[Brigham Young Sermon] ... I have never particularly desired any man to testify publicly that I am a Prophet; nevertheless, if any man feels joy in doing this, he shall be blest in it. I have never said that I am not a Prophet; but, if I am not, one thing is certain, I have been very profitable to this people.
[Source: Journal of Discourses. Liverpool, England, 1853-86. 10:339-340; Deseret News. Also Deseret Evening News, Deseret News Weekly, Deseret News Semi- Weekly, and Deseret News Extra, Salt Lake City as quoted in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
See how Brigham lied. The truth was the complete reverse in that the LDS Church & its member's tithes was indeed profitable and enriching to Brigham the Embezzler, as noted below:
ReplyDeleteLess than 15 years later on Oct 4, 1879, the 3rd District Court decrees that $999,632.90.of Brigham Young's estate actually belongs to the LDS Church.
See "Brigham Young: American Moses" (1985), by Leonard J. Arrington, Appendix D, p.427.
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