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The movie [[Specific works/September Dawn|September Dawn]] claims that Brigham Young made the following statement: | The movie [[Specific works/September Dawn|September Dawn]] claims that Brigham Young made the following statement: | ||
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− | + | FairMormon has been unable to find a legitimate source for this purported quotation from Brigham Young. The words spoken by an actor portraying Brigham Young in the movie September Dawn, an account of the Mountain Meadows massacre. This exact statement has not been attributed to a known source, and may be a paraphrase of a statement made by Young on March 2, 1856: | |
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"The time is coming when justice will be laid to the line and righteousness to the plummet; when we shall take the old broad sword and ask, "Are you for God?" and if you are not heartily on the Lord's side, you will be hewn down." ({{JDfairwiki|vol=3|disc=30|start=226}}) | "The time is coming when justice will be laid to the line and righteousness to the plummet; when we shall take the old broad sword and ask, "Are you for God?" and if you are not heartily on the Lord's side, you will be hewn down." ({{JDfairwiki|vol=3|disc=30|start=226}}) | ||
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The movie September Dawn claims that Brigham Young made the following statement:
To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, [[../CriticalSources|click here]]
FairMormon has been unable to find a legitimate source for this purported quotation from Brigham Young. The words spoken by an actor portraying Brigham Young in the movie September Dawn, an account of the Mountain Meadows massacre. This exact statement has not been attributed to a known source, and may be a paraphrase of a statement made by Young on March 2, 1856:
"The time is coming when justice will be laid to the line and righteousness to the plummet; when we shall take the old broad sword and ask, "Are you for God?" and if you are not heartily on the Lord's side, you will be hewn down." (Journal of Discourses 3:226.)
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