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Do not reject anything because it is new or strange, and do not sneer nor jeer at what comes from the Lord, for if we do, we endanger our salvation.

Brigham Young

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Brigham Young
Age: 76 †
Born: 1801
Born: June 1
Died: 1877
Died: August 29
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