Show TO T ehe THE DESERET NEWS CW u per WESTERN ay telegraph line iline the prussians are penetrating erano france in three grand divisions by way of forbach or metz by Weissen bourg and by millhouse Mull house the french are furious at the lack of army a organization for four days after the battle of the ath dinst the soldiers sold bold leis lers livell lived on potatoes gathered in the neighboring fields on friday night the french army was west of uhe the moselle and still retreating holland has sent volunteers ja to serve in the papal army it is reported that strasbourg capitulated on saturday morning after a short bombardment A A large reconnoitering reconnoiter ing party of pru i s blans advanced to the environs of metz mitz on friday when some sharp fighting took place and they were forced to retire 4 T 1 reinforcements both of men and stores are rapidly arriving for the french seven hundred and fifty thousand prussians are between cologne and andras ras and two hundred and fifty thousand in alsace and lorraine lornaine gen been appointed commandant e omm of the fortress for fon of metz two hundred it italians allans and irish had a severe fight at Mamara noc on saturday afternoon A number were badly I 1 injured dj ared disturbances have taken place at tulon tulou marsailles limoges and lyons mar has been declai redin the depart departs ment Bouches of du rhone bhone the french army has been withdrawn to the west bank of the moselle the evacuation of metz I 1 is considered certain napoleons retreat from metz is fully confirmed I 1 I 1 I 1 the prussians now occupy nancy which they entered on friday night also brouchard Fr on the paris and strasbourg railroad the prussians attacked pout a sous sons drove out the french but subsequently fell back large quantities of concealed arms arnis have been seized in paris king william has issued a tion declaring military conscription conscript ibn abolished in all french territory pied pled by the prussian troops p the key of the voge es h has i as surrendered to the prussians i chang one of the siamese twins has been attacked with paralysis of the left side eng is not as yet affected admiral farragut died at portsmouth NH N H yesterday 4 seven sevell thousand five hundred dundr C d workmen are employed cutting cuttina off the streets leading into paris nanis A battle took place at metz melz yesterday sunday both sides ae claim the ak arb tory all the various crimes as well as murder that exist on the face of the tile globe when en ee mankind committing them emSee th emree ftp all maner mauer of degradation and lust see the human family destroying 0 one onh another the question might arise what has bag produced all these evils among men they exist because a I 1 couple transgressed the law of heaven the learned gentleman referred us to a saying of that great man aulin martin luther concerning tile the relationship that exists between husband and wife it iea iva was a beautiful argument 1 I have no faulb fault whatever to td find with it and it is as ap applicable Il cable cabie to as to KrIa kita monogamy the the tho answer bf of martin rtin luther to mhd he question put to him why god took the female from irom the side of manris just asap as appropriate just as consistent with the plural form of marriage as it is with the other form he did not take the woman from the head why the 6 argument was that the man should be the head or as paul says bays man is the mad head of the woman and that is hi position I 1 believe my learned appon ent agrees with me perfectly in this i sa 2 there is no dispute upon this ground vily why did he not take the woman from the foot because man ia not lot to tyrannize over his wife nor not tread her heg tinder under foot why did he take lake her hen ev from his side sib because rib lies nearest to the heart maa showing the position of aman not nol only ong one woman but two kwo women give gave five live women women ten women forty women nifty fifty women may all come under the protecting head beadi jesus says wo non malt maii can iier lier serve ve two masters I 1 IP because hema hamay he heba h ema eba may bay y love iove the one oni and bald hate the other cleave unto tho the one and turn away bolt from thi the th other WE but it is not not so with women under the he protecting head I 1 now idt let iet us examine polyandry for that was wi referred to yesterday and anath tho iho rev reverend prena prend gentl gentleman emal emai could n nob not 0 6 see bee why if rallin aman has the tha ir privilege flega bf I 1 taking k more wives than one a woman s should h ouid not havethe same privilege i it if that Is expressed in the bible bibid we have not found it theother the other is expressed there and wid we nave proved it and call upon the rove rend gentleman to show the opposite when wa we come to polyandry or bir the woman having more husbands than one there Is s no sanction for it in the scriptures what is the object of marriages marri agel j companionship we are told I 1 agree with the gentleman another anoche object he bays says is procreation I 1 agree with the gentleman also in the second object another prevention was wits here I 1 agree with hirn nim farns faras as the argument is iscar car 4 ried out but in a true light let iet ua n atio the tha second d namely procreation p rho rhe the tho lord instituted marriage the sacred bond of marria marriage e for the purpose of multiplying th the theldman eldman human species specie here on oil the earth does polyandry lyan dicy assist jn tha multiplying of the hinan sj cles eles cies the woman having haying nour four our or ar ton ibn or fifty 4 Y hu husbands U ab does it tend to rapidly 1 I oga mists as well weil as polygamists when aby reflect will say that a woman hay hav ing ind membre imore idore than one one husband would destroy aroy troy her own oin fretfulness eyen even iraq if seq did have offspring there would be lie another great greaf difficulty ty in 14 the tho way the athea father lather would he be u unknown would it not be bei so all knowledge of the fathe father would ibe lost among the children Is this thid the ease case with sa n plurality of nob no by comeans no means it if a man mait hb haye have ve fifty wi wives s the knowledge of the father is a distinct aa as the knowledge of the Tn jh another other it Is not pot destroyed therefore there fote foie the great principle of parentage on the part of the husband oh on the part of the father ia is preserved therefore it is more consistent more reasonable first for procreation and secondly for obtaining a it knowledge of parentage that a man should have a plurality of w wives alres th than ihan that a woman hould have a plurality ity of hus bus husbands bands aga again in a t moan roan with a plurality of ivea ived wives I 1 ia capable of raising up very num numerous household you know what jibe khe scriptures have bave said about children children children alethe are aro the tho herita berita heritage a of the lordt lord and the fruit of the womb wombs la Is hla hia re ward this being beings the ca case a faithful falth faith fuld fuli righteous holy mau man who takes u ac c cordi cording tig great divine institution of polyandry a plurality of wives id a capably a p blu biu of or multiplying hla hia offs offspring hrin prin 9 ganor T 3 ar twenty fold more than he hd dby by one ond wife can one wife do dd teela h by polyandry no hered kere themi agrest distinction between the male and tha the female look at that great andwood and good and he holy boly man called giddon gideon in the scriptures a man than to whom hom th abd tbd angel of god waa was sent bent and ana who amont mong h all nil ll 11 the hosts of israel was waa f hosen chosen to got forth as ils the servant 0 ot the most ylie hieb for what pu purpose L ehe the to dell deil deliver yer ver asrael from their enemies eleini e hz the d an tes and others that had ga gathered t e r ed adist luisi them was waa ho he a polygamist los ies ho he had many wives he 41 J n tj I 1 had seventy two j sons chow i mapyl daughters he ha dIdo wot not hot know could any ciny woman ih in polyandry conceive or bring forth seventy two sons and perhaps an equal number of bf daughters I 1 do not know but there mi might lit be some efficacy in jn that herb called called ti mandrake or in some other miraculous herb atwould th that would give power and strength for one woman to bring forth seventy two sons who knows in n h day of wonders like this but bat a man has the ability a man has the power to beget large families and large hous households hence rehee we read of many of the great and notable men who judged isy tsy israel 4 that one man had thirty sons his name was jair jain you will find it ro recorded corded in the judges olis oils of israel mel mei another had thirty i sons and thirty daughters while a another n 0 judge of israel had forty sons and when we come to the gideon we have bave named he had seventy two now wa we have nothing to do with the righteousness of these men or their enri unrighteousness oteous in vils this connection yat wat that h has as nothing to do with the marriage tion god has established it by divine com eom commando mandi mandt god hag govenat given it his own sanction whether it iti be the ioor loor or the form if gideon afterwards fell into idolatry as the reverend gentleman may argue that has nothing to do with the matter eie he ete had the power ower to beget seventy two sons show t ng ing he had a sup superior brior power powen to that of ot t ha the female right hero here amby I 1 may say god goa is a conf consistent being S eing a being neing who is perfectly consistent and who de delights lightA rai in the salvation of the tho human famil family A wicked man mian may take unto him himself selFA a wife and raise unto himself a posterity poster posten ityl Hema he may yset set before that wife and her post posy TS very wicked example hema he ma lead those c children ha 1 drell by 1 y hl his drunkenness f by his hia clasp blasphemy h by 1 his immoralities down to des destruction tru action A I 1 righteous man ilao vlao may take tuk e nifty fifty wives or teb ten ten fen as you choose and ho he will brin bring up Ms his bis children dren anthem in the tho nurture and admonition of tho the londhe Lor lord dhe he will instruct them lir the gloat great principles af pf 0 bighie righteousness busness and truth and lead them along and bring them up by his example and ania hy by his teachings to inherit eternal life at the right hand of god with those t mists of ancient times abraham and jacob of old who are up yonder in the kingdom of god which of the two is the lord most pleased with the man who has hag nive five fivek or ten teli or gr twenty wives bringing ap his lila chil chii children 1 teaching hing them instructing struer ting jag them thera training them so that they may obtain eternal life with the righteous in tile the kingdo kingdom m of god oi oi the monogamist that brings u up his children in all manner of wickedness and finally leada them down to hell heli which would duld you prefer with youn your limited wisdom when compared with that of the great creator who among youl yoli would ii not prefer to entrust your oil onn spring with your friends instead of your eife elfe enemies mies would net iod lod therefore upon the same principle do tho the same da does ea god delight in the marriages that exist ducong among the wicked go to the antediluvian race they married and w were given in ift marriage until th the e day that thaC noah Hoah ente entered red into the ark they were not nott righteous men nor righteous women and ana their children were taught in the tha wicked precepts of their fat fathers hersi who committed all manner of wickedness until all ail flesh had corrupted itself before tho the lord therefore the lord llord had to destroy those evil workers of iniquity thab that had received wives but did not honor lionor nor tor regard the lord instead of those marriages consummated before the flood the marriages and interman biages among the sons of god and arld the daughters of men being acceptable to the most high nigh ile he was obliged to cestr destroy those that were married and their 0 offspring ap rin C from the face of the earth how much muen better I 1 4 would mould have jee lee been had bad they been beed righteous ou 0 g amista ts who would have brought itt lix po forth e a pure rb offspring that jhb lord could ta have 6 exalted to eternal tife life consequently when phen wo we exam examine ine lne thesus the subject of ady polygamy gamy in regard to 0 o this matter wd must acknowledge from these thebe scriptures and from various other oiher testimonies that the marriages of the wick wiek i ed are not approved by thet the beavens heavens there are many passa passages gei of scripture ure to support me in what I 1 have now said the lord nord in one place com coA commands mands the destruction of a people parents and children iest lest they hould nill fill the world win w cities ll 11 lest leat all the world should be e filled with people who had married contrary to his law no ito person can pan pretend that tha a marriage consummated sum bum mated between an unrighteous man and an tomania wo manla mania a marriage in which Godf god gode uda ieA joined the parties together yon yoa might wight 0 wel wei I 1 tak e the ard I 1 a baptism and ma gushen gu us when he went forward and was bap sized had complied with the ordinance of 1 heaven hehli en while he yet ren remained in a condit condition of ir hardened n aud and that because he had passed through the outward observance of the ordinance it was acceptable id ld the sight bight of heaven god never had bad anything todo to do with the marria marriages gep kep of the wicked only to permit them perhaps for a wise purpose as he perm permitted itell joseph to be sold into egypt by his brethren he permitted the deed for his own wise purposes but he did not justify the instruments ohp who did the deed so 80 he permits these unauthorized matri marri marriages ages between wicked men med and wicked women to perpetuate the human race because they will not hearken to him until the time shall come when he can have a pure people who will wilt obey his laws educating their posterity to honor and serve him he permits but he does not sanction such marriages if we should argue with the reverend gen gentl eihan that the census shows an equality all ali ty of males and females this argument that I 1 have now advanced will rebut the idea thus sought to be established the idea is that because there may be made to appear an equality in numbers therefore every man must be confined it to one wife wire and every woman must have one ohe husband Is that the way god dispenses his gifts and blessings to th the human fa family nilly 2 amount of blessings to the wic wicked ked that he does to the righteous in some respects he ile does he sends the rain froni heaven upon the just and the unjust but there are many great and important blessings that thab ate bestowed more abundantly upon the righteous than upon the wicked god has holy designs to accomplish when he makes a distine dis tion between the righteous and the wicked in dispensing his blessings therefore if the wicked take wives gives without their being joined together by y divine authority those wives have allied themselves to their husbands husbands without the lords sanction because the lord permits this it does not prove that he sanctions it and he aou would d prefer that a people shad should be like israel of old a nation of polygamists as well as mono mists and the blessings be dispensed ta between them rather than have this so call ed perfect equality between the males and females anu and and a wicked generation be the result to prove this I 1 will refer you to the psalm god in that psalm has expressly said and 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