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| Mormon Flag of the Kingdom of God |
Brigham Young tells temple congregation that Joseph Smith instructed him in the colors and design of a flag that he intends to unfurl in the "valleys that are within the Mountains." The Flag of the Kingdom of God proved to be similar to the American flag but with twelve white stars encircling one large star, and blue and white stripes. Young writes in his journal, "Such has been the anxiety manifested by the saints to receive the ordinances, and such the anxiety on our part to administer to them, that I have given myself up entirely to the work of the Lord in the Temple night and day, not taking more than four hours sleep, upon average, per day, and going home but once a week." Apostle Orson Pratt writes to Brigham Young concerning his brother fellow-apostle Parley P. Pratt: "With all the light and knowledge that he has received concerning the law of the priesthood and with all the counsels that he had received from our quorum, if he feels at liberty to go into the city of New York or elsewhere and seduce girls or females and sleep and have connexion with them contrary to the law of God, and the sacred counsels of his brethren, it is something that does not concern me as an individual. And if my quorum and the church can fellowship him, I shall find no fault with him, but leave it between him, the church, and God."
[source: Advent Adam website (defunct) - based on
http://amzn.to/originsofpower]
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