HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, 1880

Chapter VI, The Mormon Period, by Thomas Gregg

"They make a criminality for a man to have a wife on the earth, while he has one in heaven, according to the keys of the holy Priesthood; and he then read a statement of William Law's from the Expositor, where the truth of God was transformed into a lie concerning this thing (Joseph Smith complaining about criticisms of the anti-Smith newspaper that exposed his polygamy, during the Nauvoo City Council meeting called to determine the newspaper's punishment, page 310)."

Pages 310-311

© 2002, Ken Bowles -- July 05, 2002, Edition

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