In a sermon
dated December 27, 1868, Orson Pratt was recorded as saying the following. Note
how he was not dogmatic about the location of the Garden of Eden:
The very first man who had dominion on the
face el the earth, under the direction of the Heavens, once dwelt on this Continent.
His name was Adam. Whether his first residence was on this land, whether the
garden that was planted for his occupation was on this Continent, or some
other, is not revealed in any written or printed revelation. But he certainly
did, in the course of his lifetime, either from this being his native land, or
by emigration, actually come in possession of this part of the globe; and a
large settlement was formed, and the righteous who lived before the flood
inherited it, and no doubt, left their blessing on the land. (JOD 12:338)
