Do you feel that Brigham Young make thing by recalling all the Mormons from the San Bernardino "Calif. Colony" in 1857 and why? I'm interested in having a thoughtful dialog on this MOST intriguing question.
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It's not quite clear just what you are asking. - I do think the recall made sense in several respects. 1) The California colony was in relatively close proximity to non LDS communities, with the potential to develop the same conflicts that had already occurred in the east. Time, and a lack of conflict was needed while the world learned to see the church as a harmless, if strange, new sect, and not as a religious, political, and possibly military threat to their neighbors. 2) Additional manpower in the Salt Lake valley allowed the more rapid development of a viable community. 3) The essentially isolated location allowed the new converts to become familiar with all the beliefs of their new church, and to become comfortable with them without outside influences pressuring them to quit. 4) Concentrating the people in this single location allowed the leadership of the church to reach and teach all the new members to develop a solid core of believers, and a nucleus from which the church could later spread. A difficult task otherwise, in an age when long distance travel and communication were slow and awkward at best.
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