| Show JOSEPH smith SMITE AND CELESTIAL WE WB reproduce in our oun supplement today to day the ceconi reply of joeeph joseph smith of lamoni lamon iowa to lyman 0 littlefield of logan utah and that gent lemana response which we suppose will close the correspondence on an the question the point established by brother little Ii ittle lttie field neld we think beyond reasonable doubt is the tho fact that the prophet joseph smith both taught and practiced practised the system of plural mar niage which has become one of the permanent institutions of the church of jesus jesua christ of latter day saints it la Is doubtless h a matter of surprise 4 to some that SO BO much time and space depaco have been occupied by the discussion of amatt a maiter matter erot ot fact about which there la IS no dispute among the people of utah and which it may do be thought does dees not materially afleck the question of the lessof ness nebs of the doctrine Thep rinel reason why elder eider littlefield fiu iia taken up the matter matler and why 1 have coped his letters and the plies thereto js Is because the bons sens the prophet joseph have despu dUpue the fact swell known to and as aa wa we firmly bell beil bellove eye eve la fal credited by themselves and hift haft deceived many individuate by ati subterfuges and aud ll it has bra become BM essary ebsary that the truth should plainly declared and that thi thela IW of the replaced be placed unequivocally 11 record on thib thia question it will be observed that the I 1 frit joeph joseph haa d denned benned his hib poal n that wo we can all prefers to believe thai that ta tather father did not mot receive the hili bili on celestial marriage butil buil iti ith proven that ho he did teach and I 1 tico tice plurality of wives his scilla not accept the clude aude that hib hia father was igich crime a hypocrite a coward these are his hia ow own i and ho he goes still further cuey caa the almighty with cecelta de ceita celta one that has ceased ce aeed toli toti eGad v it if I 1 it is proven that he gath jaw law to the tile the ghe early church in ia th S ag hit bit ia afterwards gave commandment a to his hla Ber servants vanta to takei taie I 1 of wives Is an awful stand for a boni beni take against his hla father and aad musi muti to take again his creator Oren cien lon ion 1 U th tbt gru gra power of prejudice in warping aal aai human min aUnd and should prove i warning to all not to permit tinia any given direction tw tile the investigation of sweat ay ecra ecta occurrence kenn kent the position ia calli it smith of lamont amoni li Is ia j tt cl lamentable lack of regard to ibe uhe ways of god gada abd hda ely hii dealings with hla his children chil chii dien dlen 4 on chat ground jehovah may lebut ed ad with all the evil things thebon the bon eon of the prophet without vi it arence to his course courso in jil this digit aagon 90 bome 6 ol of the lords chaill challi chad ot of policy are cited in ilu elder eider lai eai fields fielda letter it la is clear to evet evel student of the bible bluie that god gol ag fat clentry cle cie antly gave lasa iasa wAltA to the cl ch cum stances atances of the people and bit bil when the conditions chin ehin changed jedi the law in many mally wab was changed also there 1 W maaia fixed and immutable t iol iou tivit that ale aue twe she lu in all ages age at the same time the almighty hm hil adapted uther other and special commini comma td ments to the wants capa capacities atles ail situation of the people to choit they were nvere delivered but bat this thia dog dig not prove provo as claimed by at smith a changeable being he does not change la in liis bis or essence because he chang toHle hi requirements he waa was the bane bani god when ho he gave the mossi elaw as when he repealed mady many of ciu cju provisions through who taught nothing but wha what tHerecer ed of the father ta mr smithy smiths reasoning ato believe and practice the gentas healed through chriso christ are bimel binel and charge god with nebs ness and nd all people in every age agen aged in bound boned 0 to obey the older law of cani cant commandments thus Peter peterth tt wrong in accepting the beiva vision in which he vas wab told that thai ft has laas cleansed that which his figi sigi lav law bounced as common and unell t did god change when after deok debr ing through isaiah that hei hel ehl ehi d should die and telling hinic him tio tro W his house in order he added fotea years to the kingos hinges life in arietti his hia prayers did the Lorda lord jt p the Nine Nin vites evitea and turned agy age evil that he said he woul them and did it lioi coill smith is worse than joll joil it this point jonah was angrid a 11 did net charge god with alian bleness bieness nor denounce hypocrite and a deceiver 11 1 christ to be called a change sue aUe ing fag because he be at one time charro chart charf hla hia disciples to take neither purse furse nor scrip 11 1 1 he that up the tha evors eb perish by the sword and ard on vs sn other occasion said but bus BBS now nov in that bath hath a puree purse let him we tsie it and likewise his scrip and he be tw that hath bath no sword let at him sell his hla ment and buy oner neither is the prophet kroph pt joseph to bed SIgna bigna ted by the vile vre epe thell theli applied to him by his because he did not make pub publicly lielY known things that god revealed 0 him bim in was he not to keep heep at eret cret and r acred the mabil script of the tho book boob of morn mormon condid DM he not incur the 4 tho lord for letting martin harris have a portion of it did bid the lord change when in answer to the importunities of the prophet ho he permitted him to show to martin harris that which he at first declared should not be was joseph orthe or the almighty ff cowardly 11 1 when he h 8 wab was thus cautioned of the lord lna ina in reva areva lation in march 1830 and I 1 command you that you preach naught but repentance and chow not these thebo things unto the world until it is wisdom in me for they cannot bear meat now s but bat milk they must receive aher wherefore afore they must not know these thebe things lest they perish doc and cov bec sec 19 v 21 22 also aiso thou ask and my scriptures shall be given as I 1 have appointed and they shall be preserved in safety and it is 13 expedient that thou should st hold thy peace concerning them and not teach them ti hi ye have received them jn in ruil full hee reo bee see 42 v 56 67 and now I 1 eay say unto you keep beep these things from going abroad into the world until it Js is expedient in me that ye may accomplish this work in the ON es of the people and in the eyes of your enemies ene one miep that they may not know your works until ye have bed hed the thing which I 1 have commanded you sec 45 v 72 and lel iel leball all ali my people who dwell in the ahe regions round about be very faithful and prayerful and humble before me and reveal not the things which I 1 have revealed unto them until it Is ia wisdom in me that they should ber revealed il lec chec has mr smith not read in the doctrine and covenants gil fil 1 I the lord command and revoke as it degood me good and will he contend that this makes the almighty changeable in a revelation given in revoked commandments mand ments given to thomas B marah marsh and ezra thayre thayne to belah selah J griffin and newel knight but he did not personally change new cir clr cumi arose and a new commandment man dment wa was announced ewhen when the revelation on celestial cej estial marriage was given it was not expedient to declare it to the world but this was no mark ot ol cowardice 1 or deception in the tany more inan 16 lu th liao alio cited above in the history of joseph smith under date of wednesday jelv read 1 I received lue lle w r in me ine presence of my nay brother hyrum byrum and elder william clayton clay oisy ton then follows fol rol lowa lowb the revelation on celestial marriage as it now appears in the doctrine dao Dac trine and covenants and these words added nyram hyrum myrum hyrum took the revelation and read it boemma to emma 1 it was read by hyrum hynum H y rum num smith to the high council in nauvoo and by joseph himself to the twelve others of the leading aut ant authorities ho were also informed of df luand if and some som specially especially commanded of the lord to enter into the practice of it 16 but it was not wise to publish it abroad and therefore like other revelations rece received ived from the same source it was kept from the world until it was wisdom in the lord that it should be made known A great deal is made out of tha the alleged fact that this revel revelation atio atlo 11 was not presented to the quorums of the priesthood but supposing this to be true thene there Is no revelation on record requiring any such teat test the lord appointed joseph the kleer beer to receive commandments command mand ments and revelations to the churchard Chur chand declared that h hu received them even as moses and said further farther and thou be obedient unto the things which I 1 shall give unto him no quorum ever rejected acted the revelation on celestial arriage marriage but somo some individuals rejected it and they have gone into and darkness and among them is william marks who has hab deceived the son ot of the martyr and led him astray on this question the plain simple truth is 19 that joseph the prophet knew know for many man y years that the doctrine of plurality of wives wat was right when commanded of the lord and not otherwise mid mad this may be seen been in all allue lons ions to eue the subject in the revelations and other church documents no statement ars in them anywhere that it Is in principle for a man to have more mute wives than one and the phrase acut one wife 71 or haveit jabe bo one wife is ia not found in them except in irl the book of mormon where the commandment given to the Nep kep hites la lii quail fled fied by the intimation that under other circumstances plural would be comma commanded of the tho lord the time were u for its practice they also aiso iiran ran before they gera were sent they did evil and excused themselves because of things done by david and solomon which were an abomination and that abomination la explained in the revelation as taking axt wives but not by revelation and commandment of the lord god declared that if he would that seed beed should be raised up to him he ha would command his POOP people lle ile otherwise they should hearken unto those things declared by jacob namely that they should not have save it be one wife and concubines they should have none in the rlee nize of thie thia church the same rule waa established and when the duo dua time of the lord came he commanded his people and they hearkened to H his I 1 s voice his spirit testified to those who had followed his servant joseph through all the struggles and labors of prophetic life that the re vla via tion was as from god and by open manifestations of ills his power and gifts gilts the truth of it has been con armed unto this day joseph smith entered into it as required of the lord A number of his WIVES are here and known to the people thele thela is not the slightest doubt as to this fact among those who are nie familiar with the tha history of the church fiand liand and the sons bons of the beer seer have placed themselves in a very unenviable situation by the attitude they have assumed on this question the sophistry and quibbles which mr smith resorts to in order to bolster up hi hib his 11 position are pitiful in the extreme and he be would be doing himself more credit by abandoning t the h I 1 e at attempt timo temo p t to deny what la is so BO well k known nt ow n to a multitude and basin babin basing 9 his opposition to doctrines advocated by his father on the ground of his antipathies antipa thies and convictions alone the of which he is editor has had bad considerable to say about some art articles lelas that appeared in the deseret NL NEWS ws and when nothing more important stands in the way we may give his other sophistries sophis tries a little of our attention meanwhile his endeavor to make jt it appear that celestial Mar mat marriage lage was an innovation tion after his hia fathers death and that hia father and the lord were deceitful cowardly and hypocritical if the beer really received the revelation on that doctrine will be viewed with sorrow mingled with contempt hv all who know t the I 1 exacts facts or have wis wib wisdom ctorn clorn to judge of the ie situation |
