"I consider that the Lord requires this at the hand of every man and woman in Israel, every Latter-day Saint, that we first obtain the Holy Spirit [and] then bring forth the fruits of it unto salvation. Then you will see this people keep their covenants and obey the commandments of God; this is the duty of all of us, and we should live our religion and follow its dictates.

"When this is done you will see this people awake and bring forth works of righteousness, then they will have faith and they will have power, and rise up and the power and glory of God will be made manifest through such instruments as the Lord has chosen in this dispensation upon the earth, into whose hands he has committed the Holy Priesthood” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, p. 157).