…You will find that it has not been by any act of our own that this thread has been cut; but we will now have to sustain ourselves, or we will go under. We have not desired it—we have not naturally wished for this crisis to come; but inasmuch as it has come, if the people, in the strength of Israel’s God, sustain themselves, they will be sustained.
If we are united, we are independent of the powers of hell and of the world, which terms are synonymous with me. We are now free and easy; and if we succumb to the wicked, our hearts sink within us and we sicken and die; but when my feelings are decided that we will defend ourselves against all who come here to destroy us or to oppose the establishment of truth on the earth, I feel perfectly free and light as the air. Does brother Spencer feel so? I presume that he does, and also that every Saint feels as free as the mountain breezes.
I am free and easy, and I am not concerned about having too much rest…
Be faithful; and if you are attentive to your duties, God will take care of the rest.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, September 20, 1857
John 8:44; “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”
Take special notice of the date. It was nine days after Mormons slaughtered 120 Christians who were on their way to California and had the misfortune of going through Utah.
Notice Brigham’s words. He feels as light and airy as the mountain breezes. Nice. What made him decide this group was out to ‘get them’? Greed? Pride?
Young also said they hadn’t wished for this ‘crisis’ to come, yet they instigated it! What did the Christian group of travelers do to the Mormons? Nothing, that’s what.
Brigham’s actions and his subsequent remarks about Mountain Meadows Massacre serve as a permanent reminder of his atrocious behavior and the Church’s inaction goes to show they heartily approved of it then just as they do today.
Today as we take part in remembrances of September 11, 2001, don’t forget what happened on September 11, 1857. For no reason Americans were slaughtered by a religious group built on hate.
There was no mercy in Brigham’s heart just as there wasn’t any mercy in the hearts of the Muslim terrorists 13 years ago today. Survivors then and now were left in shock as evil descended upon them in the name of a foreign god.
If you’ve not heard about the Mountain Meadows Massacre you can read about it here.