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we came up to Joseph Smith's house...

and his wife Emma

came to the door.

and his wife Emma

came to the door.

Excuse me, ma'am, is this

whereJoseph Smith lives?.

- Yes.

- We'd like to talk to him, please.

You'll find him outyonder,

the other side ofthe lake,

chopping wood.

Thankyou, ma'am.

That sounds kind offunny

for a prophet to be out swinging an ax.

- Don't seem just right.

- Prophet ought to act like a prophet.

Can't expect to build a church

ifhe acts like a farmhand.

Good morning.

How doyou do, sir?.

I'm Brigham Young.

- This is my friend Heber Kimball.

- I'm glad to meetyou.

We've come

a long ways to seeyou.

Wewant to askyou some questions

aboutyour church.

Gladly. I'd like to tell you about it.

Won'tyou sit down?.

What's this aboutyou folks

calling yourselves saints?.

Well, we believe

that any man, dead or alive...

who keeps

the Ten Commandments is a saint.

You don't pretend to be

the Lord himself, doyou?.

No. I'm just a mortal man,

same as you oryour friend here.

Well, this plan ofyours

you call the United Order,

what's that?.

It's not my plan.

It's the Lord's.

Well, whose ever it is,

what is it?.

Well, I-- I suppose

you'd call it the law of nature.

You see, it's his idea

that the land ofzion will

be sort oflike a beehive...

or like that anthill

overthere...

with everybody doing

his share ofthe work...

and getting his part

ofthe profits.

A place where everybody

will have everything

he can eat and use.

There'll be great storehouses

to keep food and things in...

There'll be great storehouses

to keep food and things in...

for the sick and the poor,

the old folks.

You see, under

a brotherhood plan I i ke that...

it'll be impossible for any one man

to pile up a lot of goods...

or have power

over his neighbors.

That'll mean there'll be

no social distinctions...

no caste,

no special privileges.

any more than, I take it,

there is in that anthill over there.

We had it once, but somehow

we've all but lost it.

We've got to get back

to it again.

Well, that--

That sounds all right.

But then there'll

always be lazy people,

ambitious people.

There'll be some honest ones

and some dishonest ones.

What I'm telling you,

Brother Brigham, is

a revelation from the Lord.

It's up to us

to work it out.

This isn't an easy religion.

Well, I'm not looking

for an easy religion.

I'm looking for one

I can bring myfamily up decent in.

Joseph.

Dinneris ready.

Won'tyou stay

and have dinnerwith us?.

( Young )

Well, thankyou. We'd be glad to.

All right.

Come on.

Now, gentlemen,

I'm not asking you to believe...

a single thing

Joseph Smith said...

but I do askyou--

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