The Contributor: Representing the Young Men's and Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations of the Latter-day Saints, Volume 8Contributor Company, 1887 |
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Page 37
... plural marriage . It was accepted by the Prophet , and the Saints , as early as 1843 , and was published to the world , as a part of the religion of Jesus Christ , believed and practiced by the Saints , in 1852. It is a principle of ...
... plural marriage . It was accepted by the Prophet , and the Saints , as early as 1843 , and was published to the world , as a part of the religion of Jesus Christ , believed and practiced by the Saints , in 1852. It is a principle of ...
Page 38
... plural marriage . Thus , the very best of con- ditions are generally maintained in the marriage relation , and marriage is free to all upon righteous conditions . Relig- ion to the Latter - day Saints is not belief , alone , but faith ...
... plural marriage . Thus , the very best of con- ditions are generally maintained in the marriage relation , and marriage is free to all upon righteous conditions . Relig- ion to the Latter - day Saints is not belief , alone , but faith ...
Page 39
... polygamy was as much a part of our religion as baptism for the remission of sins . What greater evidence can be required than has already been given , to show that plural marriage is a part of the religion of the Latter - day Saints ...
... polygamy was as much a part of our religion as baptism for the remission of sins . What greater evidence can be required than has already been given , to show that plural marriage is a part of the religion of the Latter - day Saints ...
Page 48
... marriage between members of the same tribe ; though the contracting persons may be entire strangers , and unable to trace any blood relation . At the same time a man may marry ... plural marriages are not uncommon , though they are by no ...
... marriage between members of the same tribe ; though the contracting persons may be entire strangers , and unable to trace any blood relation . At the same time a man may marry ... plural marriages are not uncommon , though they are by no ...
Page 68
... plural marriage , and soon monogamy became the rule of civilized nations . This was a timely check to the growing evil ; but even monogamy itself was then an evil ; and then , in addition , it was a fraction of the world only , who had ...
... plural marriage , and soon monogamy became the rule of civilized nations . This was a timely check to the growing evil ; but even monogamy itself was then an evil ; and then , in addition , it was a fraction of the world only , who had ...
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