“We are now going to the Lamanites, to whom we intend to be messengers of instruction... We will show them that in consequence of their transgressions a curse has been inflicted upon them - in the darkness of their skins. We will have intermarriages with them, they marrying our young women, and we taking their young squaws to wife. By these means it is the will of the Lord that the curse of their color shall be removed and they restored to their pristine beauty.” MeanHas BeensShowsYoungLordDarknessWifeColorConsequenceSkinsCurseNativeInstructionNative AmericanYoung WomenMessengersMarryingPolygamyTransgressionPristineIntermarriage Author:Brigham Young
“The Scripture says that He, the Lord, came walking in the Temple, with His train; I do not know who they were, unless His wives and children; but at any rate they filled the Temple, and how many there were who could not get into the Temple I cannot say. This is the account given by Isaiah, whether he told the truth or not I leave every body to judge for himself.” KnowsChildrenBodyGivenLordWifeJudgingWalkingAccountsFilledTrainRateScriptureTemplesPolygamy Author:Brigham Young
“Why do we believe in and practice polygamy? Because the Lord introduced it to his servants in a revelation given to Joseph Smith, and the Lord's servants have always practiced it. 'And is that religion popular in heaven?' It is the only popular religion there.” BelieveGivenHeavenLordPracticeServantRevelationsPolygamyMonogamyJoseph Smith Author:Brigham Young
“God has told us Latter-day Saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet I have heard now and then (I am very glad to say that only a low such instances have come under my notice) a brother or a sister say, 'I am a Latter-day Saint, but I do not believe in polygamy.' Oh, what an absurd expression! What an absurd idea! A person might as well say, 'I am a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, but I do not believe in him.'” IfsBelieveWellsPersonsIdeasMightJesusChristLordPrinciplesHeardBrotherExpressionLowsJesus ChristSaintGladAbsurdInstanceLatterFollowersNow And ThenLord Jesus ChristPolygamyLatter DaysLatter Day Saints Author:Orson Pratt
“Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned; and I will go still further, and say that this revelation, or any other revelation that the Lord had given, and deny it in your feelings, and I promise that you will be damned.” IfsStillsFeelingsGivenLordWifePromiseDenyRevelationsI PromisePolygamy Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“The Lord showed me by vision and revelation what would happen if we did not stop this practice... all ordinances would be stopped... many men would be made prisoners... I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write.” IfsMenWritingMadeHappensWould BeVisionLordPracticeRevelationsPrisonerPolygamyOrdinances Author:John Andreas Widtsoe
“The Presidents Woodruff and Smith both said they were willing for such a ceremony to occur, if done in Mexico, and Pres. Woodruff promised the Lord's blessing to follow such an act.” IfsSaidDonePresidentLordWillingBlessingMexicoCeremonyPolygamy Author:Abraham H. Cannon
“O, if my husband could only love me even a little and not seem to be perfectly indifferent to any sensation of that kind... O my poor aching heart when shall it rest its burden only on the Lord.” IfsHeartKindLittlesSeemsPoorLordHusbandBurdenMy HusbandSensationsIndifferentOnly LovePolygamyHeart Ache Author:Emmeline B. Wells
“... wo unto that Nation or house or people who seek to hinder my People from obeying the Patriarchal Law of Abraham which leadeth to a Celestial Glory... for whosoever doeth those things shall be damned Saith the Lord.” PeopleLawHouseNationsLordGloryAbrahamCelestialHinderPolygamyObeying Book:Waiting for World's End: The Diaries of Wilford Woodruff Source: Waiting for World's End: The Diaries of Wilford Woodruff
“All commandments that I give must be obeyed unless they are revoked by me or by my authority and how can I revoke an everlasting covenant for I the Lord am everlasting and my everlasting covenants cannot be abrogated nor done away with but stand forever.” GivingDoneLordForeverAuthorityCommandmentsEverlastingCovenantPolygamy Author:John Taylor
“The Prophet had made dishonorable proposals to my wife... under cover of his asserted 'Revelation.'... Smith told his wife Jane the Lord had commanded that he should take plural wives, to add to his glory... Joseph asked her to give him half her love; she was at liberty to keep the other half for her husband.” GivingShouldMadeHalfLibertyLordWifeHusbandGloryAddMy WifeProphetRevelationsJaneProposalOther HalfPolygamyDishonorable Author:William Law