Journal of Discourses
Amasa M. Lyman in the Journal of Discourses
All 16 of his sermons, 1856 to 1867 — what he returned to, and where each one is printed.
Apostle, and later the most prominent nineteenth-century Latter-day Saint leader to be excommunicated — dropped from the Quorum of the Twelve in 1867 and cut off in 1870 after denying the necessity of the atonement.
16 sermons by Amasa M. Lyman appear in the Journal of Discourses — 1.1% of the whole series — printed across 6 volumes, 1856 to 1867.
In his own words
The tables below say what Amasa M. Lyman preached about. This is what it sounded like.
We have been told that the Lord will not plant our grain for us and cultivate our fields. We are here to learn how to do that for ourselves, if we do not know. This part of our education we have to gain, if we have not already gained it; and this will enable us to aid in the building up and development in its greatness and power of the kingdom of God. Let our labor be so applied, that when we bow down before our heavenly Father to ask him to bless anything we have or do, that we can do so consistently. Let us hoe up the weeds and enrich our fields, and ask God to give us a bountiful crop to reward our toils. We will do all we can do, and then ask God to bless that labor and leave the result with him. If your wagon has been fixed in the mud get hold of the wheel yourself and lift all you can, and then ask somebody else to help you if you need help.
Amasa M. Lyman, The Object of Gathering—the Happy Effects of Obedience to the Gospel—the Means By Which the Kingdom of God is to Be Established on the Earth, Journal of Discourses, Volume 10
What he returned to
Every speaker in the Journal preaches on faith, repentance and the gathering. These are the subjects Amasa M. Lyman raised more often than the Journal does as a whole — the ones that distinguish his preaching from the rest of the series.
| Subject | Sermons | Share of his sermons | vs. Journal average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of God | 4 | 25% | 25.5× |
| Family Relationships | 3 | 19% | 11.1× |
| Truth | 5 | 31% | 10.9× |
| Knowledge | 4 | 25% | 9.4× |
| Sin | 4 | 25% | 6.9× |
| Seventies | 3 | 19% | 5.7× |
| Marriage | 5 | 31% | 5.4× |
| Parenting | 3 | 19% | 5.3× |
Subject tags are generated by a language model reading each sermon. The comparison is against the rate for all 1,426 sermons in the Journal, so a figure of 3× means the subject appears three times as often in his sermons as in the series overall.
Every sermon, in order
The complete list as the Journal prints them. Titles are the printed titles, which routinely name four or five unrelated subjects in one line — each one links to the discourse itself at journalofdiscourses.com.
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