“Men have supposed that because the Ark rested on Ararat that the flood commenced there, or rather that it was from thence the Ark started to sail. But God in His revelations has informed us that it was on this choice land of Joseph where Adam was placed and the Garden of Eden was laid out.”George Q. Cannon, March 3, 1867 · Truth to Be Received for Its Own Sake—Impossibility of Perceiving the Things of God From a Worldly Point of View—Maternal Influence · JD 11:330-339