I have not come to seek place, nor to interfere with the business and calling of those men who have borne the burden since the death of Joseph. I throw myself at your feet, and wish to be one of your number, and be a mere member of the Church, and my mere asking to be baptized is an end to all pretensions to authority.
"Report to Presidents Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards and the Authorities of the Church", statement upon requesting rebaptism in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, April 5, 1849.
