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
A year later he led a band of converts to Kirtland, Ohio. He proved his mass of qualities throughout his lifetime Young remained handsome and virile throughout most of his long life. However, his place in history is secure. Washington: National Geographic SocietyThe Latter Day Saints, by Mullen, RobertQuicksand and Cactus, by Brooks, JuanitaAcross the Continent, by Samuel, BowlesWebster's American Biographies, ed. And in later life, the quest for material gain and personal pleasure dominated Young's thinking. Under the direction of Smith and Young the Mormon people were safe from prosecution temporarily. On the other hand, he was a man of violence who boldly and repeatedly preached holy war against non-Mormons. 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. After the Utah Territorial Act of 1850, Young became the first governor of the territory. Praised by nearly four million Mormons, he will survive as long as the religion he saved endures. After a bitter struggle with several rivals, Young took over leadership of the church. After all he only had eleven days of formal education showing that he was a man of great common sense. As church leader Young decided that the Mormons could not live within American society and that western migration was necessary. He was five-feet ten-inches tall and possessed an unusually powerful frame.
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