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... a century the occasion of sur- prise and regret that such vulgar impostors should have obtained a following , which is even now drawing prose- lytes by the thousand from Europe . THURLOW WEED , 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Sketch of the Life of.
... a century the occasion of sur- prise and regret that such vulgar impostors should have obtained a following , which is even now drawing prose- lytes by the thousand from Europe . THURLOW WEED , 1 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. Sketch of the Life of.
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... thousand years old . Buried within the mound were various evidences of a prehistoric race , relics of a civilized condition , mingled with human bones , which were portions of gigantic skeletons . This dis- covery very greatly excited ...
... thousand years old . Buried within the mound were various evidences of a prehistoric race , relics of a civilized condition , mingled with human bones , which were portions of gigantic skeletons . This dis- covery very greatly excited ...
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... thousands of uneducated and illiterate people . They heard scriptural expressions used by the leaders , and had but a vague idea of what it was they professed ; there was a novelty about the movement that captivated them , and they were ...
... thousands of uneducated and illiterate people . They heard scriptural expressions used by the leaders , and had but a vague idea of what it was they professed ; there was a novelty about the movement that captivated them , and they were ...
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... thousand Mormons , the converts of Rigdon and Pratt , greeted Smith on his arrival at Kirtland . People from every part of " the lake region " flocked there , " ecstatics , " men and women , falling to the floor groan- ing , and weeping ...
... thousand Mormons , the converts of Rigdon and Pratt , greeted Smith on his arrival at Kirtland . People from every part of " the lake region " flocked there , " ecstatics , " men and women , falling to the floor groan- ing , and weeping ...
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... thousand years . After his departure from Nauvoo the Danite band was ordered to " fan " him and others who left to keep their mouths closed ; also to intimidate meinbers of the community who were inclined to desert . " " In three years ...
... thousand years . After his departure from Nauvoo the Danite band was ordered to " fan " him and others who left to keep their mouths closed ; also to intimidate meinbers of the community who were inclined to desert . " " In three years ...
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Page 206 - 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.
Page 146 - That no polygamist, bigamist, or any person cohabiting with more than one woman, and no woman cohabiting with any of the persons described as aforesaid in this section, in any Territory or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, shall be entitled to vote at any election held in any such Territory or other place, or be eligible for election or appointment to or be entitled to hold any office or place of public trust, honor, or emolument in, under, or for any such Territory...
Page 228 - 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...
Page 207 - 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.
Page 224 - ... and shall inherit thrones, kingdoms, principalities, and powers, dominions, all heights and depths, then shall it be written in the Lamb's Book of Life that he shall commit no murder, whereby to shed innocent blood ; and if ye abide in my covenant, and commit no murder whereby to shed innocent blood...
Page 227 - I might require an offering at your hand by covenant and sacrifice ; and let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph, and who are virtuous and pure before me ; and those who are not pure, and have said they were pure, shall be destroyed, saith the Lord God...
Page 173 - Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or forbidding the free exercise thereof, was intended to allow every one under the jurisdiction of the United States to entertain such notions respecting his relations to his Maker and the duties they impose as may be approved by his judgment and conscience, and to exhibit his sentiments in such form...
Page 223 - 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!
Page 228 - And again, I say, let not my servant Joseph put his property out of his hands, lest an enemy come and destroy him; for Satan seeketh to destroy; for I am the Lord thy God, and he is my servant; and behold ! and lo, I am with him, as I was with Abraham, thy father, even unto his exaltation and glory.
Page 224 - ... it shall be done unto them in all things whatsoever my servant hath put upon them in time and through all eternity; and shall be of full force when they are out of the world, and they shall pass by the angels and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds for ever and ever.