or judah Jin lili the biar r tile hoilien of ditrio ivil on wl the of annul was a long otte see sec 2 sum strait 3 I 1 and G more alore than this ibis the war ar these hosts did not cease until nas slain then tho the tribes were united under tender tho the aej anel aft uh lv 1 reigned in hebron 3 c ars lover tuthill null ait jit aver kildall nuil aul isrul for or thirty three years david bould not treat with vilh abner timid butil HIi clial the daughter r ot of site married alra to |