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 immorality that which, under heavenly guidance, our most Holy Church's authorities had sanctioned; and just as the Church, to all mere human seeming, was about to succumb to this gross secular attack, a direct revelation, just at the critical time, saved her. That revelation, as we all know, was to the effect that the sealing of the woman by material and consummating marriage was unnecessary, spiritual marriage being sufficient, nay, even preferable, as being less sensual, as well as a simpler and higher course. In one moment our devouring enemies were utterly baffled in their machinations, and the Church's triumph complete.

2. The great controversy about "The Language of Heaven" must ever be an inspiring recollection of the Church, as being conspicuously one amongst her many, triumphs. The Holy Father, Brigham the First, of far-off but ever blessed memory, in addressing some foreign-speaking emigrants, then recently arrived in Utah, had exhorted them to acquire the English language, for English, he added, is the language of heaven. This remarkable statement passed comparatively unnoticed at the time. But after the Church had passed through the definitions of the infallibilities of her great earthly Head, the high import of this revealed and recorded utterance of the prophet, priest, and revelator of Mormon truth could not possibly be longer overlooked. Here then, truly, was a wondrous fact, given to the world through the Church. Where and how could mere science have attained such knowledge? And yet this said science was forthwith busy with difficulties, and brought on a controversy that required all the bracing up of true