Mormon History, Feb 24, 1849

[Brigham Young Sermon] President Brigham Young said that gold was the root of all evil, and that if he did not know that Brother Crow's heart was in this work, that he would say to him as he has to others, go, and when he says so he hopes never to see the faces of those poor, miserable curses again. Their hearts are upon gold and not upon this work. The necessities of a great many men are as urgent as Brother Crow's, and Brother Crow is led by his family and if he follows them, they will lead him down to hell. I know that he has a rebellious, wicked, stubborn family, and if they want to go to the gold mines, let them go, and he shall have four fold and as many children as Job and as handsome ones. President Young said that nine-tenths of those that went of f for gold would go down to hell, and bye and bye those very characters would lead mobs in as some did in Missouri. -- Salt Lake City [DJLJ 1:95]

[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]

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