This subject may be readily summed up as follows: If a man has a wife in the world to come, she will be a gift from the Lord, through the covenants he has ordained, and that man is justifiable in receiving all the wives the Lord sees fit to give him, through the authority he has appointed on the earth. Many elders of the Latter-day Saints have been commanded, as was Abraham, to enter into plural marriage, and disobedience becomes transgression. Hence it involves a religious principle, and becomes a matter of conscience. "Thou shalt love thy wife with all thy heart, and shalt cleave unto her and none else;" _Doc. & Cov_. 42. 22, is sometimes referred to as an argument against plural marriage. If it would admit of this construction, it would not be valid as an argument, from the fact, that the revelation of which it forms a part was given previous to that on the plurality and eternity of the marriage relations, and consequently, before the church was prepared to receive such a revelation. It evidently admits of the construction, that a man may have more than one wife, and yet cleave to none but his wife. That is, it forbids all sexual commerce outside of the marriage covenant. Bible. _Gen_. 16. 1, 2, 3 Sarai gave Hagar to Abraham. 15 Hagar bare Abraham a son. 20. 17 the Lord healed the wife and maidservants of Abimelech. 36. 2 Esau took wives of the daughters of Canaan. 38. 8 Judah said to Onan, go in unto thy brother's wife. _Exo_. 2. 21 Moses married Zipporah, daughter of the priest of Midian. 21. 10 and if he take him another wife. _Num_. 12. 1 Moses married an Ethiopian woman. _Judges_ 7. Gideon delivered Israel from bondage through the favor of God. 8. 30 Gideon had three score and ten sons and many wives. 9. 5 Jerubbaal had seventy sons. 10. 3, 4 Jair, a judge in Israel, had thirty sons. 12. 13, 14 Abdon, a judge in Israel, had forty sons. 2 _Sam_. 19. 5 and the lives of thy wives and the lives of thy concubines. 1 _Kings_ 8. 10, 11 the glory of the Lord filled the house. 9. 3 the Lord told Solomon that his prayer was answered. 20. 7 for he sent unto me for my wives. 1 _Chron_. 4. 5 Ashur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives. 7. 4 for they had many wives and sons. 8. 8 Shaharaim had two wives. 2 _Chron_. 11. 21 Rehoboam had eighteen wives and three score concubines. 13. 21 Abijah married fourteen wives. 24. 3 Jehoiada, the priest of God, took two wives. _Psalm_ 45. 9 king's daughters were among thy honorable women. _Isa_. 4. 1 in that day seven women shall take hold of one man. _Hos_. 1. 2 go take thee a wife of whoredoms. _See Sermon by O. Pratt, J. of D., Vol. 1, page 53_. " " _B. Young, " " 1, " 112_. " " _O. Hyde, " " 2, " 75_. _See Sermon by B. Young, " " 2, " 88_. " " " " " _3, " 264_. " " _O. Pratt, " " 6, " 349_. " " _Geo. A. Smith, " " 13, " 37_. " " _O. Pratt, " " 13, " 183_. " " _G. Q. Cannon, " " 13, " 197_. _Article, by P. P. Pratt, Mil. Star, Vol. 5, page 189_.