Orson
Hyde spoke on Polygamy, gave some arguments, rather strange—if true, to the
missionaries which they might use in the world. The original order seemed to be
one man & one woman,—Adam & Eve, they had corrupted themselves &
had not multiplied in purity[,] did not do as God required of them and he had a
right to institute another order to hasten his work, that his feast might be
full of guests.
Thomas
Bullock, Journal, April 12, 1857, Brigham Young office files, 1832-1878 (bulk
1844-1877), CR
1234 1, Church History Library
