Wilford Woodruff’s Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, March 1, 1879; “I followed John D. T McAllister into the Creation Room in St George Temple. I there met with 159 Brethren and Sisters who had met to get their Endowments for the Dead and all but ten of them had met to get Endowments for my Dead friends as a Birth day Present for me. 100 women & 48 Men were going through for me.
… I went to the Altar in Company with sister Mariah Marks Harmon who officiated as Proxy for my Dead friends And I had sealed to me at the Altar 74 single women who were Dead which makes 267 in all of the dead single women who have been sealed to me in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, and in the St George Temple.
I also was sealed to day for 65 Couple of dead friends of the Hart family Making 139 sealings and 7 Adoptions Making 146 sealings and Adoptions in one day. I think it is the most sealings Ever Administered to any one Couple in one day and at one time in this generation if not in this world.” – Wilford Woodruff’s Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993,
Also see Today in Mormon History
Matthew 19:9; “And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.”
Psalm 128:3; “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”
There are dozens of examples in the Bible where you can read God’s instructions to husbands and not one of those include the word “wives”; rather, His instruction is always mentioned using the word “wife”.
Whether these Mormon men divorced their wife or wives is a moot point given what Jesus said. According to Jesus they’ve committed adultery.
How does this glorify God?
I’ve been wondering…
Why do Mormons only talk about themselves? You’ll notice that in their doctrines, speeches or even diaries as in this case they’ve not mentioned how this glorifies the Lord or what it means for Him or His Kingdom. It’s always about what they’re getting out of the deal.
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