John Findley
Remember when a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper asked polygamous sect leader Warren S. Jeffs for some identification after stopping his vehicle in August 2006?
Jeffs handed him a receipt for eye glasses for a ''John Findley.''
Some of his followers probably chuckled -- quietly, of course, since outright laughter is discouraged -- when they heard that. Here is why.
On Oct. 1, 1978, former FLDS prophet Leroy S. Johnson gave a sermon during Sunday services in Colorado City, Ariz. The much beloved Johnson acknowledged he had shut his eyes during some talks, but said he had been listening intently. He then gave a lengthy speech that touched on many topics: teaching children right from wrong, the need for the people to be united, to love their neighbors, think good thoughts, study the scriptures.
He chided the people a little, saying they weren't listening hard enough to the word of God. Some people, particularly the young, ''care very little for the words of the servants of God,'' he said. They say: ''I have heard that stuff all my life.''
And then Johnson told a little story:
''We were going to Conference many years ago, before I knew anything about where the Priesthood was, or that it had been taken away from the Church, and we saw an old man sitting on the store steps. I was walking with Apostle Anthony W. Ivins, and we passed by this man.
''The Apostle said, 'Come on, John, let's go to meeting.' His name was John Findley.
''Oh,' he said, 'If you had something new to give me, I would go, but it's all the same old stuff over and over again.'
''He had a little conference of his own with a few of his friends that would gather around him, but we went on and held our conference. . . .''
So there you have it. John Findley.
Jeffs handed him a receipt for eye glasses for a ''John Findley.''
Some of his followers probably chuckled -- quietly, of course, since outright laughter is discouraged -- when they heard that. Here is why.
On Oct. 1, 1978, former FLDS prophet Leroy S. Johnson gave a sermon during Sunday services in Colorado City, Ariz. The much beloved Johnson acknowledged he had shut his eyes during some talks, but said he had been listening intently. He then gave a lengthy speech that touched on many topics: teaching children right from wrong, the need for the people to be united, to love their neighbors, think good thoughts, study the scriptures.
He chided the people a little, saying they weren't listening hard enough to the word of God. Some people, particularly the young, ''care very little for the words of the servants of God,'' he said. They say: ''I have heard that stuff all my life.''
And then Johnson told a little story:
''We were going to Conference many years ago, before I knew anything about where the Priesthood was, or that it had been taken away from the Church, and we saw an old man sitting on the store steps. I was walking with Apostle Anthony W. Ivins, and we passed by this man.
''The Apostle said, 'Come on, John, let's go to meeting.' His name was John Findley.
''Oh,' he said, 'If you had something new to give me, I would go, but it's all the same old stuff over and over again.'
''He had a little conference of his own with a few of his friends that would gather around him, but we went on and held our conference. . . .''
So there you have it. John Findley.
Labels: Leroy S. Johnson, Warren Jeffs
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