TodayinMormonHistory.com“– 175 years ago today – Sep 15, 1843 — William Clayton writes in his journal: “President Joseph told me he had lately had a new item of law revealed to him in relation to myself. He said the Lord had revealed to him that a man could only take 2 of a family except […]
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Zina Huntington, a wife of Brigham Young, was quoted in Stanley Hirshson’s book: The Lion of the Lord, pp. 229-30 “It is the duty of a first wife to regard her husband not with a selfish devotion… she must regard her husband with indifference, and with no other feeling than that of reverence, for love we regard as […]
Joseph Smith Marries 14 Year Old Girl
A local news story here in the Seattle area got me to thinking about Joseph Smith the other day. In short, a 39 yr old man was arrested a few days ago for a handful of disgusting deeds, one of which is suspicion of kidnapping. (Keep in mind this suspect is also a convicted child […]
Polygamy Produced Lies and Living Underground
Journal of Discourses 26:94; “…their bigamy is deception and fraud and a breach of the marriage covenant; while our polygamy, as it is called, is the fulfilling of the marriage covenant, it is honorable and the fruits of it are good; theirs is done clandestinely, ours openly; we acknowledge ours, they repudiate theirs.” – John Taylor, […]
Purpose of Polygamy: Salvation
Journal of Discourses 26:181-182; “This principle [polygamy] was given for a purpose, and that purpose is the salvation of the female sex as well as the male sex. … I say again and again that the “Mormon” people can wait the result of this thing without fear; they can afford to suffer pains and penalties if […]
What the Journal of Discourse Says about Polygamy
I’ve been receiving e-mails asking if I could publish a list of excerpts of what the Journal of Discourses says about polygamy. Well, today is the day I’ve listed some of them! Unfortunately, the JD doesn’t have an online index…one of these days… For now I just started at the beginning – I’ll list a […]
Persecution of LDS is Self-Inflicted Wound from Unlawful Acts of Polygamy
Journal of Discourses 23:327; “Those that live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution. I believe myself, from the reading of the revelations of God, that it is necessary for a people who are destined to inherit the celestial kingdom to be a tried people. I have never read of the people of God in any […]
Contradictions in Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Revelations
Oh, what a tangled web we weave… Today’s Mormon references are a classic example of how a member of the LDS Church can easily be confused. Nonstop doctrinal contradictions can cause even the most ardent of clear headed thinkers to do a double take. 1831 – One Wife Only “Revelation through Joseph Smith to Sidney […]
Who Ordered Polygamy; God, or Joe Smith?
They Knew the Prophet, p. 87;“…He said, “When I speak as a man it is Joseph only that speaks. But when the Lord speaks through me, it is no more Joseph Smith who speaks; but it is God, and let all Israel hear.”” – Hyrum L. Andrus and Helen Mae Andrus, comps. Jeremiah 14:14; “Then the Lord said […]
When Secrets Become Scandals: Joe Smith’s 42 Wives Were Friends of Emma
Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy: A Preliminary Demographic Report, pp. 128, 131; “The secret became a scandal in May 1844…During the two-and-one-half years from his first official plural marriage in April 1841 to his last known marriage in November 1843, Smith took as many as forty-two wives, one or two at a time. On average, this […]