“Those men who laid the foundation of this American government and signed the Declaration of Independence were the best spirits the God of heaven could find on the face of the earth. They were choice spirits, not wicked men. General Washington and all the men that labored for the purpose were inspired of the Lord. … Every one of those men that signed the Declaration of Independence, with General Washington, called upon me, as an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ … two consecutive nights, and demanded at my hands that I should go forth and attend to the ordinances of the House of God for them” (Woodruff, in Conference Report, Apr. 1898, 89).