 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1891 - 648 pages
...plural marriages were not encouraged nor solemnized by said church, and calling on members thereof to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land. At the general conference of the church, held soon after the date of the president's letter, his action... | |
 | Mormons - 1891 - 518 pages
...the Church has used language which appeared to convey such teaching, he has been promptly reproved. And I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day...contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land. Wilford Woodruff. President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At the General Conference,... | |
 | 1885 - 414 pages
...it appears woefully weak beside the command uttered by Joseph Smith. " My advice to the Latter Day Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land," are the only words in it that can be construed as an abandonment of polygamy. In court, it is true,... | |
 | 1886 - 324 pages
...church has used language which appeared to convey any such teaching he has been promptly reproved, and I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-Day...refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the laws of the laud. WII.FORD WOODRUFF, Prenulent of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints.... | |
 | Utah - 1886 - 444 pages
...party lines and the issuance by President Woodruff of the socalled "manifesto,'' in which he said: "And I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-Day Saints is to refrain from continuing any marriage forbidden by the laws of the land, and the action of the Mormon people in their... | |
 | Ambrose Bolivar Carlton - Latter Day Saint churches - 1891 - 396 pages
...Church has used language which appeared to convey any such teaching he has been promptly reproved. And I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-day...contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land. *#sT.,:::,:.'! WlLFORD WOODRUFF, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints. PRESIDENT... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1891 - 1120 pages
...elder of the church has used language which appeared to convex teaching he has boon promptly reproved ; and I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-Day...refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the laws of the land. Wir.roi!» WOOIIKLTF, President of tlie Church of Jems Chriil'n Latter Hay Saintf.... | |
 | Mormons - 1891 - 914 pages
...one wife. and one family was all I could support." Wilford Woodruff, president of tbe Church, says: ''I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latterday...refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the laws of the lan.l." And a Mormon conference of last October formally renounced "plural marriages."... | |
 | Church and the world - 1891 - 506 pages
...portion : " I, Wilford Woodruff, now publicly declare, that my advice to the VOL. NO. vii. — 39. 14 Latter-Day Saints is, to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the laws of the land." Has there been a new revelation given to the Mormon priesthood ? Not at all. There... | |
 | Utah. Governor - Utah - 1892 - 70 pages
...presideut of the Mormon Church in issuing the so-called manifesto on September 25, 1890, in which he said: "And I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latter-Day Saints is to refrain from continuing any marriage forbidden by the laws of the land," and the action of the Mormon people in... | |
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And I now publicly declare that my advice to the Latterday Saints is to refrain from contracting any marriage forbidden by the law of the land. 
