Journal of Discourses

Public sermons by Mormon leaders from 1851-1886
“The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have more than one wife, but Mary the wife of Joseph had another husband. On this account infidels have called the Savior a bastard. This is merely a human opinion upon one of the inscrutable doings of the Almighty. That very babe that was cradled in the manger, was begotten, not by Joseph, the husband of Mary, but by another Being.”
Portrait of Brigham YoungBrigham Young, August 19, 1866 · Delegate Hooper—Beneficial Effects of Polygamy—Final Redemption of Cain · JD 11:266-272