Show ANOTHER TESTIMONY ON TUB THE AND PRACTICE OF THE DOCTRINE OF patriarchal MARRIAGE SALT LAKE CITY april 10 1886 editor deseret news netos by some oversight the accompanying statement by brother howard coray on the absorbing question of celestial marriage being poached pr ached and practiced by the illustrious patrons joseph and hyrum smith has been kept from tile the public please give it a place in the NEWS and oblige all concerned including A MI M HOWARD AFFIDAVIT TERRITORY TORY OF UTAH county of salt lake I 1 J SS af As many false statements have been hadeln relation to the authorship of the revelation on celestial marriage I 1 deem it but justice to all lovers of truth for me to express what hat 1 I know concerning conc ernina this very important matter on the day of july A D 1843 hyrum smith the martyred marty red patriarch came in a carriage to my house in nauvoo he invited me and my wife to take a ride with him accordia accordingly gly as noon boon as we could make ourselves ready we got into his carriage and he set off in the direction of bf carthage having gone a short distance he observed to us that his brother joseph smith the prophet had received a revelation on marriage that was lot jot for the public yet which he would rehearse to us as fid be had bad taken pains to commit it to memory he then commenced rehearsing the rev clan on celestial marriage not stopping till he be had gone quite through with the matter after which he reviewed that part pertain pertaining juk to plurality of wives dwelling at some length upon the same in order that we might clearly understand the principle and on the same day july 1843 he sealed in my wife formerly martha jane knowlton Knowl toj to me and when I 1 heard the revelation on celestial marriage read on the stand in salt lake city in 1852 1 recognized it as the same as that repeated tome to me by brother hyrum smith not long ions after this I 1 was present when brother david fullmer and wife were sealed by brother hyrum smith the martere martyred marty red patriarch according to the law of celestial marriage and besides the foregoing forego foregoing int there was quite enough came wit within t in the compass of my observation to have fully satisfied my mind that plural marriage was practiced in the city of nauvoo J HOWARD CORKY CORAY 8 subscribed slid and sworn to L before me this day of av A T BEAL f june A D 1882 f i JAMES JACK notary public for salt lake county UT T |