BRIGHAM YOUNG'S DEFENCE OF POLYGAMY.
At a semi-annual conference of Mormons, recently held at Salt Lake, Brigham Young gave an address, which i 3 fully reported in his organ, the " Dceret News." The following is au extract from it :— -
The last time I was in the city of Lowell there were 14,000 more females than malesin that one city. This is many years ago. They live and die in a single state, and are forgotten. Have they rilled the measure of their creation, aud accomplished the design of Heaven in bringing them upon earth ? No, they- have not. Twos thousand God -fearing men should go there and take to themselves seven wives apiece. It is written in the Bible, " that in that day seven women shall lay hold of one man. We will eat our own bread, aud wear our own apparel ; only let us be called by thy name to take away our reproach." The Government of the United States do not intend that the prophecy shall be fulfilled, and the Lord Almighty means that it shall. Do you not think that the Lord will conquer ? I think He will, and we are helping Him. It is the decree of the Almighty that in the last days seven women shall take hold o£ one man, etc., to be counselled and advised by him, being willing to spin thejur own wool, make their own clothing, and. do everything they can to earn their own living, if tbey can only bear his name to take away their repro-ich. What is this order for ? It is for the resurrection ; it is not for this world. I would not g<> across this bowery for polygamy, if it only pertained to this world. It is for the resurrection, and the spirit of the Lord ha* come down upon the people, and upon the ladies especially, to prepare the way for 'the fulfilment of His word. The female sex have been deceived so long, and been trodden under foot by man so long, that a. spirit'has come upon them, and they want a place v and a name, and ahead; for the man is the head of the woman, to lead her into the celestial kingdom of our Father and God.
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Otago Witness, Issue 801, 6 April 1867, Page 7
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376BRIGHAM YOUNG'S DEFENCE OF POLYGAMY. Otago Witness, Issue 801, 6 April 1867, Page 7
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