| OCR Text |
Show STANDARD. ANTI-POLYGAM- Y ing Adam, and .of killing apostate, in order to save their souls, for this in th( Morfiioulsin Versus Polygamy. pamphlet form, also said Times and Seasons, Dec. 1, 1815 Written for the Standard by Rev. T. ;Brethren and Sisters, remember W. Smith of the Reorganized Church of the Book of Mormon, the Book of the in the United Covenants, and sels wh'ch e and of eac,h,m,ss in other as well as parts States, I Gitliful servan s ayu y n ) u the doubt no the world, caption ol . , . this article appears inconsistent and frm time to tml.e", absurd; for the common idea L I all ; an comp, things, that the terms are synonomous, and with the instructions upon these to.most, minds polygamy and Mor- 111 But tlie Poln as Poln e 011 monism are inseparable. e now see ie mulSs is Utah doctrine, and idolatry and murder and polygamy are inseparable. Orson Pratt sftys Remember the Book of Mormon, and Book of Covenants. truly, but how soon he forgot them himself. But what does the Book of Covenants say, fur what it teaches must bo in harmony with the Book of Mormons, and the Church was commanded to teach and observe the Covenants and Church articles. And by a revelation through Joseph smith, the Church was informed that it should rest under reif it did not condemnation member the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon. and if it did not observe commandments given Well what does the Book of and the apostate condition of the Ulah Church, its darkness, I i TS i I factis that there isnothingtaught or saSe- Toucan those who have practiced in Utah by that church qoonces attending those Jirtllolls principles. fa'sely called The Church of Jesus b,lolat?d and become O.irist of Latter Day Saints, which Ihey Have apostatizedof the servants - rSS to the bitterest enemies oTfesus opposed and of God; Uius fulfilling the words of CW .e nn la wo, , apostles of eighteen centuries ago, desu',i l iel' er. ?r which is not equally antagonistic to man f their w hearts, adult!T Mo, c,nlni,t genuine Mormon doctrine. have the spirit but hamrnedanism is that system of re- - they shall not I (Look of 'leny the' faith. ligioua faith, and practice taught Covenants , 3r p. paiagraph, by Mohamed and elucidated in the Now these Koran. Chiristianity is that reii- - stereotyped edition. ) saine en openly advocated polyga-veale- d gious system of faith and works re- in the New Testament, anJ hu, and praciic d n, and the world that they are Mormons 1 e. taught, and practiced by the Lord K.s 11 1 it shows that Cove-mint- s, blindness,1 and spiritual death, can be easily accounted for. Says one Tlie Monmm question. The Mormon question is. uo. It will not be down until it is settled. It is in Congress. It cannot longer he dodged. Bills containing radical measures have been introduced by Congressmen Wllits, Haskell, and Burrows. Probably the ; . certificate of election given by Gov. Murry, of Utah, to Mr. Campbell as Delegate, may not he accepted. Congress prefers to retain its own right to determine the qualifications of its own members. But Mormonism, as Polygamy, has got to go. If this Congress dawdles over the matter as heretofore, it will hear from the people! If either of the' two great parties elects to side with the twin relic of American barbarism, so much the worse for thatparty. But we have no idea that it will be so. The voice of the people, wholly irrespective of party, is beginning to make itself heard in a way that predestinates the result. But everywhere public meetings should be held to make the public sentiment and determination unmistakable. The Advance. commandment Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shal cleave unto her and non else, anc Jesus Christ, and his immediate believers m Mormonism, and yet he that looketh upon a woman, to - ,they stand condemned by Episdisciples. Presbyterianism, make my point clearer, I lust after her shall deny the faith lsmMethodism, &c., are In and shall not have the those systems of religion that are ,'vouId stat,e whaJ ls 1u,te generally a sermon on CelestialSpirit. The Standard. I Marriage, that iloimoDism existed Jftanvni of Confessions in the faith, taught delivered in Salt Lake Tabernacle years, before Articles and Diciplines, and in the fuI1J twenty-tw- o The Standard, far was publicly taught, or open- - Oct. 1879, Orson Pratt said of this works endorsed by the That if the members of February is out, and keeps up its well 'advocated as a doctrine of the very law. General Assemblies, Convention, d in Churcl Mormonism proper is that the Church had undertaken to vary earned reputation as a the of etc., respective Conferences, from the law given in 1831, to love the Mormon camp. With every bodies. Mormonism if anything at I sjsteni of .aith and practice con-altheir one wife with all their hearts, fresh number the brave ladies who if there is any fair meaning to alnfa ia Mie Book of Mormon, and and to cleave to none other; they are making of the Standard a power, ocated by the church for this the term; must mean that system are old y would have come under the curse place the public under deeper obliof religion taught in that record or Period j time that a man 1S an mVosor and condemnation of Gods holy gations to them; and this obligation work, whicn has given birth to the aVor to the law. teaches contrary Why, some may say with should be settled in coin for the paname, the Book of Mormon, so- - r10 Doc- - astonishment did he not know that per. Every number that is sent East called after the name of man, who Book cf Mormon and What do he condemned himself when he said helps to swell the flood which by and it is alleged made a compilation of me and Covenants, for he claimed that by is to overflow in blessings to a rethat? 0 records of his ancestors, and his work these books say on the polygamy God had no, generated and, disenthralled Utah. changed, and what was was called, The Book of Moimoi, P'fGof laL became unholj, and what It should be a matterofbothprideand it a crime and says the and with it the revelations and com- a curse and principle for every Gentile in Utah would have mandmenls accepted by the Church Pactice of David and Solomon i condemnation brought o send a few copies of the y 1830 till the matter was abominable be- for foui teen years or from 1 fri' to Eastern m 1843 sa)s f blessings, for Standard fore God, who says m the hook, man among you shall have JraG and Company God revealed ends monthly. S. L. Tribune. Now it does not affect the argu- the principle ot plurality of wives ment in view to say that the book save he one we aild concubines anu .ia a reason through Joseph Smith. But again is not what it purports to be, or m0 ujT uwnujw xwk, mm, uuiggs or 13 prohibition, this .s is given, that it is simply a plagiarism, on admirably chosen for active bus- i 0 nne, for an ong 0 God Lord the the in vyhness Here, in addition to theissu- delighteth Solomon Spauldings romance; or Smith revelations that hrst of women. Joseph The hastily of that it is a fraud or forgery. intetresntinS publications, received, is found these words: Nor sers tral' GoJ- - u,cd !h0 God doth not walk in crooked paths, , ned of people, many of them being men were practicing polygamy and Js- - neither draughtsmen, examin.ers doth he turn to the riht and women of excellent education, tified themselves because of what L j PrePare specifications and drawings tn thp npifhnr inL V. , was written (in the Bible) of David and of strong minds, and bright n h i n for American and Foreign patents. If tellects, have received the hook as and Solomon, that they did not any of our readers should happen to f make a new discovery (we hope being divine in the same sense, and understand the Scripture, and thaiLfr i t " J Lu, i degree as the Bible, and its teach- they were committing iniquity. every one of them may do so, and upn a frtune) they have only to ings of equal authority witl, that Now this is MormonLm le thal God so completely changedhis sacred volume. For nearly fifteen ygamy is a 'crime that it is abom- a line to Munn & Co., 261 i i A 8 drop n! years this book was laid before the inable, and is iniquity and that it Boadway, New York, who will reply M h LpIIpvp world in the light just named, by is an unchaste condition for women. at once, without charge, stating i ti b h .d whether the invention is probably . the various grades of ministry An The Utah Church says that God has the Church, and by none more per- - changed since then, and commands novel and patentable, A handbook rl j j whichhde sisteutly aiifi strenuuusly than by what he condemned then. Well t from that hath ofijwtrnctiona, with full particulars, vary Orson Orson then John lay lor, sent free. Messers. Pratt, rn Monogamic marriages were oraAn prqtf jn Instiand others of the Utah - ' have had over Hyde righteous then, they are criminal , JjMunn&Co., thirtyp ? five years experience in the bustution. As a sample of their teach- - now, and the polygamous are the ti f y . iness. ings on this point I will quote a righteous ones now. Those who man 0 ov 13 one W1 e a ' little of their sayings, and for an practice the former do not under- re(luJres 0 c eave u.n 0 an, no.ne ilow are You Uj Old Friend v9 object hereafter to appear I will stand the Scriptures, while polyg- - r1 Asked a brightlookingman- - Ohl quote what they said just before amists do. Women who are not fonhichdoubGess correct after soon Smith s death, polygamous wives are unchaste, and JnTemnaiil 1 billious and Joseph In Times and Seasons of April 1, while those who are, are strictly back h so ame j aD(, m oa s no y law. 1844. ' Jojin Taylor said: If any- - virtuous. And what was abomin- cant work. Why in the world Vo or in writes be the light of God, is now to imm thats preaches to able you dont you take Kidney-Wort- ? continued) you, doctrines contrary to the Bible, most pleasing, and delightful to the what I take when Im out of sorts, the Book of Mormon, or the Book Lord. land God has Dnt. not only it always keeps me in perfect him and set Covenants Doctrine of changed on that subject, but Healsoin Agents wanted in every city, tune. My doctor recommend it for is down as an imposter. .Orson Pratt former days condemned idolatry and town and village in the United all such troubles. Kidney-Wo' who had written some of the ablest murder,; which were always so States for the hew book The Wo the sure cure for billiousness i articles ever composed in defence of closely allied to polygamy in olden men of Mormonism. Seo adver-th- e constipation. Dont fail to Book of Mormon, published in j times, now he approves of worship- - tisement in another column; Long Branch News. Mormon-copalianis- - poly-Standa- rd Anti-Polygam- y fire-bran- l; . W Anti-Polygam- e-s- t ,. I I ft . , -- - pol-Lat I . fin - 1 -- Ah nd I rt I I I - |
