"I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other…"

"And behold, how oft you have transgressed the commandments and the laws of God, and have gone on in the persuasions of men."

"I am not a sectarian, but a lover of truth."

"I calculate to be one of the instruments of setting up the kingdom of Daniel."

"I have learned for myself that God is a God of order, and not of confusion."