In ancient times, among the people of God, there was what was called the Order of Enoch. … Under this order, we are told, the people had all things in common; there were no rich and there were no poor among them. In those blessed times, you would not see one family enjoying every comfort, riding in carriages, well clothed, well educated and well fed, and doing little or no labor, while some of their neighbors were in poverty and ignorance, and had to toil hard every day. A sight of this kind could not be seen, for the gospel had made such advances amongst them, that God’s people were equal in earthly as well as heavenly things. Now, among the Latter-day Saints, all are equal in heavenly things, or may be so; there is nothing to hinder. The knowledge of the gifts, graces and sanctifying power of the gospel does not depend upon how much or how little of this world’s goods a man or woman may possession; but it is not so with education and refinement – these things are not within the reach of the poor, for they can not be enjoyed without wealth. But the gospel of Jesus Christ is the same in every age, and its effects are always the same when it is permitted to have full sway over those who obey it. It will bring about as great changes and results among the Latter-day Saints as soon as they will let it do so, as among any people who ever received it.

– Juvenile Instructor (presumably George Q. Cannon), 1872