Helen Mar Kimball Whitney says that plural marriage was revealed to Joseph in 1831; was commanded by an angel to practice it.

Date
1884
Type
Book
Source
Helen Mar Kimball Whitney
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Late
Reference

Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Why We Practice Plural Marriage (Salt Lake City: Juvenile Instructor Office, 1884), 53

Scribe/Publisher
Juvenile Instructor Office
People
Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

From these mountains is to roll the little stone that will bring to pass the purposes of the Almighty and settle this social question by a practical reform in the marriage system. . . .This fact the Lord revealed to His prophet, Joseph Smith, as early as the year 1831. And yet, had it not been for the fear of His displeasure, Joseph would have shrunk from the undertaking and would have continued silent, as he did for years, until an angel of the Lord threatened to slay him if he did not reveal and establish this celestial principle.

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