TrendZion

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

1. 1853·Orson Pratt·Apostle
   14. Did our Saviour or any of his Apostles ever forbid polygamy or con- demn it as sinful ? If not why should Christendom now condemn it? Do they think to be more righteous in this respect, than Jesus Christ the great Author of Christianity ?
   The Seer — apostle_bookcopy citation
2. 1853·Orson Pratt·Apostle
   These celebrated Reformers advoca- ted Christianity so far as they under- stood its principles. Many Romish su- perstitions which had been palmed up- on the world for Christianity, were a- bolished: many Christian institutions which had been abolished by the Rom- ish Priesthood, were, in a measure, re- stored, at last in form ; among which may be mentioned Polygamy. The Romanists had not only forbidden mar- riage to her priests, but had abolished [the Divine institution of Polygamy
   The Seer — apostle_bookcopy citation
3. 1859·Orson Pratt·Apostle
   The substance of the idea in that book is that—When I the Lord shall command you to raise up seed unto myself, then it shall be right; but otherwise thou shalt hearken unto these things—namely, the law against polygamy. But when we go to the Jewish record, we find nothing that forbids the children of Israel from taking as many wives as they thought proper. God gave laws regulating the descent of property in polygamic families.
   Polygamy — jodcopy citation
4. 1874·Orson Pratt·Apostle
   By and by they will build a polygamous city, and it will have twelve gates, and in order to place as much honor upon these gates as possible, they will name them after the twelve polygamist children that were born to the four polygamous wives of Jacob; and these good old polygamists will be assembled together in this beautiful city, the most beautiful that ever had place on the earth.
   God’s Ancient People Polygamists—Marriage Relations are to Continue Forever—No Power Binding in Marriage But That of the Holy Priesthood Possessed by the Latter-day Saints — jodcopy citation
5. 1884·John Taylor·Apostle
   1st. Congress made a law which would affect both; and cohabitation with more than one woman was made a crime whether in polygamy or out of polygamy.
   Design of God in Relation to the Earth and Its Inhabitants—Power of Satan—The Two Zions—What is Required of the Saints—A Priesthood in the Heavens, As Well As on the Earth—Duties of the Priesthood—Would-Be Advisers Celestial Marriage—Distinction Between Polygamy and Prostitution—Government Officers Discriminating in Favor of the Latter—Unchastity, not to Be Tolerated in the Church—Charity Advised—Class of People Who Accuse the Saints of Crime—Criminal Statistics—Horrifying Statements of Crime in the Eastern States—Warning to the Saints — jodcopy citation
6. 1907·B.H. Roberts·Seventy
   In the closing paragraph of the article in the Journal occurs the following statement: "Common justice and common honesty, however, require him (the writer) to say that aside from the one peculiar feature of polygamy, he fails to see wherein the Alormon religion is not just as pure is the different forms to which we are accustomed in the East."
   Defense of the Faith Vol 1 — apostle_bookcopy citation