George Q. Cannon records Lorenzo Snow teaching that he saw Joseph and other leaders of the Church "do things which I did not approve of" and yet still believed that they were inspired of God.
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George Q. Cannon, Journal, January 7, 1898, in Leonard J. Arrington, Adventures of a Church Historian (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998), 4
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I saw Joseph Smith the Prophet do things which I did not approve of; and yet . . . I thanked God that He would put upon a man who had these imperfections the power and authority which He placed upon him . . . for I knew I myself had weaknesses and I thought there was a chance for me. These same weaknesses . . . I knew were in Heber C. Kimball, but my knowing this did not impair them in my estimation. I thanked God I saw these imperfection.
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