Quote#Politics & Power
Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood…
Quote byBrigham Young · 1801–1877
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Journal of Discourses 18:231 (Sept. 17, 1876).
English (original)
Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State, and at last suffered death? Because he received revelations from the Father, from the Son, and was ministered to by holy angels, and published to the world the direct will of the Lord concerning his children on the earth.
— Brigham Young
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