[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] ... Joseph F Smith spoke One hour & 25 M. He spoke upon the Marriage in Cana at Galilee. He thought Jesus was the Bridgegroom and Mary & Martha the brides. He also refered to Luke 10 ch. 38 to 42 verse, Also John 11 ch. 2 & 5 vers John 12 Ch 3d vers, John 20 8 to 18. Joseph Smith spoke upon these passages to show that Mary & Martha manifested much Closer relationship than Merely A Believer which looks Consistet. He did not think that Jesus who decended throug Poligamous families from Abraham down & who fulfilled all the Law even baptism by immersion would have lived and died without being married.
Erastus Snow followed for 15 Minuts & told the Congregation what Joseph taught him upon the subject of Plurality of wives.
W Woodruff Closed by saying He wished the Congregation to remember the discourse of Joseph F Smith but they need not attempt to preach the same sermon. They might Also remember the testimony of Erastus Snow. W Woodruff also Said That He felt to indorse the discourse of Joseph F Smith and would say that the Law of the Patriarchal Order of Marriage belonged to this dispensation and After it was revealed to Joseph Smith the Prophets and He was Commanded to receive it Had He and the People rejected it The Church & Kingdom of God given into the Hands of the Saints would not have advanced any further but would have been taken out of their Hands and given to another People.
It has been said that the Law upon the Patriarchal order of Marriage has Caused more sorrow to the Daughters of Eve than any other Law Ever revealed to men. If this is the Case it is in Consequence of the fals traditions of the Children of Men. The Lord never gave any law to any of the Children of men by keeping of which will give the same Exhaltation & Glory as the Law of the Patriarchal order of Marriage. Also any People who abide that Law are placed in Connexion by Covenant with the God of Heaven in that was that the Lord is bound By Oath & Covenant to proteck them and from the day that the Apostles & Elders published that Law to the world with a determination to Maintain it The Lord has faught our Battles & Sustained us. ...
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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