The following comes from Margaret C. Roberts, wife of B. H. Roberts. All men are not equal to bearing the strain that a mission imposes upon them, most of them win their fight for their faith when brought in contact with the world, but it pains me to say that my brother was not among […]
The following statement was sworn to before John T. Caine, a notary public, in Salt Lake City, Feb. 16, 1874: Inasmuch as it may be interesting to future generations of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to learn something of the first teachings of the principle of plural marriage by
Thus saith the Lord, I am well pleased with the records which are kept of the receipts and disbursements of the tithing and fast and freewill offerings and properties of my church. And I say unto you, that the time is now in accord with my word given to my servant Joseph Smith, Jr., in
Before I get started, I would like to point out that I am not teaching or advocating doctrines that are contrary to the doctrines of the Church. I am simply presenting the facts, and you can take them how you will. I strongly condemn falsehoods and speaking ill of the Lord’s anointed and believe those
I’m willing to bet that when you read that, a majority of you had one of two responses: 1) “Of course we do!” or 2) “Heck no we don’t!” Unfortunately, on my mission, the general response of the other missionaries was the latter. They avoided talking about polygamy like the plague. It was treated like
