| Show JOSEPH THE beeb BEER as ais WIFE EMMAS CONSENT pa U THERETO THE following testimony in relation to the prophet soseph joseph 0 smiths knar inar marital ital relations will bi boot f great I 1 interest to the latter day saints and nd f should offer convincing proof to every one w ohp 4 reads ready it that tile the martyred marty marts red laser not only aught taught bu bul entered into the practice of albl aar marriage and I 1 hat hai ko 14 14 ga ifft the f full fall u 11 knowledge consent and ahl aus assistance istance of bis bia wife wre Emma whose alleged last hab haa been published a denial of these oese facts erbig is no need of thead proofs to the file saints who lived in ln nauvoo ier ler the he great bulk buik of thosa thusa who i liti lits tover reer reside d thure mole bat they are given fen far the benent of all who lay way entertain any doubts what ewa diou this important subject saia LUCE CITY SO A V ae 17 1879 9 1 deseret news deat dear Sir bir while willei I 1 ata sta awre aware of 3 our to publish the foo listi liau fabrications of back b haders baders from ili tua tue li falth faith and your y g berhl beral ret retie leahe eliee aiice 0 on this subject I 1 6 ajile contal contained ned in giper lately forwarded me being el ef no ijo ordinary o hi adi the of certain fiets which I 1 kave save iii in nay cay po possession abes ases slon blon which must be my apology for presenting thia no one catt cair regret more than my the necessity of p presenting to t the tho he numerous numer dub dua read the NEWS ce certain maln facts facto relative to joseph smitro the prophet connection with tho revelation on celesti celestial alor or plural marriage and the inaugural tion t on of that doctrine in the church and nd were it not jor plo r the cause t rath truth in which I 1 end and my children and nd the church arem deeply interested and in which the tho whole corid horld should feel vitally vi tally con cou eara carn fed eed d I 1 would seek fo jo avoid this thia up unpleasant pleasant task but in order as aa ha ix ble lie to present the hoie hole suba 1 qt f X will quote a portion of a dialogue jr r calio quy which 14 baid said to have conr red between joseph a he heroo and emma bidamon once ahe wife of 0 joseph mith alth j J ohp h 0 arp prophet pilet at nauvoo in last ana a and d published u b lix gh e in ih a monthly peper paper gaited malted ea the ainu advocate as tho the liast list testimony of bof eister eisten emma emms joseph smithia L aa as aaning the questions ahila yh lio ila F emma mma bidamon furnishes as follo I 1 lo 10 WP i 1 question question what about the re on poly polygamy gabl gabi did joseph smith hava anything ilke like it what ot of wi fery An answer awer levela tion tiou on oither either polygamy oe spirit kial mal wives there were some come lumora iti mors of something atthe arthe gott gort sort of which I 1 nuie nure d mi my joseph asmith he assured me that all hera bera wa was of it mas as that Ina in inn a what chat about plural wives hei bei chehad had baid eaid mel mei swell Vol liuch liach such auch a might beast llly bly be if everybody I 1 waa agreed to X and wo would behave r nl they hould but they would not and tue resides i sides it was contrary to 0 o th the wui wiil nf of heaven no buch such thing as polygamy or spiritual lifery was aught publicly oa privately before my bus hus husbands bands death that I 1 have now mow or evor ever had any knowledge 11 eff eft 11 eff eft of Q I 1 did he not havo have other wives zhan than han ban your noll iRell N A he had bad no other V wife but bit I 1 me nor did he to my cay knowledge w oever ai have havo Q inid ho he not hold marital relations with women other than yourself your jour mure self beld elf olf A he did not havo have improper relations with any woman that eve r came to my knowledge Q there nothing about spiritual s wives that you yon r recoiled aaa A e at one ona onetime time my husband husban came to me and asked me if I 1 had baa heard rumors about spiritual oal oai manla maut mart lages zea gea or any thing of the aind and assured me ine that if I 1 had blat at they were without foundation afat there was waa no such doctrine nud aud naver nover should be with his hia or consent I 1 know k n ivr tuat luat ho he had no wife or wives 7 than myself in any sense elt eit ell lier hier spiritual or otherwise in reply to the foregoing I 1 1 will vii 1 give you the sworn statements and affidavits of a few reliable persons esmour whom ue tre of the phe wives of t the h 0 prop prophet h e joseph smith which I 1 t think h ink w will I 1 11 assert quite as strong cla cia claims I 1 me for bellef belief b and present annuch a uc b better e ater appearance appe arance aranco of ver a amity t t than a n the published dialogue b between twe n joseph oseph smith and his mother for this reason it if no other these people well known to tire are lya lia mostly till still living mid arid can be cross examined while 91 lister emma whom whose lips lipa aro are sealed in death is represented ask asi denying facts which it can be bun dantly proven were well known to hers her and to many now living in these mountains besides those he accompany company this communication n it la to but hut taita falta talt fait to note that these affidavits were given many yearb years in ngo ago goi in view of the denials then being made by the representatives of that faction action known as the reorganized church and before bister sister emma it is hoped ever dreamed of denying facts which no one knew better than she did herself and as I 1 have good reason to believe lieve from admissions made to me by alexander H in 1868 and subsequently by joseph smith bims hImE himself elf elt before bufore even joheph joseph could muster the tho courage 0 or dared to jo venture upon the hazardous and nabla nabia ground his mother now she ia is dead ia Is made to assume which ground if her memory of facts had bad failed she should have assumed herself s year yea but to tho th proof territory of utah 1 county of salt lako lake J DB be it remembered that anthis en this twenty sixth day of june A D 1869 personally appeared before me james jumes jack a notary public in i anu and for said baid county bounty joseph bates noble who was by me sworn in due form of law and upon his bis oath that in the fall fail joseph i smith taught him the principle of celestial or plural marriage or a plurality ot at wives and that the bald said joseph soseph smith declared that be he had received a revelation from god on the subject and that the angel of the fjord had commanded him joseph smith to move forward in the sald said order of marriage and further farther that the said joseph smith requested him joseph B noble to step forward and assiat him in ILL carry carrying I 1 n g out the F bwy nay ai in giTa r revealing v aling old to you I 1 have hive lidid placed i my ny lite lile in yourhanas your hands e i do ao not in an evil ha hour ur betray me to my may en enemies emlea 11 subscribed and sworn to jo by the said joseph anoble BNo B nobie noble ble blo the day and yar first above written 1 1 IL iii josepn JOSEPH 13 boblee OBLE seal sean sell JAMBS JA sace JACK notary hotary public elder noble is lal catill living at bountiful davis davia can be examined again on this and other points connected with this subject with which he ia Is familiar awill I 1 wiil will here further state that elder jseph joseph B noble nobie swears the affidavit I 1 have hive on hand before E a no not notary f aly on june 6 1869 that he did our on April 5 1811 seal to joseph smith the prophet niss louisw be beaman am nj according co A th el revelation on plural marriage testimony testimony lol lot of Be benjamin Djamin JF johnson s now residing at spring string li balse p kb vil vii villa Is I 1 utah county UT on the first day of april AD 1813 presh president lent joseph Hj hylend lend and olay ojay claytob Clay ton tou others camen camel from to residence real denoe dence in macedonia or ramus bamus in hancock county illinois were welcomed by and aud as our aon gon on the following ident smith took me by the arm fon tor a walk leading the way WRY to a secluded spot within an adjacent croye egv w where here to my great surprise he com commenced fenced koopen up to me the principle of plural or celestial marriage but I 1 was more astonished by his asking me for my sister almera to be hta hla wife I 1 sincerely belayed bim him to be a prophet of god e him as buch euch and also aiso for tho many in siny liny evidences kindness to me yot yet yip t such was w as the ibe force f ar be of my nuu cation catlon in and ind je e boorn n tha kvia avig it towards anything annj 9 that under the first impulse of my feelings I 1 looked him calmly but firmly in the face and told him that 1 I had always be lieveld him to be a good man and wished to believe it still and would gryto try tny to and that I 1 would mould take for binl hini a message to my ay sister and if ine doctrine was true all would be well will but bat if r E should afterwards learn t that habit it was offered to insult or prostitute iny my sister I 1 would take bisue 1 he replied ben benjamin J amin ylo yio apu lil ill never see that i day but you shall ahall live to know that it Is true and rejoice in it ashe he wished me bee eee my nay elst eist erand talk to her lier I 1 told him I 1 did nod nor know what I 1 could say to convince her he replied I 1 when you open your mc mouth luth you shall be able to comprehend and you shall not want for ev evidence evidence dence nor words worda he also he wound ft sermon that day for me which I 1 woul dunc while the rest of file flie he won would IJ not comprehend hta hla meaning his hib subject was the ten talent talents s unto gunto him that hath shall be given and be he shall haye at abundantly but flora hlin that h hath a th hot ilot or wn will not riot re receive cente cenne shall be taken away that which hu hath bath or might have had plain plainly v giving me to understand that we the talents represented wives and children as the principle lul lui lo 10 of enlargement throughout t the great future to those who were heirs heins of salvation 1 I called my slater to private audience and with fear and trembling and h elings feelings I 1 cannoe cannot exar express ees ess commence commenced d 0 to o open the subject to her when just as be he bad promised the light of the lord shone upon my understanding and my tongue 3 was loosed and Is JT at leasa leat was cong convinced inc edof of the truth of what I 1 was attempting to teach maaste my bister sister r received my ray testimony and lna ina iu a short time afterwards consented to become the wife wite of president smith 49 subsequent to this I 1 took her to the city ot of nauvoo where when E bhe she was married or sealed for time and eter anity to president joseph by his brother hyrum smith bonith in the presence of myself and louisa beaman who told me she had also been sealed or married to the prophet joseph ahls thia was wasat at the resi rest st denoo dence of my sister the widow of lyman B R sherman who also was a witness after a short snort period president smith and company campany lizs vj ge george orge miller wm clay ton jil J al smith and eliza lliza and emily partridge who were wera the wives of the pro phet came again to Mace macedonia dOnJa ramus where he be remained two days lodging at my house with my sister as man and wife and to my certain knowledge he occupied the sa same bed hed with her this visit was on the and ot of may 1843 returning to nauvoo on the jtb gla ClA claralu again gaiu galu on of the bame same year president Brix smith ith made us xia another visitant visit at macedonia and remained till the he ue was accompanied by wm clayton at thie this i time oct soth 1843 he sealed my f first wife to time and andall all nil eternity he also visited my mother at her residence in macedonia and taught herin hr my hearing healing the doctrine of celestial that an arangel angel engel appeared unto ohina ohisa him with a drawn di sword threatening to blay elay him jf be did not proceed to fulfill fulfil the lag lay that had been given to him and counselled coun selled my mother to be sealed to his uncle father eather john smith father of geo geoa A Sr smith nith to which bhe she consented ben aen ted and aad aff to my certain knowledge ledge was subsequently sealed to him h im aw by the prophet after the death of f baa bam the he prophet I 1 told i tid president br brigham r s g young what he ios los joa smith had bad said to me relative to my n ay takli taking a g mary ann hale to wife prest young said it was wag right and authorized father john smith to sent seal her hei to me which he didon did on the if lih th of november 1844 s signed B F jonnson JOHNSON JonN sos SOy of utah 1 territory I 1 88 88 county of salt bait laue lake f be it remembered that on this fourth day dav of march 1870 personally appeared before mo me james jack jacka la public p ablio in and for said county benjamin F johnson who was by me sworn in due form of law and upon his oath de boseth and eaith that the f foregoing statements and testimony by him made ad arld given are true and andhor cor r 1 Sl signed ined IL Y J joli Jo Hsoy subscribed mid and sworn sworn to the bid ald aid BJ he daman dayan da a y year yean ear ean above e written iseal rotary rabije testimony of lorenzo reaid reald ing ipg at brigham city box elder county litah utah in ahli 4 month I 1 of April 1843 1613 1 I returned from my rhy european mis olon afew i yo affen after my arrival at nauvoo when at PreBi president dent dont joseph smiths house be said eaid ha he wished to have eane lane private talk me and requested me to 0 U f U walk out oat with him it was toward evening we walked a little distance and eat down on amarge a large log thab that jay near the bank of the river he there an and d then explained to me the doctrine of plurality of wives T he said paid that the lord nord had revealed it unto him lind and commanded him to have women sealed to himas him as wives foresaw the trouble that would follow a and nd sought to turn away from the commandment man dment that chat an angel from heaven beaven appeared before him with a drawn sword threatening ning him with destruction unless ha be went forward and obeyed the commandment ho he further eald said that my sister bister eliza R snow had been seated to him as his bia wife for time and eternity if he e told me that the lord loid would gould open the way and I 1 J should have women sealed to me aa as wives this thia conversation wag prolonged I 1 think one hour or more in which he told me many important taint things I 1 solemnly declare before god and holy angeld angelo and as s I 1 hope to come como forth in the the resurrection that thad the lugove above 0 statement te Is true i signed waned 0 show territory of utah 1 box elder cou coe county y sa r personally came delory udho Ue lore lory 1 r e raj hed 1 me J 0 Wright elerk clerk of the 6 county bate courts in and for tor the county and territory ifor afore sid at snow and who belag duly kwoi a worn pt and baye says th ahat that at the roie rofo ore going statement by him jalm ts Is of lis bis own certain knowledge witness my xay hand and f seal seat 01 court admy at my office biad HIAL j in BrIg brigham harn haun city box elder ter this day ot of august A D 1869 J C clerk affidavit of john benbow now 1 deceased territory of utah county of ball salt lake bake belt beit be it remembered that on this twenty eighth day of pf august kd Ds 1849 personally appeared before me J jamea aimeb aimes 3 jaell akk a notary puW cn and for said county john john Jphn benbow who was by me fa in due dua d ue form of law jaw and ana upon I 1 his bib oath said thul in the spring ng or fore part of the bummer summer ot at lus IMS at bis his house our four out miles fiam from nau nauvoo Kau Vau of 61 |
