There is no regularly constituted church of Christ on earth, nor any person qualified to administer any church ordinances; nor can there be until new apostles are sent by the Great Head of the Church for whose coming I am seeking.

A statement rejecting formal sectarian organizations and claims, this has been cited to a quotation in Picturesque America by William Cullen Bryant, p. 502, first published in 1872. However, while presented as characterizing the views Williams held, and thus fairly characterizable as about Williams, that book published nearly two centuries after his death does not provide further attribution of the quote to any work published by Williams in his lifetime.