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14 We held a meeting with the Presidency, Twelve Apostles
and the Presidents of Stakes. Remarks were made by President
Taylor then the revelation was read. G. Q. Cannon spoke to
us and said how can we teach the people any Law or principle
that we do not keep ourselves Joseph F Smith spoke upon
several subjects upon the Patriarchal order of marriage
President Taylor told what Joseph Smith said to him
upon that subject & said if we do not Embrace that principl
soon the Keys will be turned against us for if we do not
keep the same law that our Heavenly Father has we cannot
go with him The word of the Lord to us was that if we did
not obey that Law we could not go whare our Heavenly Father
dwells A man obeying a lower Law is not qualified to
preside over those who keep a higher Law. W. Woodruff said He
was glad the Quorum of the Twelve & seventies was now to be filled
and said that the reason why the Church & Kingdom of God
could not progress if we did not receive the patriarchal Law
of Marriage was that it belonged to this dispensation as well
as the Baptizedsm for the dead and any law or ordinance that
belongs to this dispensation must be received by the Members of
the Church or it cannot progress The leading men of Israel
who are presiding over stakes will have to obey the Law of
Abraham or they will have to stop. Moses Thatcher spoke
upon the Esstablishment of cooperative companies for handling
Machinery waggon &c G Q Cannon spoke upon the manuf-
acturing of waggons &c. E Snow said that Joseph Smith said
that the parable that Jesus spoke off [of] hthat the man who had one tallent
& hid it in the Earth was the man who had but one wife & would
not take another wtould have her taken from him & given to one
who had more. [Matthew 25:24-30] F M Lyman thought it would not do to seal
Dead women to him
14 I spent the day in the office writing. A snow storm
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