PLURAL MARRIAGE, Part 4 of Chapter 12 of The Church and The Gospel

PLURAL MARRIAGE, Part 4 of Chapter 12 of The Church and The Gospel 

Pages 191 to 197

Matthias Cowley (1901)

None of the revelations of the prophets either past or present have been repealed. . . . These revelations received by our prophets and seers are all of God, and we cannot repeal or disannul them without making God out a liar, and God cannot lie. . . . I wish to remind you of a certain revelation given through President Taylor. The command was given to set our quorums and houses in order, and the promise was that if we should obey the command, God would fight our battles for us; but we did not obey the command, so God did not fight our battles for us. If we [192] had obeyed that command and revelation given through President Taylor, there would have been no Manifesto. (Smoot Investigations 1:8, Jan. 28, 1901)