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Latter Day "Saints" (Mormons)

 

According to the New Testament Scriptures, a prophet must have a holy life and be blameless.

Matthew 7:16-20 shows that prophets must be judged by their fruits as to whether they are true prophets or false prophets.

Let's take a look at these New Testament qualifications for church leadership:

1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of ONE WIFE, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Tit 1:6 ¶ If any be blameless, the husband of ONE WIFE, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

1Ti 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of ONE WIFE, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Now let's take a look at the lives of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young: Do they qualify as true prophets?

 
The 34 Wives of Joseph Smith
 
Wife Date Age Husband*
  1. Emma Hale
  2. Fanny Alger
  3. Lucinda Morgan Harris
  4. Louisa Beaman
  5. Zina Huntington Jacobs
  6. Presendia Huntington Buell
  7. Agnes Coolbrith
  8. Sylvia Sessions Lyon
  9. Mary Rollins Lightner
  10. Patty Bartlett Sessions
  11. Marinda Johnson Hyde
  12. Elizabeth Davis Durfee
  13. Sarah Kingsley Cleveland
  14. Delcena Johnson
  15. Eliza R. Snow
  16. Sarah Ann Whitney
  17. Martha McBride Knight
  18. Ruth Vose Sayers
  19. Flora Ann Woodworth
  20. Emily Dow Partridge
  21. Eliza Maria Partridge
  22. Almera Johnson
  23. Lucy Walker
  24. Sarah Lawrence
  25. Maria Lawrence
  26. Helen Mar Kimball
  27. Hanna Ells
  28. Elvira Cowles Holmes
  29. Rhoda Richards
  30. Desdemona Fullmer
  31. Olive Frost
  32. Melissa Lott
  33. Nancy Winchester
  34. Fanny Young
Jan 1827
1833
1838
Apr 1841
Oct 1841
Dec 1841
Jan 1842
Feb 1842
Feb 1842
Mar 1842
Apr 1842
Jun 1842
Jun 1842
Jul 1842
Jun 1842
Jul 1842
Aug 1842
Feb 1843
Spring 1843
Mar 1843
Mar 1843
Apr 1843
May 1843
May 1843
May 1843
May 1843
Mid 1843
Jun 1843
Jun 1843
Jul 1843
Mid 1843
Sep 1843
1843
Nov 1843		 22
16
37
26
20
31
33
23
23
47
27
50
53
37
38
17
37
33
16
19
22
30
17
17
19
14
29
29
58
32
27
19
14
56		 NONE
NONE
George W. Harris
NONE
Henry Jacobs
Norman Buell
NONE
Windsor Lyon
Adam Lightner
David Sessions
Orson Hyde
Jabez Durfee
John Cleveland
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
Edward Sayers
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
Jonathan Holmes
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
NONE
* Living Husband at the time of
   Marriage to Joseph Smith		     References Below

 

REFERENCES

FS:     www.familysearch.org
MP:    Mormon Polygamy: A History
ME:    Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith
ISL:    In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith
DC:    Doctrine and Covenants
 

LIST OF WIVES:  FS, ancestral file number 9KGL-W2; ISL, pgs 4 – 8.

EMMA HALE:  MEETING, ME pgs 1, 18; MARRIAGE, ME pgs 1, 20; PLATES, ME pgs 20 – 21, 25; TWINS, ME pgs 39, 43; NEW YORK, ME pgs 45 – 46, 68; MISSOURI, ME pg 76; MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ME pg 79; REVELATION, DC section 132; SURRENDER, ME pg 158; EXPOSITOR, ME pgs 181, 191; MOURNING, ME pg 197. 

FANNY ALGER:  MARRIAGE, MP pg 5, ISL pgs 25 – 26, 34, ME pg 66; EMMA, ISL pgs 34 – 35; RUMORS, MP pgs 6, 10, 85, ME pg 66, ISL pgs 28, 36; INDIANA, ISL pgs 37, 39, 41.

LUCINDA MORGAN HARRIS:  CONVERSION, ISL pg 48; MISSOURI, ISL pg 49, ME pg 70; MARRIAGE, ISL pg 49; ILLINOIS, ISL pg 50; EXPOSITOR, ISL pg 51, MOURNING, ME pg 197, ISL pg 43; CIVIL WAR, ISL pg 54.

LOUISA BEAMAN:  MEETING, ISL pgs 57 – 58; KIRTLAND/NAUVOO, ISL pgs 58 – 59; THE PRINCIPLE, ISL pg 59, ME pg 95; CEREMONY, MP pgs 6, 23, ME pg 95, ISL pgs 59 – 60; DEATH, ISL pg 69; PAROWAN, ISL pg 55, MP pg 27. 

ZINA HUNTINGTON JACOBS:  FIRST PROPOSAL, ISL pgs 77 – 79, MP pg 44; SECOND PROPOSAL, ISL pgs 80 – 81; MARRIAGE, ISL pgs 81 – 82; HENRY, ISL pgs 81 – 82; BRIGHAM, ISL pgs 84, 88, 90 – 91, MP pgs 44 – 45.

PRESENDIA HUNTINGTON BUELL:  CONVERSION, ISL pgs 117 – 118; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 122 – 124, MP pg 44; HEBER, ISL pgs 124 – 126; NORMON, ISL pg 129;; COMMEMORATION, ISL pgs 136 – 137. 

AGNES COOLBRITH SMITH:  KIRTLAND/NAUVOO, ISL pgs 146 – 153; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 153 – 154; RUMORS, ISL pgs 154 – 155, MP pgs 20 – 21; PICKETT, ISL pgs 157 – 159; JOSEPH F. SMITH, ISL pgs 166 – 167.

SYLVIA SESSIONS LYON:  WINDSOR, ISL pg 177; NAUVOO, ISL pg 178; JOSEPH, ISL pg 179, MP pgs 45, 47; VISITS, ISL pgs 181, 183; JOSEPHINE, ISL pg 183, MP pg 44.

MARY ROLLINS LIGHTNER:  PREPARED, ISL pg 207, ME pg 65; ZIONS CAMP/ADAM, ISL pgs 210, 211, ME pgs 100 – 101; PROPOSAL, ISL pgs 211 – 212, MP pg 43, ME pgs 100 – 101; MARRIAGE, ISL pgs 212 – 213, ME pgs 100 – 101; ARRANGMENT, ISL pg 213, MP pg 43, REMINISCE, ISL pg 226. 

PATTY BARTLETT SESSIONS:  FATHER, ISL pg 172; DAVID, ISL pg 173; MIDWIFE, ISL pg 171; CONVERSION, ISL pg 175 – 176; JOSEPH, ISL pg 179; LONESOME, ISL pg 180; DUTIES, ISL pg 179. 

MARINDA JOHNSON HYDE:  JOHNSON HOME, ISL pg 230; ORSON, ISL pg 232; JERUSALEM, ISL pg 235; NEW HOME, ISL pgs 235-236; JOSEPH, MP pg 44, ISL pgs 238, 240 – 241; MID-LIFE, ISL pgs 244, 249; GRANDMOTHER, ISL pg 251. 

ELIZABETH DAVIS DURFEE:  JABEZ, ISL pg 259; BLESSING, ME pg 110, ISL pg 261; MOTHER IN ISRAEL, ME pgs 109, 137 – 138, MP pg 52, ISL pgs 260 - 262, 406 – 407; CORNELIUS, ISL pgs 264 – 265. 

SARAH KINGSLEY CLEVELAND:  JOHN, ISL pgs 275 – 276; MISSOURI, ME pg 80, ISL pg 276; NAUVOO, ME pgs 107 – 110, 115, 119, ISL pgs 277, 279; LEAVING/RETURNING, ME pg 237, ISL pgs 282 – 283.

DELCENA JOHNSON SHERMAN:  CONVERSION, ISL pgs 292 – 294; MISSOURI, ISL pgs 294 – 295; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 293 – 296; ALMON, ISL pgs 298 – 300; UTAH, ISL pg 300.

ELIZA R. SNOW:  YOUTH, ISL pgs 308 – 309; KIRTLAND, ISL pg 309; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 310 – 313, ME pgs 119 – 120, MP pg 31; SMITH HOME, ISL pgs 313 – 314, ME pgs 122, 133; POEM, ME pg 120; REMOVED, ISL pgs 314 – 316, ME pgs 134 – 137, MP pg 52; GRIEF, ISL pgs 306, 316. 

SARAH ANN WHITNEY:  REVELATION, ISL pgs 347 – 348; CEREMONY, ISL pg 348; HORACE, ISL pg 349; HIDING, ME pg 125, ISL pgs 349 – 350; KINGSBURY, ISL pg 351, MP pg 48; HEBER, ISL pg 352.

MARTHA MCBRIDE KNIGHT:  VINSON, ISL pgs 365 – 366; NAUVOO, pgs 369 – 370; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 371, 377; UTAH, ISL pgs 364, 371, 380.

RUTH VOSE SAYERS:  BOSTON, ISL pg 381; CONVERSION, ISL pg 382; EDWARD, ISL pgs 382 – 383; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 383 – 384; OBITUARY, ISL pg 386.

FLORA ANN WOODWORTH:  MARRIAGE, ISL pgs 389 – 391; EMMA, ME pg 159, ISL pg 388; ORANGE, ISL pg 390; CARLOS, ISL pgs 391 – 392, 394; KANESVILLE, ISL pg 394.

EMILY DOW PARTRIDGE/ELIZA MARIA PARTRIDGE:  SMITH HOME, ISL pgs 405 – 406, ME pg 89; INTRODUCTION, ISL pg 406, ME pgs 137 – 138, MP pg 52; DURFEE, ISL pg 407, ME pg 138; INTERVIEW, ISL pgs 407 – 408, ME pgs 138 – 139, MP pg 52; MARRIAGE, ME pgs 138, 144, ISL pg 298; ELIZA, ME pg 139, MP pg 36, ISL pgs 408 – 409, 732; REPEAT CEREMONY, ME pgs 140, 143, ISL pg 409, MP pg 52; ALL ENDED, ISL pgs 409 – 411, ME pgs 143, 169, MP pgs 53 – 54; EMMA, ME pg 145. 

ALMERA JOHNSON:  GATHERING, ISL pg 295; BENNIE, ISL pgs 295 – 296, ME pgs 145 – 146; PARABLE, ISL pg 296; STOOD BEFORE HER, ISL pgs 296 – 297; HYRUM, ISL pg 297; CEREMONY, ISL pgs 297 – 298; MACEDONIA, ISL pg 298, ME pg 146; REUBEN, ISL pgs 300 – 304.

LUCY WALKER:  PROPHETS HOME, ME pg 89, ISL pg 461 – 462; PROPOSAL, ISL pg 463; BITTER CUP, ISL pg 464; COMMAND, ISL pg 464; MARRIAGE, ME pg 139, MP pg 59, ISL pg 465; HEBER, ISL 466 – 467; CONSENT, Journal of Discourses vol 7 pg 289, ISL pg 457.

SARAH LAWRENCE/MARIA LAWRENCE:  JOSEPH’S HOME, ISL pgs 474 – 475; JOSEPH’S CHARACTER, MP pg 33, 36, ISL pg 476; MARRIAGE, ISL pg 475, 479, ME pg 144; WILLIAM LAW, MP pg 66, ISL pg 476; EXPOSITOR, ISL pg 477, MP pgs 68 – 69.

HELEN MAR KIMBALL:  FATHER/DAUGHTER TALK, ISL pgs 497 – 498; LAID UPON THE ALTER, ISL pgs 498 – 499; ME pg 146; JOSEPH, ISL pg 499, ME pg 146, MP pg 53; FETTERED DOWN, ISL pg 502, ME pg 166; BE OBEDIENT, ISL pg 503; PUNISHMENT/VICTORY, ISL pg 510; POEM, ISL pgs 499 – 501.

HANNA ELLS:  INTRO, ISL pg 535; MILLINERY, ISL pg 535; MARRIAGE, ISL pgs 537 – 538; TEMPLE, ISL pgs 538 – 539; DEATH, ISL pg 542. 

ELVIRA COWLES HOLMES:  INTRO, ISL pg 545; JOSEPH’S HOME, ISL pg 546 – 547; POEM, ISL pg 547; JONATHAN, ISL pgs 548, 556; AUSTIN, ISL pgs 549 – 551, MP pgs 64, 68;

RHODA RICHARDS:  RARE BEAUTY, ISL pgs 559 – 560; EBENEZER, ISL pgs 561 – 562; MORMONISM ISL pg 566; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 568 – 569; HAPPY NEW YEAR, ISL pg 575.

DESDEMONA FULLMER:  STOPT, ISL pg 577; MIRTH, ISL pg 579; PERSECUTIONS, ISL pg 580; JOSEPH HOME, ISL pg 580; DREAM, ME pg 165, ISL pgs 581 – 582; BIOGRAPHY, ISL pgs 584 – 585.

OLIVE FROST:  CONVERSION, ISL pg 588; MISSIONARY, ISL pg 589; JOSEPH, ISL pgs 589 – 590; TENDER HEART, ISL pg 591; GRIEF, ISL pg 591; DEATH, ISL pg 592. 

MELISSA LOTT:  JOSEPH’S HOME, ISL pg 597; PREPARED, ISL pg 597; MARRIAGE, ISL pgs 348, 597 – 598; PARENTS, ISL pg 598; RELATIONSHIP, ISL pg 598. 

NANCY WINCHESTER:  PENNSYLVANIA, ISL pg 605; KIRTLAND, ISL pg 605; NAUVOO, ISL pg 606; MARRIAGE, ISL pg 606; HEBER, ISL pgs 604, 606; UTAH, ISL pg 607 – 608.

FANNY YOUNG:  FAMILY, ISL pgs 609, 611; TRUE SAINT, ISL pg 613; ROSWELL, ISL pgs 613 – 615; JOSEPH, Journal of Discourses vol 16 pgs 166 – 167, ISL pgs 615 – 617.

 

REMEMBER:

1Ti 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of ONE WIFE, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Tit 1:6 ¶ If any be blameless, the husband of ONE WIFE, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

1Ti 3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of ONE WIFE, ruling their children and their own houses well.