Utah and the Mormons: The History, Government, Doctrines, Customs, and Prospects of the Latter-day Saints. From Personal Observation During a Six Months' Residence at Great Salt Lake CityHarper and brothers, 1854 - 347 páginas "In the early part of the summer of 1852 I was solicited to discharge the duties of Secretary of the Territory of Utah ... The result has been a six months residence in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, embracing the severe winter of 1852-3 ... The aim has been to give a strictly impartial account of the Mormons as they have been and as they are, without abstaining, however, from a free expression of opinion, whenever the facts seemed to warrant a fair conclusion ..."--Preface |
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Página 47
... reason , supposed to promote erysipelas and scrofulous diseases . The gross sensualities originating in poly- gamy , coupled with parental neglect of offspring , occa- sion great mortality among children . To these may be added ...
... reason , supposed to promote erysipelas and scrofulous diseases . The gross sensualities originating in poly- gamy , coupled with parental neglect of offspring , occa- sion great mortality among children . To these may be added ...
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... reason of the troubles at Inde- pendence . This journey was therefore intended to build up the breaches in the walls of Zion by a fresh display of revelations , and other signs and wonders . He journeyed partly in disguise , to avoid ...
... reason of the troubles at Inde- pendence . This journey was therefore intended to build up the breaches in the walls of Zion by a fresh display of revelations , and other signs and wonders . He journeyed partly in disguise , to avoid ...
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... reason for the organization of so formidable a band . But , fortunately , he was too much engaged in pandering to his animal propensities to be capable of using efficiently the means of mis- chief within his grasp . To organize and ...
... reason for the organization of so formidable a band . But , fortunately , he was too much engaged in pandering to his animal propensities to be capable of using efficiently the means of mis- chief within his grasp . To organize and ...
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... reason why I feel so good is because I have a big soul ; we have gathered out all the big souls from the ends of the earth ; the Gospel picks out all the big souls out of all creation ; and we will get all the big souls out of all the ...
... reason why I feel so good is because I have a big soul ; we have gathered out all the big souls from the ends of the earth ; the Gospel picks out all the big souls out of all creation ; and we will get all the big souls out of all the ...
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... reasons , I decided in a council of officers to dis- band the army , except three companies , two of which were reserved as a guard for the jail . With the other company I marched into Nauvoo , to address the in- habitants there , and ...
... reasons , I decided in a council of officers to dis- band the army , except three companies , two of which were reserved as a guard for the jail . With the other company I marched into Nauvoo , to address the in- habitants there , and ...
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Página 209 - We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
Página 339 - Verily thus saith the Lord unto you, my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand, to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines: Behold! and lo I am the Lord, thy God, and will answer thee as touching this matter.
Página 234 - God commanded Abraham, and Sarah gave Hagar to Abraham to wife. And why did she do it ? Because this was the law, and from Hagar sprang many people. This, therefore, was fulfilling, among other things, the promises.
Página 340 - ... neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more and an exceeding and an eternal weight of glory...
Página 343 - And as ye have asked concerning adultery — verily, verily I say unto you, if a man receiveth a wife in the new and everlasting covenant, and if she be with another man, and I have not appointed unto her by the holy anointing, she hath committed adultery, and shall be destroyed.
Página 114 - And again, as pertaining to the law of the Priesthood : If any man espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse another, and the first give her consent ; and if he espouse the second, and they are virgins, and have vowed to no other man, then is he justified ; he cannot commit adultery, for they are given unto him; for he cannot commit adultery with that that belongeth unto him and to no one else...
Página 345 - And if he have ten virgins given unto him by this law, he cannot commit adultery, for they belong to him, and they are given unto him, therefore is he justified.
Página 342 - This promise is yours also, because ye are of Abraham, and the promise was made unto Abraham, and by this law are the continuation of the works of my father, wherein he glorifieth himself.
Página 343 - And verily, verily, I say unto you, that whatsoever you seal on earth, shall be sealed in heaven; and whatsoever you bind on earth, in my name, and by my word, saith the Lord, it shall be eternally bound in the heavens; and whosesoever sins you remit on earth, shall be remitted eternally in the heavens ; and whosesoever sins you retain on earth, shall be retained in heaven.
Página 210 - We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the kingdom of God. 10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion will be built upon this continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
Referencias a este libro
Spokesman for the Kingdom: Early Mormon Journalism and the Deseret News ... Monte Burr McLaws Vista de fragmentos - 1977 |