Paul had said that in heaven there would be no marriage or giving in marriage, but Joseph taught that this would not apply to his Saints. That which he and his elders sealed on earth would be binding also in heaven. There a man would have not only his wives and children, but also the prerogative of procreating more, until, as he expressed it to Parley Pratt, “the result of our endless union would be offspring as numerous as- *Manuscript entitled The Peacemaker, or the Doctrines of the Millennium, bring c treatise on religion and jurisprudence, or a new system of religion and politicks (Nau.
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