Scriptural Evidences in Support of Polygamy

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Excerpt from Scriptural Evidences in Support of Polygamy: Being an Address Entitled Marriage and Morals in Utah We have not only published evidences drawn from the writings of a Latter-Day Saint, but to add, if possible, to their weight, and to make them more conclusive to the minds of those who might be disposed to view with dubiety and distrust any testimony adduced by the "Mormons, " have made extracts from other sources, have brought forward arguments advanced by Monogamists, whose education, predelictions and associations would have prompted them to reject such a doctrine as ungodly and calculated to produce evil, had it not been eminently sustained and warranted by the Scriptures. The attention of these Protestant ministers, whose arguments in favor of this doctrine we have embodied in this work, was drawn to the consideration of the subject for various reasons, and they merely record the result of their careful examination of the Scriptures. We wish it distinctly understood, however, that it is not for the purpose of teaching the practice of Polygamy that we publish these evidences in its favor, but having been aspersed and our motives maligned to an almost unlimited extent for our belief in this principle, we take this opportunity to defend it, and show to the world that though a favorite point of attack for our assailants, it is by no means a vulnerable one. Our mission to this country is to teach the people the necessity of belief on the Lord Jesus Christ, of repentance of sin, of baptism by water for its remission, and the laying on of hands, according to the scriptural pattern, for the gift of the Holy Ghost. To prove to the world that these first principles of the gospel of Christ must be obeyed, and to inspire them with a desire to obey them, is pre-eminently the mission of the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But in filling this mission, as it is well known that we believe in Polygamy, and to the minds of many, belief in such a principle is incompatible with the belief and practice of these first principles of the gospel, we have a strong prejudice to contend with, therefore, we take this method of proving to all men, that in condemning and refusing to obey the gospel of Jesus Christ as taught in these days by the elders of the Latter-Day Saints, , because of their belief or practice of Polygamy, they are entirely unwarranted and inexcusable, there being as great an abundance of Scriptural testimony to substantiate that, as any other principle of the gospel. But though we cite the testimony of the Scriptures to convince mankind that this principle was correct, and this institution was the one which the Lord revealed and even commanded his people in former generations to observe, yet it is not upon this evidence that we presume to practice it at the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.