Show legal marriage we are surprise surprised d to learn of the tho ignorance which prevails among certain portions of the community in relation to legal marriage by the term legal marriage we mean that which is recognized by the laws of the land it has been represented by ministers of some of the sects which have obtained a foothold in utah that mormon marriages are not valid and binding benore before the law the object of this silly falsehood is to induce young people about to ahter the matrimonial state to accept aud abd pay for the services of those e persons in p performing er forming the in marriage i ag e ceremony cpr emony vo nov w are the facts in the case judges of the district or probate courts mayors and aldermen of incorporated cities justices of the peace and ministers of any 1 religious denomination ean enn can scan aa officiate 3 c in the t marriage ceremony and in th the e eyes of the law the at act is equally y lawful performed by either as by the others bothers A priest cr elder elden of the tw churm church of desus jeans christ of latter day saints has just as much lawful authority to solemnize a marriage as any ally minister tf any other church chuich and f it t makes no difference where that ceremony is performed it is equally valid in a church chapel office endowment house libuse temple or the open air true tide marriage and lawful marriage rage however may be quite dlf ferent for tatter vatter according Accord ing jug to the faith of df the latter day saints the be no true marr marriage lage luge unless it be 1 sol gol I by one having authority from the great father of all who instituted marriage and is sealed fon for time and all eternity such a marriage between two unmarried herson persons person ilg sanctioned by the jaw of god and recognized by the tho lav jaw of man and there Is no need of any further ceremony to make it perfectly valid in to any state stata in id the union or any other bartot the civilized world yv orld orid 1 irbe the marriage of more than one to the same man is under certain conditions sanctioned by the imy aw of god in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and the marriage of the plural wife is 19 just as binding sacred and divine as that of the hrat wife but it is nob not by the law jalof of the jandt to those whose faith in god and th tho church is nirm arm and unshaken the tho recognition of the world weighs not a feather in the balance against the sanction of the almighty what god acknowledges man cannot annul or dissolve heoffer We ofner offer the above for the careful On of those who have not properly reflected on the subject eject and hope they will nott mot be foolish or weak minded enough to N sq by those who come among ua us in cheeps clothing but inwardly are ravening wolves junction |