[The Saints] are lacking faith on
one principle—the last “cat that was let out of the bag.” Polygamy has been got
over pretty well, that cloud has vanished away, but they are troubled Adam
being our Father and God. There is a very intelligent person investigating our principles,
and who has been a great help to the Saints; he has all the works, and can get
along very well with everything else but the last “cat,” and as soon as he can
see that clearly, he will become a “Mormon.” I instructed him to write to Liverpool
on it. [Joseph Hall] Relative to the principles recently revealed, we have not
the last difficulty. If Adam’s being our Father and God cannot be proved by
the Bible, it is fall right. ("Minutes of the Special General
Conference," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 16, no. 31
[August 5, 1854]: 483, emphasis added)