On The 1st Day Of December, 1830,

It Was Seldom That I Attended Any Religious Meetings, As My Parents Had Not Much Faith In And Were Never So Unfortunate As To Unite Themselves With Any Of The Religious Sects.

Some Of The Nations Of Europe Who Believe In The One Wife System Have Actually Forbidden A Plurality Of Wives By Their Laws; And The Consequences Are That The Whole Country Among Them Is Overrun With The Most Abominable Practices: Adulteries And Unlawful Connections Through All Their Villages, Towns, Cities, And Country Places To A Most Fearful Extent.

This Law Of Monogamy, Or The Monogamic System, Laid The Foundation For Prostitution And The Evils And Diseases Of The Most Revolting Nature And Character Under Which Modern Christendom Groans.

The Kingdom Of God Is A Theocracy. And As It Is The Only Form Of Government Which Will Redeem And Save Mankind, It Is Necessary That Every Soul Should Be Rightly And Thoroughly Instructed In Regard To Its Nature And General Characteristics

I Discover That Some Of The Eastern Papers Represent Me As A Great Blasphemer, Because I Said, In My Lecture On Marriage, At Our Last Conference, That Jesus Christ Was Married At Cana Of Galilee, That Mary, Martha, And Others Were His Wives, And That He Begat Children.