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Journal of Discourses

Charles W. Penrose in the Journal of Discourses

All 21 of his sermons, 1880 to 1886 — what he returned to, and where each one is printed.

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Apostle, counsellor in the First Presidency, editor of the Deseret News, and the writer of several hymns still sung, among them "O Ye Mountains High".

21 sermons by Charles W. Penrose appear in the Journal of Discourses — 1.5% of the whole series — printed across 7 volumes, 1880 to 1886. That makes him the 13th most-printed speaker in the Journal.

Sermons by Charles W. Penrose, per volume
20 — 3 sermons2021 — 5 sermons52122 — 4 sermons2223 — 2 sermons2324 — 3 sermons2425 — 3 sermons2526 — 1 sermons26

In his own words

The tables below say what Charles W. Penrose preached about. This is what it sounded like.

The spirit which God has been pleased to pour out upon us in some degree opens our minds to a comprehension of these same things. When we take up the Bible or the Book of Mormon and read of the restitution to come, we can see it as the prophets saw it; for the same spirit that rested upon Isaiah and Jeremiah and upon Nephi and Moroni and others of the prophets that lived upon this continent, rests upon the people of God in these latter days. The same evidences are open to our vision, and we know as sure as we know that God lives that the day is close at hand when those events spoken of will transpire upon the earth.

Charles W. Penrose, The Work of Restitution of All Things—Futility of the Efforts of Its Opponents—Should Not Cherish Animosity to Enemies, Journal of Discourses, Volume 20

What he returned to

Every speaker in the Journal preaches on faith, repentance and the gathering. These are the subjects Charles W. Penrose raised more often than the Journal does as a whole — the ones that distinguish his preaching from the rest of the series.

Subjects raised more often than the Journal average
SubjectSermonsShare of his sermonsvs. Journal average
Second Coming of Jesus Christ419%17.0×
Christian Denominations314%17.0×
Divine Revelation419%14.3×
Millennial Kingdom314%10.2×
Remission of Sins524%4.9×
Spiritual Gifts733%4.7×
Celestial Marriage314%4.2×
Atonement524%4.0×

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.

VolumeYearTitle
Volume 201880Remarks on Union
Volume 201880Definite Ideas Concerning God—How to Worship Him Acceptably—Restoration of the Gospel—Its Preparatory Mission
Volume 201880The Work of Restitution of All Things—Futility of the Efforts of Its Opponents—Should Not Cherish Animosity to Enemies
Volume 211881The Word of the Lord to the Church Given Through the Authorities—Authorities Should Be Sustained—Powers of the Priesthood—Sphere of Woman
Volume 211881Insufficiency of Mere Belief in Christ—Extent and Application of the Atonement—Necessity of Divine Authority to Enable Man to Administer the Gospel—Joseph Smith Called of God
Volume 211881Difference Between the Latter-Day Saints and All Other Professing Christians
Volume 211881The Inspiration of the Lord's Servants—Revelation—The Resurrection, Etc
Volume 211881The Gospel—A Practical and Comprehensive Religion, and the Means of Eternal Exaltation
Volume 221882The Spirit of Revelation and Its Operations
Volume 221882Partaking of the Lord's Supper, Etc
Volume 221882Divisions of Modern Christendom—Effects of Sectarian Proselytism, Etc
Volume 221882The Testimony of the Gospel, Etc
Volume 231883How to Find Out God—How Man May Know Himself—Necessity of Divine Revelation—How and By What Means Received—Testimony of the Latter-Day Saints—The Nature and Origin of Man—His Mortal Experience and Its Purpose—The Fate of the Wicked—The Lot of the Righteous—Eternal Life and How It May Be Attained
Volume 231883Revealed Religion and Man-Made Methods of Worship—Only One True and Acceptable Way to Worship God—Ancient and Modern Revelations Corroborate Each Other—God's Spirit the Light and Life of the Whole World—Men Generally Choose Darkness Rather Than Light—The Coming Forth of the Light in the Latter Days—Joseph Smith and His Doctrines—The Speaker's Personal Experience—The Operations of the Spirit—The Way to Obtain Knowledge From God—The Neces
Volume 241884The Church of Christ—Churches of Men—Conflicting Ideas—True Sources of Learning—Oneness Explained—Only One True Religion—"Probation After Death"—Ideas of Hell Changing—Different Degrees of Glory—Work for the Dead—Completeness and Simplicity of the Gospel
Volume 241884Prophecies Relating to Our Day—Apostasy Foretold—God's Work Reestablished—Restoration of the Gospel—Modern Revelation Opposed By Preachers—Unwarranted in Declaring that the Canon of Scripture is Full—Man By Searching Cannot Find Out God—But One True Gospel—Effect of the Gospel in the Days of the Apostles—How the Gospel Was Restored—How It is Being Preached—A Gathering Dispensation—Opposition to the Work of God—Destiny
Volume 241884Elders Always Ready for Duty—No Salaried Preachers in the Church—No Compulsion in the Work of the Elders—The Liberty of Law—Sin Brings Its Penalties, Righteousness a Sure Reward—Assumption of Divine Authority—Restoration of the Ancient Priesthood—Religion in Politics—The Secret Ballot—The One-Man-Power—The Liquor Traffic—Civil and Religious Freedom for All—The Effects of this Work on the World
Volume 251885Sincerity Alone not Sufficient—the Gathering Foretold—Inspired Writings Not All Contained in the Bible—Province of the Holy Ghost—The Reformers—Confusion of Sects—Apostate Condition of the World Foretold—How the Apostles Were Sent Out—Authority Required—What the Saints Should Do—Opposition to the Gospel, Ancient and Modern—Testimony
Volume 251885Religious Liberty Guaranteed By the Constitution—Not Mere Freedom of Belief—Where the Line Should Be Drawn—Natural Rights Must Be Protected—Danger of Special Legislation—Object of the Gathering of the Saints—Establishment of God's Kingdom—Literal Fulfillment of Prophecy—Restoration of the Christian Church—Authority of the Priesthood—Lack of Divine Authority—Proofs of the Divine Mission of the Latter-Day Saints—Plural Marriag
Volume 251885A Privilege to Meet to Worship God—This Church Ordained of God—All Other Churches and Societies the Work of Man—Human Institutions of Every Kind Will Pass Away—Only that Which God Sets Up Will Endure—The Ancient Christian Church—the Apostate Church of Rome—The Various Man-Made Creeds—Lack of Divine Authority—The True Church Restored—Religion in Politics—God's Right to Control in All Things—The Agency of Man and the Authority
Volume 261886The Personality of God—Vagueness of the Common Idea of Deity—Who and What God Is—The Spirits of Men the Offspring of God—Spirit not Immaterial—The Trinity Creed of Christendom—Man May Become Like God in His Glory

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