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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... . - Existed at first as a secret Institution . - Jesuitism of Missionaries on the Sub- ject . - Polygamy an Element of Salvation . - The Gods are Polyg- amists 233 CHAPTER XV . Prevalence of Polygamy . - Its Effects CONTENTS . xi.
... . - Existed at first as a secret Institution . - Jesuitism of Missionaries on the Sub- ject . - Polygamy an Element of Salvation . - The Gods are Polyg- amists 233 CHAPTER XV . Prevalence of Polygamy . - Its Effects CONTENTS . xi.
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... Effects on Population . —Arguments in its Favor . - Its Effects on Morals . - Frightful Licentiousness.— Its Influence on the first Wife . - Divisions and Hatred in Fami- lies CHAPTER XVI . .Page 246 Book of Mormon . - Proofs of its ...
... Effects on Population . —Arguments in its Favor . - Its Effects on Morals . - Frightful Licentiousness.— Its Influence on the first Wife . - Divisions and Hatred in Fami- lies CHAPTER XVI . .Page 246 Book of Mormon . - Proofs of its ...
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... effect of contrast . After passing over the Plains , and for weary days and weeks meeting with no human habitations but Indian lodges , Canadian - French trading - posts , and two mili- tary stations , the traveler is greatly delighted ...
... effect of contrast . After passing over the Plains , and for weary days and weeks meeting with no human habitations but Indian lodges , Canadian - French trading - posts , and two mili- tary stations , the traveler is greatly delighted ...
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... effect was drawn up and signed , by which one half were to remove by the first of January , and the rest by the first of April following , in consideration of which the people agreed that no further violence should be offered . Had ...
... effect was drawn up and signed , by which one half were to remove by the first of January , and the rest by the first of April following , in consideration of which the people agreed that no further violence should be offered . Had ...
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... effects they had on hand ; and they said , whenever they found one guilty of these things , they were to be handed over to the Brothers of Gideon . ' 999 " There was a short speech made by Joseph Smith , Jr. , about carrying on the war ...
... effects they had on hand ; and they said , whenever they found one guilty of these things , they were to be handed over to the Brothers of Gideon . ' 999 " There was a short speech made by Joseph Smith , Jr. , about carrying on the war ...
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Página 116 - 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 211 - We believe that through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
Página 278 - And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee : and he saith, I am not learned.
Página 347 - But if one or either of the ten virgins, after she is espoused, shall be with another man, she has committed adultery, and shall be destroyed...
Página 236 - 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 342 - ... therefore, when they are out of the world, they 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 345 - 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 269 - And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed; he would not have fallen ; but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created must have remained in the same state which they were, after they were created ; and they must have remained for ever, and had no end.
Página 344 - ... murder, wherein ye shed innocent blood, and assent unto my death, after ye have received my new and everlasting covenant, saith the Lord God ; and he that abideth not this law can in no wise enter into my glory, but shall be damned, saith the Lord.
Página 211 - We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
Referencias a este libro
Spokesman for the Kingdom: Early Mormon Journalism and the Deseret News ... Monte Burr McLaws Vista de fragmentos - 1977 |