Brigham maintains that honesty matters more than one's ethnic origin.

Date
Dec 3, 1854
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Brigham Young, "Spiritual Gifts—Hell—The Spirit World—The Elders and the Nations—The Lamanites—The Temple," Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: F.D. Richards, 1855), 2:139

Scribe/Publisher
George D. Watt
People
Brigham Young
Audience
Latter-day Saints
Transcription

No matter whether we are Jew or Gentile, as the two classes of people are called; though Gentile signifies disobedient people; no matter whether we believe in the Koran as firmly as we now believe in the Bible; no matter whether we have been educated by the Jews, the Gentiles, or the Hottentots; whether we serve the true and the living God, or a lifeless image, if we are honest before the God we serve.

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