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Heber C. Kimball in the Journal of Discourses

All 111 of his sermons, 1854 to 1869 — what he returned to, and where each one is printed.

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First counsellor to Brigham Young for twenty years, and one of the apostles who opened the British mission in 1837. His preaching is the bluntest in the Journal.

111 sermons by Heber C. Kimball appear in the Journal of Discourses — 7.8% of the whole series — printed across 12 volumes, 1854 to 1869. That makes him the 4th most-printed speaker in the Journal.

Sermons by Heber C. Kimball, per volume
1 — 6 sermons12 — 7 sermons23 — 10 sermons34 — 20 sermons2045 — 12 sermons56 — 9 sermons67 — 6 sermons78 — 16 sermons89 — 14 sermons910 — 6 sermons1011 — 4 sermons1112 — 1 sermons12

In his own words

The tables below say what Heber C. Kimball preached about. This is what it sounded like.

Tell about loving God and His people! If you do not love the man that leads you, you do not love that Being who confers all the blessings and privileges we enjoy. Tell about loving God, and not love the men that lead you! Get out with your nonsense. Will that apply to the Elders? Yes, and to the Seventies, the High Priests, Bishops, Teachers, and all men. Any further? Yes, it applies to you ladies, in your family capacity. You have not any priesthood, only in connection with your husbands. You suppose that you receive the priesthood when you receive your endowments; but the priesthood is on your husbands. Can you honor God and the Priesthood, and abuse your husbands like the Devil? How can you honor the Priesthood, except you honor the man you are connected with? I am talking about good men: I will not in this connection say any thing about bad men. How can you honor the Priesthood, except you honor the one you are connected with?

Heber C. Kimball, The Latter-Day Kingdom—Men not to Be Governed By Their Wives—Love to God Manifested By Love to His Servants, Journal of Discourses, Volume 5

What he returned to

Every speaker in the Journal preaches on faith, repentance and the gathering. These are the subjects Heber C. Kimball 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
Grain Storage1413%6.2×
Lying55%5.8×
Faith and Works1211%5.7×
Restitution65%5.5×
Temple Endowment87%5.4×
Iron County55%5.4×
Hell98%5.3×
Food Storage1715%5.1×

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 11854Believing the Bible—the Gospel—Persecution—Spirit-Rapping, Etc
Volume 11854Materials for the Temple—The Clay and the Potter
Volume 11854Blessings of Faithfulness—Education of Children—President Brigham Young—The Clay and the Potter
Volume 11854Funeral Address
Volume 11854Going South—Building the Temple—Murmurers
Volume 11854Condition of the People—Control of the Body—Individual Responsibility—Heaven and Hell—Building a Temple
Volume 21855A Prayer
Volume 21855Union of the Saints—Authority of the Priesthood—Power of God—Obedience—The Urim and Thummim, Etc
Volume 21855Obedience—The Spirit World—The Potter and the Clay
Volume 21855Contentment—Home Manufactures—The Priesthood—Tithing—Gathering—Building Up Zion—Purification
Volume 21855Obedience—The Priesthood—Spiritual Communication—The Saints and the World
Volume 21855The Power of the Gospel
Volume 21855Privileges and Duties of the Saints
Volume 31856Exhortation to Faithfulness
Volume 31856Education—The Resurrection—The World of Spirits
Volume 31856Iniquity—Saints Living Their Religion—Early Marriages
Volume 31856Rebuking Iniquity—The Potter and the Clay—a Dream
Volume 31856The Necessity of a Living Priesthood—The Utah Legislature
Volume 31856Elders Called to Go on Missions—Existence of Good and Evil Spirits, and of Holy Angels
Volume 31856Wickedness Among the Saints—The Day of Purification at Hand—Elders Called to Go on Missions
Volume 31856The Devil to Be Cast Out of the Earth—The Emigration Fund—Exhortation to Bishops—Laying Up Stores Against a Time of Need
Volume 31856Those Saints Who Have not Seen the Wickedness of the World Cannot Appreciate Their Blessings—Be Just in All Things—The Evil Results of not Listening to Counsel
Volume 31856Men Must Save Themselves—No One Can Enjoy the Blessings of the Gospel and Pursue a Wicked Course—Necessity of Obedience
Volume 41857The Saints Should Prepare for Future Emergencies—Evil Spirits—Their Power and Organization—The Chain of the Priesthood—Angels Are Ministering Spirits
Volume 41857Application of the Words of Helaman to the Condition of the Latter-day Saints
Volume 41857Effects of a Murmuring Spirit—Companies on the Plains—Those Who Enter Heaven Have to Pass the Inspection of the First Presidency
Volume 41857Persons Not to Be Baptized Until They Repent and Make Restitution—All Sin to Be Repented of Before Partaking of the Sacrament, Etc
Volume 41857The Emigrant Saints—Children More Susceptible of Tuition Than Adults
Volume 41857Emigration—The Saints Warned to Repent or Judgments Will Come Upon Them
Volume 41857God is Our Father; Joseph Smith His Representative on the Earth; Brigham Young Joseph's Legal Successor—Call for Teams to Meet the Emigrants
Volume 41857Remarks at the Funeral of President Jedediah M. Grant
Volume 41857Reformation—A Test at Hand to Prove the Saints
Volume 41857The Body of Christ—Parable of the Vine—A Wild Enthusiastic Spirit not of God—The Saints Should not Unwisely Expose Each Others' Follies
Volume 41857The Presidency—The Continuance of the Head With the Body Depends on the Faithfulness of the Members—Men When They Die Cannot Take Their Earthly Possessions With Them—Elders Going on Missions With Handcarts—The Vineyard, a Parable
Volume 41857The Ax that is Laid at the Root of the Tree—Regeneration—Products of Polygamy, a Numerous Offspring, Etc
Volume 41857Obedience Produces Confidence—Consecration—Concentration of Interests—Etc
Volume 41857Departed Spirits Continue With the Dispositions They Possessed on Earth—The Order and Necessary Unity of the Priesthood Illustrated—Counsel to the Married
Volume 41857The "Deseret News," Its Value—Worth and Virtue of Sacred Relics—Resurrection—Confidence in Our Leaders
Volume 41857Journey to the North—Folly of Expecting to Sit at Ease in Zion—Progression—The Nations Under God's Control—Prosperity of the Saints—Power of Brigham Young—The Gospel Alphabet
Volume 41857Utility of Correction—Necessity of Living Our Religion—Our Own Character Affecting Posterity—The Saints Blessed Above All Other People—Result of Rebellion Against Authority, Etc
Volume 41857The Fountain of Truth and the Fountain of Lies—The Work of God Cannot Be Impeded—Oneness in the Priesthood—Election—Self-Justification—Spirit of Humility
Volume 41857Opposition to the Priesthood, Etc
Volume 41857Limits of Forbearance—Apostates—Economy—Giving Endowments
Volume 51858Divine Mission of Joseph Smith—Stability of Mormonism—The Saints' Enemies Yet to Come to Them for Succor—Home Manufacture—Distress of Nations
Volume 51858Temple and Endowments—Raising Grain and Building Storehouses—Dedication
Volume 51858The Latter-Day Kingdom—Men not to Be Governed By Their Wives—Love to God Manifested By Love to His Servants
Volume 51858Oneness of the Priesthood—Impossibility of Obliterating Mormonism—Gospel Ordinances—Depopulation of the Human Species—The Coming Famine, Etc
Volume 51858Organization—Destruction of Zion's Enemies—Oneness of Spirit in the Priesthood, Etc
Volume 51858Correction—Appointment of Governor—"Our Own Name"—The Coming Test, Etc
Volume 51858Faith in the Priesthood—Fruits of Faith—Laying Up Grain—Gleaning—The Holy Ghost—Tree of Life, Etc
Volume 51858Reformation—Satisfaction Should Be Made to Parties Aggrieved—Practical Religion, &c
Volume 51858Union of the Priesthood—Salvation of the American Nation—Punishment of the Saints' Enemies, Etc
Volume 51858Possession of the One Spirit—Blessings Pertaining to the Righteous—Trial of the Saints, Etc
Volume 51858Spiritual Dissolution—Ignorance of the World
Volume 51858Divine Communications to the People Through Their Leaders—Peace the Result of Obedience—Prosperity of The Saints
Volume 61859Truth, Life, and Light—God Acts Through Agents—Obedience Produces Knowledge, Which Supersedes Faith—The Spirit of Man—Revelation and Obedience Thereto, Etc
Volume 61859Shedding Blood—God's Provision for His Saints
Volume 61859Faith and Works—Submission to Authority—The Lord's Provision for His Saints, Etc
Volume 61859Union—Light of the Spirit—Capabilities of the Saints to Provide for Their Own Wants, Etc
Volume 61859Advancement in Gospel Principles—Order, Unity, and Authority of the Priesthood, Etc
Volume 61859Enmity of Sectarian Priests Towards the Saints—Economy—Home Manufactures, Etc
Volume 61859Increase in Saving Principles—Dedication—Home Produce and Manufacture, Etc
Volume 61859Instructions and Counsel to Departing Missionaries
Volume 61859Discernment—Importance and Necessity of Being Tested—Honesty of Conduct—Faithfulness—Discipline, Etc
Volume 71860Sanctification
Volume 71860Adherence to "Mormonism"—Perpetual Emigration Fund
Volume 71860Inspiration—Importance of Heeding the Revelations of God, Etc
Volume 71860Greater Responsibilities of Those Who Know the Truth, &c
Volume 71860Oneness, &c
Volume 71860Oneness of the Priesthood—Independence of Zion—Time and Eternity—Evil Habits and Practices, &c
Volume 81861Trials of the Saints, &c
Volume 81861Temporal Salvation
Volume 81861Practical Religion
Volume 81861Practical Religion
Volume 81861The Gospel Commission, &c
Volume 81861Gospel of Salvation, &c
Volume 81861Blessings
Volume 81861Blessings
Volume 81861Restoration of the Dead, &c
Volume 81861Improvement, &c
Volume 81861Principles of the Gospel—Consequences of Their Rejection
Volume 81861The Latter-day Kingdom—Connections of the Priesthood—Temporal Salvation, &c
Volume 81861Evil Habits and Practices, &c
Volume 81861Establishment of the Kingdom of God, &c
Volume 81861Unity—Commandments of God, Etc
Volume 81861Gathering of the People of God in The Last Days—Return to Jackson County, &c
Volume 91862Spirit of Unity—Independence of Zion, &c
Volume 91862Appreciation of Divine Gifts and Blessings—Return to Jackson County—Encouragement of Home Manufactures
Volume 91862Submission to Reproof, &c
Volume 91862Cultivation of the Spirit of Truth—Trials of the Church, &c
Volume 91862Salvation By Works
Volume 91862Observance of the Commandments of God
Volume 91862Living Our Religion—Obedience to Counsel
Volume 91862Obedience to the Commandments and Revelations of God
Volume 91862Early Persecutions—Certain Retribution
Volume 91862Building of the Temple—Necessity of Union
Volume 91862Necessity of the Saints Possessing the Spirit of Revelation
Volume 91862Proclamation of the Gospel to the Dead—Exhortation to Improvements
Volume 91862The Course the Saints Should Pursue and the Spirit They Should Cultivate
Volume 91862Gathering the Poor—Prosperity of the Gathered Saints—Home Manufactures
Volume 101865Practical Religion—Instruction to Elders Going on Missions
Volume 101865Our Duties to God Paramount to All Other Obligations—Danger of Speculation
Volume 101865How to Gain Eternal Life—the Gathering of the Saints and the Agency By Which It is to Be Accomplished—Angels—Who and What Are They
Volume 101865Building the Temple—Endowments—Counsel to Missionaries, Etc
Volume 101865Advancement of the Saints—Unity of the Temporal and Spiritual Interests of the People—Faith and Works Inseparably Connected, Etc
Volume 101865The Young Missionaries—Increasing Unbelief of the People of the World—Teachings of Jesus and His Disciples, Etc
Volume 111867Men Ought to Practice What They Teach—Necessity of Faithfulness on the Part of the Saints—the Young Ought to Live Their Religion—Blessings Received Through the Exercise of Faith
Volume 111867Eternity of the Kingdom of God—Continued Faithfulness of the Saints—Honesty to Be Practiced By Them
Volume 111867Others' Sins No Justification of Ours
Volume 111867Blessings Secured By Faithfulness
Volume 121869Forbearance to Each Other—Necessity of Reading the Bible and Book of Mormon—Counsel to the Young Brethren

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