Show i rr il A 1 daring the ilia pr of th the eam of apostle lorentzo Lo flow before the tho united slates states supreme 0 court mr gew Tiek soi curtle curtis rude made JL noteworthy aed and forcible I 1 I 1 t avae a it a favor of the ap apostle Apoe ogle tle mr jr burtle adAr emed the supreme for two boun koun he main it kiaei tbt thu plural be baie mg r A butter matter of belief with tle nor mom and not being fina arious to tt the v could not be in t abdie b bj lew law violat violating b ae oartH tion and he declared r I 1 tw abe edmunde law waa was simply 1 A ic aution of a sect SM FA he paid raid a high tribute to the mormon women WOMB whom ho he tred W were women of education a an en ee bawn pu V puy L no 1 t th e id atneal w h 76 Z f t bloed england and hs he said that it was 9 th the american people do not understand monnon mormon womanhood that the nation wanted to step in and ence of mo Mormonism rmon ism but mr curtis devoted his attention lothe eon st ruction placed upon the terai cohabitation in the edmunds act he maintained that the court in utah bad erred egregiously in the construction of that term H hia ia 0 arguments in support of this proposition were cogent and no lio doubt somewhat afew to the members of the supreme court he held that whereas in the case the accused lived with only one woman though publicly holding out the other six six as hia 16 wives w 1 ives there was waa no violation of law geread he read extracts from the mormon religious works to show stat plurality of wives wives was one of the tenets of the mormon faith and he geld h eld that they were called wives more in in a spiritual sense u than in the generally understood meaning of the term he laid hild conal considerable demable de rable stress upon the fact that apostle sluwe seven wives occupied separate houses and that hat he be had virtually separated from all of them except one in the carnal sense though be and they still stift recognized the a spiritual relations existing between them plural PI oral marriage among the mor mons is regarded as one of the most solemn holy and august of sacre sacred el ordinances every genuine mormon beli believes evak that marriage once properly solemnized is of god and eternal iu ill the duration of its bonds this is one reason why the obligations of matil matrimony mony are held in such reverence among the morino mormons Mor mons the tendency of a profound belief in the eternal nature of the marriage bond Is is to strengthen and exalt the domestic relationship and to make married life a career of conjugal fidelity and love lo 10 be preserved in all holiness while life lasts in view of its continuation through oil all et erity moreover every true mormon believes that those who under the sanction of proper authority and with pure ionti rpm info a unto the end willbe will be exalted and glorified in the world to come we are convinced that DO bo thoughtful mormon well versed in the principles of his religion aa as the great mass of mormons are looks upon plural marriage either as a luxury oras or as A 0 minister tobis to his sensual pleasure if the mormons had merely wished to gratify their ani am mal pro densities plural marriage would never have been thought of because it would woula have been so much lopell easier to have gati gratified fied the carnal desires aft erthe manner mi tuder of the gentiles without incurring either the serious obligations of mat rimo ny or the displeasure of a christian world which tolerates social vice v 1 ice the mormon idea nf of plural mar riago Is perfectly chaste legitimate a and nd exalted plural wives are eno ea dowed with every honor and prerogative ro of pure and honor honorable ablo wifehood plural nural consorts are not only espoused for time but they are for all cholor mau ma husband of plural wives is bound by the w most mighty and grand considerations that can influence human action to love cherish cheria and support each of bis his wives Q and their offa spring pring his entire marriage relationships are und under erthe the more tb than an imp imperial prial dicta ofal mighty god regarded not only ai as everlasting but also as spiritual whom god bae hae joined together let no man put pu asunder although circumstances may intervene when a Mormon hus baud of plural wives is abstain from cohabitation with his wives in in a carnal fience yet god only caa can dissolve the eternity of the marriage relation and it would be manifestly sac religious and a cowardly aiola tion of mutual holy covenants to repudiate and deny the spiritual re ip which all U mormons believe will exist through ibo the endless ages of futurity therefore feel peel bound to hold aue QUI their wives wives ae as such la a spiritual sense un under au abdat and at all hazarded whatever they have to boeuf atit I 1 fer ser as a consequence |