George Q. Cannon articulates premortal designation for lineage.
George Q. Cannon, "President George Q. Cannon," Deseret Evening News, April 14, 1894, 9
My brethren and sisters, I have this belief concerning us: that it was arranged before we came here how we should come, and through what lineage we should come. We were not born of the seed of Ham; we were not born of some questionable race.