History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 2Smith, Joseph, Jr.
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History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 2
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Smith, Joseph, Jr., 1805-1844
"Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,
for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the
head of the Church; and He is the Savior of the body. Therefore,
as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their
own husbands, in everything. Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself for it, that He might
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word,
that He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having
spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and
without blemish, so ought men to love their own wives as their own
bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself, for no man ever
yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as
the Lord the Church, for we are members of His body, of His flesh,
and of His bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be
one flesh" (Ephesians 5:22-31).
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in
the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is
well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children
to anger, lest they be discouraged. Servants, obey in all things
your masters, according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as
men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God (Colossians
3:18-22).
But I must close this letter, and resume the subject in another
number.
In the bonds of the New and Everlasting Covenant,
Joseph Smith, Jun.
III.
To the Elders of the Church of Latter-day Saints.
I have shown unto you, in my last, that there are two Jerusalems
spoken of in holy writ, in a manner I think satisfactory to your
minds; at any rate I have given my views upon the subject. I shall
now proceed to make some remarks from the sayings of the Savior,
recorded in the 13th chapter of His Gospel according to St.
Matthew, which, in my mind, afford us as clear an understanding
upon the important subject of the gathering, as anything recorded
in the Bible. At the time the Savior spoke these beautiful sayings
and parables contained in the chapter above quoted, we find Him
seated in a ship on account of the multitude that pressed upon Him
to hear His words; and He commenced teaching them, saying:
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