160 years ago today - Oct 9, 1853 (Afternoon, Conference)

[Brigham Young Sermon] ... Nine tenths of those who come into this Church are the pure blood of Israel, the greater portion being purely of the blood of Ephraim. ... Those who are Gentiles in our midst, have numbered themselves with Israel through the ordinances of the Gospel... You will never see a man called to preside in the Priesthood of God on the earth who is not purely of the blood of Abraham. You may set every man down to be a pure descendant of Abraham, who holds a position in this Kingdom, and holds the keys of, and officiates in, the ordinances of the Holy Priesthood. Either God has not called him, or he is a pure offspring of faithful Abraham. ...

[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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  1. " ... the greater portion being purely of the blood of Ephraim. ... "

    The only people on the face of the earth who are BOTH Ephraim AND Manasseh (the 2 sons of Joseph of Egypt) are the aboriginal/indigenous people of North, Central, and South America - aka, the American Indian. The aboriginal-indigenous peoples of Asia, Australia, the Pacific Isles, Nunavut, and Greenland are the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel.

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