Journal of Discourses

George Reynolds in the Journal of Discourses

His one sermon in the series, and what it covers.

Secretary to the First Presidency, and the defendant in Reynolds v. United States (1879), the Supreme Court case that upheld the federal ban on plural marriage.

One sermon by George Reynolds appears in the Journal of Discourses, in volume 26 (1886).

In his own words

The table below says what his one sermon covers. This is what it sounded like.

Whenever the Gospel of the Son of God has been preached upon the earth, in every generation, it has brought forth antagonism from the great majority of mankind, no matter whether they professed to worship the true God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, or whether they did not. It is no more remarkable that those who call themselves Christians should oppose the Gospel of Jesus Christ in this age than it was that the Jews, who claimed to be the children of Abraham, should oppose those same principles, in that which is commonly called the Gospel dispensation, when Christ the Son of God Himself was here.

George Reynolds, The Work of the Lord in the Sandwich Islands and in New Zealand—The Inhabitants of These Islands Probably Offshoots of the Nephites and Lamanites, and Consequently of the Blood of Israel—The Gentile Nations Have Measurably Rejected the Gospel, Hence Their Disunion and Skepticism—We Can Only Be United on the Principle of Righteousness—In God is Our Only Trust—We Cannot Compromise With Evil—Our Mission is to Do Good—Causes of Opposition to the Gospel&mdash, Journal of Discourses, Volume 26

What the sermon covers

Indexed subjects, in order of how often they appear: Lehi, Opposition to the Gospel, Missionary Work, Hawaii, Mulek, Righteousness, Holy Ghost, Israelite Lineage, New Zealand, Satan, Sandwich Islands, Gentiles.

Where it sits

Volume 26 (1886) holds 40 sermons by 14 speakers, of which 1 is his. George Q. Cannon carries that volume with 9.

The Journal is overwhelmingly the work of a dozen men. The speakers who appear once or twice are the reason the series is worth indexing in full: they are printed at the same length and with the same care as the presidencies, and almost nowhere else.

Every sermon, in order

The complete list as the Journal prints it. 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.