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Show l.O n , ',' 1mDos$lble to· prove thflt than nne )o.rmon 9. WA.A for vided a rare .OllPortunlty one in. fHHl.rQh of more in Uta,h pro large polYEramouR househol<l! woman, .the to aotually married. otHHH "co of' IlD,' ", habitation wlth' than e one woman.ft 1n eN sad.e by' a vigorous Jurl1c lal Edmund 9 La.w ·Wo.s which every attempt .was made to loa.ge ao 'mflOY 'pol-ygnmlste as followed possible in priAon t .ouu, to If# .. ven t h1 I otten ae .t AS t 0 0" erooroe ral1\A But, posa1b18 \I. the 4tOrmon as Lyon points e d e t 0rrD 1 nn t 1 on '1 " praotloe plurAl mirrlage. Sub8equnt 11, on the' th1 rd. of leglp.la tlon was propostld (the thrsstene(l' to brek UP the threat ot the hanglng over eocle$1at1oal new Law)' lhloh oganluttlon 1 tR member'EI. 20 Churoh,,. Wilford Wood,ruf, the the Churoh i.su.ed Mareh, 1887. E(lmund a-Tuoker d.1senfranoh1 sa 'Mormon Churoh Rnd. to of J1 th the ""I, Praes1dent a 7lHJn1feato of his Inten t to oomply w1.th glV up the practioe of ,plural mr:riAge. This deolaratlon was read 1n the General Conferenoe of Oatober 6, 1890 R:nd was 8ustalned bY" the membera binding upon them. This brought to the Mormon leadershl p to polygamy. [it thl s . the law or the land nd as hi. the of Th enaotmnt tln of the oongregAtion end. the attempt by Justl.fy and, defend the f'l"llctloe of " , |
