Woodruff reports Joseph F. Smith teaching Jesus was a polygamist.

Date
Jul 22, 1883
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Wilford Woodruff
LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
Reference

Wilford Woodruff, Journal, July 22, 1883, MS 1352, CHL

Scribe/Publisher
Wilford Woodruff
People
Edward Stevenson, Wilford Woodruff, Joseph F. Smith
Audience
N/A
Transcription

Evening Meeting Prayer by E Stephenson Joseph F Smith spoke one hour + 25 M. He spoke upon the marriage in Cana of Galilee He thought Jesus was the Bridegroom and Mary + Martha the brides He also refered to Luke 10 ch 3 to 42 verse. Also John 11 ch 2 +5 vers John 12 ch. 3 I vers John 20 & To 18. Joseph Smith spoke upon these passages to show that May + Martha manifested much closer relationship that merely A Believer which looln Cousiled He did not think that those who descended through poligamous families from Abraham down + who fulfilled all the Law even baptism by immersion would have lived and died without being married.

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