John D. Lee said Brigham was questioned about Adam being "all the God that we have to do," which some considered a "stumbling block."

Date
Feb 3, 1861
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
John Doyle Lee
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reprint
Reference

John D. Lee, Journal, February 3, 1861, in A Mormon Chronicle: The Diaries of John D. Lee 1848-1876, ed. Robert Glass Cleland and Juanita Brooks, 2 vols. (San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1955), 1:293

Scribe/Publisher
John Doyle Lee, Huntington Library
People
Brigham Young, John Doyle Lee, Adam
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Evening I attended Prayer meeting & instruct the Saints on the points of Doctrine referred to by the true Latter-day Saints Herald & their Bombarding Pres. B. Young for saying that Adam is all the God that we have to do with & those that know no better, it is quite a stumbling Block & all Enemies to the cause.

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