![]() ![]() But if he ever after has any connexion with her, he is then guilty of committing a very great sin & will be punished accordingly. Also there was another way in which a woman could leave a man if the woman preferred another man higher in authority & he is willing to take her & her husband gives her up there is no Bill of divorce required in the case it is right in the sight of God. The children begotten of such a woman would be bastards in the true scriptural term of the word fornication for the crime of adultery a woman (& also men) would be stoned to death & then come up in the morning of the resurrection & claim all of her rights & priviledges in the marriage covenant. When a woman becomes alienated in her feelings & affections from her husband it is then his duty to give her a Bill & set her free which would be fornication for the man to cohabit with his wife after she had thus become alienated from him. But there was a way in which a woman could leave a man lawfully. But on account of the hardness of their hearts the Lord permitted it as it was in the days of Moses. He then gave some instructions in relation to sealing He said that there were many men & women who after having been sealed to each other for time & all eternity came to him for a Bill of Divorce & for the sum of 10 dollars he gave them a Bill because the Lord permitted it but it was of no use to them they might just as well tear off a peice of their shirt tail or have a peice of blank paper for a divorce. ![]() Bro Brigham than got into the stand & stated the same thing. Phelps said Joseph Smith said that Eve had 28 sons & 28 daughters & that Adam had many wives. (This is a complete transcript of Beck's account.)Ĭonference mett in the Tabernacle Bro. Also found in the Journal of James Beck, October 8, 1861.Conference Reports, Octo(reported by George D.Interestingly, the less reliable version seems to have been quoted more often in published discussions of LDS plural marriage. The versions are not identical, and contain some significant caveats. However, many are unaware that it comes in two versions. This sermon is often referred to in discussions of plural marriage. FAIR Answers Wiki Table of Contents Notes on Brigham Young's Unpublished Sermon of 8 October 1861 ![]()
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