Brigham Young
"Whenever I see a pretty woman I have to pray for grace." - a quote from the founder and first Prophet of the Mormon Church and predecessor of the Great Prophet Brigham Young. Brigham Young was a very much-disliked person in his time but was also a praised person in his religion. A practical man of enormous common sense, he marched his people to the Rockies, directed the establishment of more than 325 western towns, built railroads, constructed stores, erected factories, brought Utah tens of thousands of immigrants, and created the superbly organized and brilliantly administered missionary system that brings well over one hundred thousand new members into the Mormon church each year. Reasons Young was disliked were unlimited and vast but the most outstanding was the Mormon belief in polygamy. He had perhaps fifty-five wives and fifty-six children according to World Book Encyclopedia. Yes, Mormons are Christian and most Christian religions believe in monogamy. This caused a great upset in the present eastern states. Young was born in Whitingham, Vermont on June 1, 1801. At the age of 29, after reading Joseph Smith's The Book of Mormon , Young began a period of study and contemplation of two years and became a member of t
World Book Encyclopedia 1989. Young, Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah, August 29th 1877 at the age of 77. Young left his followers with a mixed legacy. He left a people determined to survive, to prosper, and to spread God's word but forever fearful of Satan and constantly afraid of excommunication and damnation. Never to question church doctrine or authority which has remained an unpardonable sin subject to excommunication. And left a church so rooted in anti-intellectualism that its leaders still remain suspicious of new ideas. However, his place in history is secure. Praised by nearly four million Mormons, he will survive as long as the religion he saved endures.
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