Joseph, however, became convinced before his death that he had done wrong; for abut three weeks prior to his death, I met him one morning in the street, and he said to me, "Bro. Marks, we are a ruined people." I asked, how so? he said, "this doctrine of polygamy, or Spiritual-wife system, that has been taught and prcticed among us, will prove our destruction and overthrow. I have been decieved,' he said, " in reference to its prcatice; it is wrong, it is a curse to mankind, and we shall have to leave the United States soon, unless it can be put down and its practice stopped in the church. "
A quote from Compton's book, In Sacred Loneliness. Anyone ever seen this before? Apparently, this story is told by William Marks, a stake president in Nauvoo. I'm pulling this from exmormon.org so I have no idea how true this is and I don't really have time to research it right now.
A quote from Compton's book, In Sacred Loneliness. Anyone ever seen this before? Apparently, this story is told by William Marks, a stake president in Nauvoo. I'm pulling this from exmormon.org so I have no idea how true this is and I don't really have time to research it right now.
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