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Question: What did early Mormon leaders think of Christians?
Question: What did early Mormon leaders think of Christians?
George A. Smith: "Christian sympathy was not very strong for the Latter-day Saints. But we feel very thankful to those who did contribute..."
George A. Smith's comments indicate that there was not a general condemnation of Christianity:
Christian sympathy was not very strong for the Latter-day Saints. But we feel very thankful to those who did contribute, and shall ever remember with kindness their generosity towards the Saints. (George A. Smith, Journal of Discourses 13:123)
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