
I say Jesus could not be held in Palestine, the mountains, nor the rolling seas had not power to stay his progress, for he had told his disciples, while he was yet living, that he had other sheep which were not of that fold, and said he, “They shall hear my voice.” In fulfilment of this, and according to the nature of his grand commission, the Saviour of the whole world, not half of it, in his glorified body, showed himself to the Nephites in America, and bestowed upon them the Priesthood, with all its gifts and qualifications, that same glorious Gospel that he had just before given to his Prophets and Apostles at Jerusalem.
The First Principles of the Gospel. Discourse by Elder Parley P. Pratt, 1855
in: Journal of Discourses delivered by President Brigham Young, his two counsellors, the twelve apostles, and others. Volume IX. 1862