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David O. McKay (ninth prophet):
The exalted view of marriage as held by this Church is given expressly in five words found in the 49th section of the Doctrine and Covenants, "Marriage is ordained of God." That revelation was given in 1831 when Joseph Smith was only twenty-five years of age. Presiding officers in stakes, wards, quorums, and auxiliaries it is your duty and mine to uphold the lofty conception of marriage as given in this revelation and to guard against encroaching dangers that threaten to lower the standard of the ideal home.
Source: McKay, David O. Selections From the Discourses of David O. McKay: Ninth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1991. 462.