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• Some of the nations of Europe who believe in the one wife system have actually forbidden a plurality of wives by their laws; and the consequences are that the whole country among them is overrun with the most abominable practices: adulteries and unlawful connections through all their villages, towns, cities, and country places to a most fearful extent.

  Orson Pratt

  Country, Believe, Europe

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• An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects

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  Happiness, Wise, Powerful

  Orson Pratt (2015). “The Kingdom of God, part 1”, p.11, Latter-day Strength

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• It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.

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  Faith, Religious, Parent

  Orson Pratt (1975). “The Orson Pratt Journals”

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• Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved

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  Loyal, Subjects, Saved

  Orson Pratt, John Taylor, William Gibson (O.B.E.) (1851). “A Series of Pamphlets”, p.21

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• At various times during the last four thousand years God has asserted his rights and endeavoured to establish his own authority, his own laws, and his own government among the children of men

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  Children, Men, Rights

  Orson Pratt, John Taylor, William Gibson (O.B.E.) (1851). “A Series of Pamphlets”, p.21

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• The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.

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  Father, Son, Religion

  Orson Pratt, John Taylor, William Gibson (O.B.E.) (1851). “A Series of Pamphlets”

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• On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet

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  Hands, December, Lord

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• Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name

  Orson Pratt

  Men, Names, Voice

  Orson Pratt, John Taylor, William Gibson (O.B.E.) (1851). “A Series of Pamphlets”, p.28

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• It is a grievous sin in the sight of God for any man to presume to baptize, unless God has authorized him by new revelation to baptize in his name

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  Men, Sight, Names

  Orson Pratt (2015). “The Kingdom of God, part 1”, p.21, Latter-day Strength

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• I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith

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  Zion, Hands, President

  Orson Pratt (1975). “The Orson Pratt Journals”

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