Polygamy and Citizenship in Church and StateJudd & Detweiler, 1906 - 227 pages |
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... courts have settled that for the civil- ized state ; and ecclesiastical courts should even more surely settle it for the church . May heaven so order ! If polyg- amy is an outcast condition and disqualifies for citizenship in the ...
... courts have settled that for the civil- ized state ; and ecclesiastical courts should even more surely settle it for the church . May heaven so order ! If polyg- amy is an outcast condition and disqualifies for citizenship in the ...
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... courts of all civilized nations by its condemnation and punishment as a crime . Right here in Washington City , a court of the Dis- trict of Columbia , whilst I was writing this pamphlet , sent a bigamist to the penitentiary . This is ...
... courts of all civilized nations by its condemnation and punishment as a crime . Right here in Washington City , a court of the Dis- trict of Columbia , whilst I was writing this pamphlet , sent a bigamist to the penitentiary . This is ...
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... court . The question is : " Is this true ? " Is what true ? Is it true that our ( Southern Presbyterian ) Church is admitting , har- boring , and tolerating polygamy ? I answer YES , it is true . I ask you to please allow me to state ...
... court . The question is : " Is this true ? " Is what true ? Is it true that our ( Southern Presbyterian ) Church is admitting , har- boring , and tolerating polygamy ? I answer YES , it is true . I ask you to please allow me to state ...
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... courts . The Assembly often meets cases more immediately and satisfactorily . In the existing case , the General Assembly was perfectly competent " to hear testimony against error and immorality in practice , injuriously affecting the ...
... courts . The Assembly often meets cases more immediately and satisfactorily . In the existing case , the General Assembly was perfectly competent " to hear testimony against error and immorality in practice , injuriously affecting the ...
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... courts can lay their hands on polygamists they are dealt with as criminals , it may be as felons . The jurisdiction of the United States courts on this subject , however , is limited to U. S. territories , for the reason that the ...
... courts can lay their hands on polygamists they are dealt with as criminals , it may be as felons . The jurisdiction of the United States courts on this subject , however , is limited to U. S. territories , for the reason that the ...
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Page 85 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 78 - JESUS, I my cross have taken, All to leave and follow thee ; Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, Thou, from hence, my All shalt be. Perish every fond ambition, All I've sought, or hoped or known, Yet how rich is my condition ! God and heaven are still my own.
Page 87 - Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh'? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Page 122 - And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of GOD and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month : and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 138 - Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience.
Page 110 - Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him ? But ye have dishonoured the poor man.
Page 123 - Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.
Page 193 - Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord ; for there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife ; and concubines he shall have none; for I, the Lord God, delighteth in the chastity of women.
Page 108 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 20 - Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.