Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . f exigencies, andpolygamy developed naturally from the unrestrained lusts ofCowdery, Smith, Bennet, and others. Many doctrines havebeen broached, preached a while, and then dropped ; others,once stoutly maintained, have been quietly ignored ; and stillothers, which almost had a foothold in the church, have beenoverruled in full council. The result is a vast and cumbroussystem which is the standard Mormon theology, but of whicheach individual Mormon
Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . f exigencies, andpolygamy developed naturally from the unrestrained lusts ofCowdery, Smith, Bennet, and others. Many doctrines havebeen broached, preached a while, and then dropped ; others,once stoutly maintained, have been quietly ignored ; and stillothers, which almost had a foothold in the church, have beenoverruled in full council. The result is a vast and cumbroussystem which is the standard Mormon theology, but of whicheach individual Mormon believes so much or so little as he cancomprehend. It were an endless task to pursue these doctrinesthroygh all the variations, necessary to force some sort of agree-ment, and the lifeless application of perverted texts of the distinctive points may be stated historically and thengrouped. Sidney Rigdon was expelled from the Baptist church in Penn-sylvania for preaching communism of goods, and after a briefconnection with the adherents of Stone and Campbell, they alsoibund it convenient to dispense with him. But he persisted iu. PLEADING WITH A YOUNG HUSBAND NOT TO TAKE ANOTHER WIFB. (275) 276 POLYGAMY; OR, THE MYSTERIES claiming to be a ^ Disciple: a name then given to the sect whonow call themselves Christians, but are generally called Camp-bellites. And at this point a curious parallel is noticeable:almost at the same time that Stone, Campbell, OKane, andothers organized the Church of Christ, Joseph Smith and hisfamiliars organized their church by the same name; and it wasso called by its adherents till after the expulsion from Jacksoncounty. They first lengthened the title to Church of JesusChrist, and at Kirtland added the words, of Latter-daySaints; and this six-worded designation is the official title to-day. Alexander Campbell is one of the few preachers ofthe old sects who has a warm place in Mormon affections;and they patronizingly allude to him as a sor
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