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John Taylor in the Journal of Discourses

All 163 of his sermons, 1854 to 1886 — what he returned to, and where each one is printed.

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Third president of the church. He was wounded in the attack at Carthage Jail that killed Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and led the church from 1880 until his death in 1887, much of it in hiding from federal marshals.

163 sermons by John Taylor appear in the Journal of Discourses — 11.4% of the whole series — printed across 23 volumes, 1854 to 1886. That makes him the 2nd most-printed speaker in the Journal.

Sermons by John Taylor, per volume
1 — 4 sermons12 — 0 sermons3 — 0 sermons34 — 0 sermons5 — 5 sermons56 — 4 sermons7 — 4 sermons78 — 2 sermons9 — 4 sermons910 — 7 sermons11 — 9 sermons1112 — 5 sermons13 — 2 sermons1314 — 6 sermons15 — 6 sermons1516 — 3 sermons17 — 7 sermons1718 — 8 sermons19 — 11 sermons1920 — 16 sermons1621 — 13 sermons2122 — 13 sermons23 — 11 sermons2324 — 9 sermons25 — 6 sermons2526 — 8 sermons26

In his own words

The tables below say what John Taylor preached about. This is what it sounded like.

Through some remarks already made I am reminded of my boyhood. At that early period of my life I learned to approach God. Many a time I have gone into the fields and concealing myself behind some bush, would bow before the Lord and call upon him to guide and direct me. And he heard my prayer. At times I would get other boys to accompany me. It would not hurt you, boys and girls, to call upon the Lord in your secret places, as I did. That was the spirit which I had when a little boy. And God has led me from one thing to another. But I did not have the privilege that you have. There was nobody to teach me, while you have access to good men at any time who can direct you in the way of life and salvation. But my spirit was drawn out after God then; and I feel the same yet.

John Taylor, The Building Up of Zion—Gratitude to God, Enduring Trial, Etc, Journal of Discourses, Volume 22

What he returned to

Every speaker in the Journal preaches on faith, repentance and the gathering. These are the subjects John Taylor 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
Mutual Improvement Associations127%6.2×
Job64%5.2×
Relief Society1811%5.1×
Church Governance106%4.9×
Logan Temple85%4.7×
Dispensation of the Fulness of Times1610%4.1×
Flood85%4.1×
Sunday Schools85%4.1×

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 11854Elder John Taylor's Mission to Europe in 1849-1852
Volume 11854Motives and Feelings of the Saints—Experience Necessary—The State of the World—Infidels—Religions and Works of Men, and the Religion and Works of God—Truth and Salvation
Volume 11854Legitimacy and Illegitimacy
Volume 11854Men Eternal Beings—Darkness, Ignorance, and Weakness of the World—Privileges of the Saints
Volume 51858Difference Between The Spirit of Zion and the Spirit of The World—Doings in The States, Etc
Volume 51858Ignorance and Low Condition of the World—Past Experience, Present Position, and Future Prospects of the Saints
Volume 51858The Rights of Mormonism
Volume 51858Communism—Sectarianism—The Gospel and Its Effects, Etc
Volume 51858Education—Revelation, Obedience, Etc
Volume 61859"The Kingdom of God or Nothing."
Volume 61859The Saints' Need of the Spirit—The Priesthood—Vitality and Growth of the Work of God—Accomplishment of God's Purposes and Designs, Etc
Volume 61859Blessings of the Saints—Hindrances to Progress—Object and Benefit of Trials—Acknowledgment of God's Hand, Spirit, and Priesthood, Etc
Volume 61859Condition of the World, &c
Volume 71860The People of God in All Ages Led By One Spirit, and Subject to Persecution—Condition of the World
Volume 71860Trials, Etc
Volume 71860Union, Etc
Volume 71860The Gospel
Volume 81861Man
Volume 81861Professions of the Saints—Trust in God—Man the Founder of His Destiny, &c
Volume 91862Union—Human and Divine Government, Etc
Volume 91862Safety of the Saints at Home—Contrast of Their Position With that of the United States
Volume 91862Weakness of Human Governments—Potency of the Kingdom of God
Volume 91862Knowledge and Power—Progress of the Saints in Regard to Those Principles
Volume 101865Power Accompanying the Faithful Elders
Volume 101865Vastness of the Wisdom and Intelligence of God—Impotency of Man to Govern Righteously
Volume 101865Reflections on the Sacrament, the Atonement and the Second Coming of Jesus
Volume 101865The Discord and Wars Among Christian Nations Contrasted With the Unity of the Saints
Volume 101865The Blessings the Saints Will Enjoy—How the Kingdom of God is to Be Established—Building Temples, Tabernacles, and Houses—Gathering the Poor
Volume 101865The Confidence of the Saints in the Ultimate Triumph of the Kingdom of God—the Condition of the Nations
Volume 101865Temporal and Spiritual Affairs—God the Source of All Intelligence—the Governments of the Earth—The Hand of God to Be Acknowledged in All Things, Etc
Volume 111867Blessings of the Gospel Contrasted With the Ideas of Men—Evidence Received Through Obedience—Mode By Which the Spirit is Imparted and Unity of the Saints—Their Confidence With Reference to the Future of the Church—Ultimate Establishment of the Government of God on Earth
Volume 111867Different Ideas of Nations in Regard to Government—Views of the Latter-Day Saints: Their Philanthropy—Reformation Effected By Them—Liberty of Conscience Allowed to All
Volume 111867God the Source of All Intelligence and Wisdom—Man a Natural and Spiritual Being—Mysterious Nature of His Senses and Faculties—Men to Be Judged By the Register Within Themselves
Volume 111867Religious Ideas of the World Contrasted With Those of the Saints—Loyalty of the Saints to the Constitution—Persecutions They Have Endured—Prophecy in the Church
Volume 111867Revelation From God, True Knowledge
Volume 111867Our Religion is From God
Volume 111867The Limited Wisdom of Man in Comparison to the Fulness of God's Wisdom—What is True Philosophy?
Volume 111867The Complete Difference Between the Saints and the World
Volume 111867Political and Social Economy
Volume 121869Instructions to Missionaries
Volume 121869Trip to Southern Utah—The Works and Faith of the Saints
Volume 121869Condition of the World and of the Saints—God Has Commenced to Regenerate the World By Revealing the Gospel: Its Purity and Its Union—President Young a Benefactor to the Human Family
Volume 121869Good Spirit of the People South
Volume 121869The Death of President Heber C. Kimball
Volume 131871Religious Confliction in the World—The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Volume 131871How to Know the Things of God
Volume 141872The Holy Spirit—The Knowledge Brought By Obedience to the Gospel—The Labors of the Elders
Volume 141872The Unchangeableness of the Gospel—The Triumph of Truth
Volume 141872Revelation—Persecution—His Testimony and Feelings
Volume 141872Our Religion From God not Man—Enter not Into Temptation—No Covenants to Forsake
Volume 141872Truth—Freedom—The Gospel versus Modern Christianity
Volume 141872Continued Revelation
Volume 151873Revelation—Former and Latter-Day Dispensations—The Sure Triumph of the Cause of Zion
Volume 151873Things of God Revealed Only By the Spirit of God—Development of the Work of God, Etc
Volume 151873Choice of Rulers—Headship—One Man Power—The Yoke of Jesus
Volume 151873God the Source of All Good—The Common Love of Man for Increase—The Necessity of Righteously Directing Our Powers
Volume 151873The Spirit and Principles of the Gospel the Same As of Old—Early Experience of Settlers of Utah—Religious Liberty—Modern So-Called Civilization—Baptism for the Dead
Volume 151873Certainty of Death—By the Spirit of God the Saints Obtain the Fullness of the Blessings of the Gospel—God Will Take Care of His People
Volume 161874The Knowledge of God and Mode of Worshiping Him
Volume 161874Honesty of Purpose Should Actuate All True Believers—Views of Mankind in Relation to God—The Existing Modes of Divine Worship—Ancient Christianity Compared With Modern So-Called Christianity—The Principles of the Gospel
Volume 161874What the Gospel Teaches—Revelation From God Necessary—The Faith and Doctrines of the Latter-Day Saints
Volume 171875What the Gospel Teaches—Revelation From God Necessary—The Faith and Doctrines of the Latter-Day Saints
Volume 171875The United Order—We Want the Most Perfect Union—The Working of the Order to Be Such that All Honest Men Can Sustain It—Home Manufacture
Volume 171875The Position the Saints Have Occupied Has Been a Peculiar One—The Unity of the Saints—Home Manufacture Preferable to Importation—Organization Necessary to Self-Sustenance
Volume 171875It is of Little Import How We Leave this World, so that We are Prepared to Live or Die—God Has Ordained that All Men Must Die
Volume 171875Knowledge Received By Immediate Revelation—Cooperation in Temporal Affairs—The Saints Are Heirs of God and Joint Heirs With Christ
Volume 171875Destruction of the Wicked By the Flood, Wisdom in God—Priesthood—Temples—Intelligence Comes From God—The Lord Will Take Care of the Saints—Angels Operating With Men in the Work of Human Redemption
Volume 171875Man, the Offspring of God, a Dual Being—Immediate Revelation—Operate With the Priesthood
Volume 181877Man, the Offspring of God, a Dual Being—Immediate Revelation—Operate With the Priesthood
Volume 181877The United Order—How Unity is to Be Attained—Reform Necessary—The Order of the Kingdom of God—Stewardships
Volume 181877The Purposes of God—Duties and Responsibilities of the Saints
Volume 181877How God's Purposes Are Fulfilled—Similarity of Ancient and Modern Church Government—Interview With Baron Rothschild—Object of Building Temples—The Perfect Organization of the Church of Christ—Works Indispensable to Salvation
Volume 181877The Gathering of the Saints is the Lord's Work—Knowledge of the Gospel Attainable Only By Revelation—The Lord Dictated the Prophet Joseph Smith in All Things Pertaining to the Establishment of the Church of Christ Upon Earth
Volume 181877Position of the Latter-Day Saints—Protestantism Makes No Claim to Revelation—Priesthood, How Restored, Its Purpose—Persecution the Heritage of the Church—The People Must Know the Will of God, and Do It—Respect the Authorities; and Respect Our Profession—Avoiding All Evils, Cleave to the Good
Volume 181877Respect to the Dead—Pre-Existence the Key to This—The Future Life Depends on This—The Latter-day Saints Dependent Upon Revelation for Their Knowledge of These Things—Life Persecutions As Nothing, Contrasted With the Promises Pertaining to the Future—Men's Future Glories As Are the Laws They Abide
Volume 181877Burial Services, An Ancient Practice—God, the God of the Living—Keys Committed to Joseph Smith. The Last Dispensation—Jesus the Great Redeemer—An Everlasting Priesthood—The Powers of the Resurrection—Scriptural, Philosophical, and Certain—Sealing Powers Eternal
Volume 191878Remarks on the Temple Ground
Volume 191878Order of the Priesthood—Duties of the Several Quorums—Difficulties and Their Settlement—Duties of the Teachers—Discipline in the Church
Volume 191878God's Purposes Unchangeable—The Two Powers—The Everlasting Priesthood—Abraham and Melchizedek—Organizing Stakes of Zion—Temple Building—The Latter-day Saints the Friends of the World
Volume 191878The Voice of God, the Voice of the People—The Position of the Twelve—Readings From Doctrine and Covenants
Volume 191878The Trusteeship—President Young's Labors—The Priesthood, Its Position, Duties, Etc.—Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples—Saviors Upon Mount Zion—Emigration of the Poor—Building of the Tabernacle—The United Order
Volume 191878God is at the Helm—Organization According to the Revelations—Historic Statements—Societies Connected With the Church—Temple Building
Volume 191878The Everlasting Gospel—Temple Building—The High Priests and Seventies—to the Bishops—to the Sisters
Volume 191878Gathering the Result of Revelation—Temple Building Similar—The Restoration of the Priesthood—Ministering for the Dead—The Gospel, God-Sustained
Volume 191878The Gospel Revealed for the Benefit of the World—Witness of the Spirit—Priesthood—High Priests and Seventies—Energetic Missionaries—Duties of Presidents, Bishops, Elders, Priests, Teachers and Deacons—Relief Societies—Tithing—P. E. Fund—Common Schools
Volume 191878No Man Can Direct the Kingdom of God—The Gospel Did not Originate With Joseph Smith or Brigham Young—The Saints Operating With God and the Angels—The Grand Organization of the Church—Other Institutions of Zion
Volume 191878The Heavens Full of Intelligence—God Has Revealed Portions of that for the Welfare of His Children—Reasoning From Science to Sacred Things—All Divine Law Unchangeable
Volume 201880An Important Age—Close Questions—A Word With the Bishops—Also the Seventies—Honor the Sabbath
Volume 201880God's Power in All Things—Kingdom of God—Cooperation, a Stepping Stone to the United Order—Political Economy—National Troubles—Missionary Labors—Schools and Teachers
Volume 201880The Church Partially in the United Order—Perpetual Emigration Fund—Being Educated to a Fullness of the United Order—Cooperation at Brigham City—Union in Elections—Education of the Young
Volume 201880The Perpetual Emigrating Fund—How to Settle Difficulties—Should Be Governed By the Laws of God—Cooperation and Brotherly Kindness—The Proper Training of Children
Volume 201880We Should not Boast of Superiority Over Our Fellow Creatures—God is Interested in the Welfare of All Mankind—The Relation and Amenability of All Men to the Laws of God—We Should Be Courteous to Those Whose Views Differ From Ours—The Servants of God Are Messengers of Salvation—The Restoration of the Priesthood—The Judgments of The Almighty—Absurd Theories of Learned Men—Only the Righteous Among the Saints Will Be Saved in the Kingdom of God
Volume 201880All Things Governed By Law—All Intelligence and Blessings Have Emanated From God—Man's Free Agency Should Not Be Interfered With—The Opponents of the Kingdom of God Should Not Be Allowed to Teach Our Children—Necessity of All Being Subject to Legitimate Authority
Volume 201880Remarks
Volume 201880The Natural Weakness of Men—The Necessity of Charity—The Purpose for Which the Gospel Was Revealed—The Spirit that Should Prevail Regarding Cooperative Institutions—The Folly of Dissension
Volume 201880Opening of the Last Dispensation—Development of the Work of God—Sending Forth Missionaries—Usefulness of the Sisters—Improvement Associations—Education—Cooperation
Volume 201880All Intelligence Comes From God—Life and Immortality Brought to Light Through the Gospel—Gathering—Temple-Building—The Elders Messengers of Salvation to the Nations
Volume 201880Slain for the Testimony of Jesus—Funeral Rites of Joseph Standing
Volume 201880The Interest of Humanity Should Be Observed
Volume 201880Power and Effects of the Gospel—Antagonism Between Light and Darkness—Necessity of God's Judgments Upon the Wicked
Volume 201880Futility of the Machinations of the Wicked—The Work of God Cannot Be Stayed
Volume 201880The Work of God Cannot Be Hindered—The United States to Be Afflicted By Judgment
Volume 201880The Temples in Course of Erection—Political Position of the Saints—Our Position Regarding Patriarchal Marriage—The Corruptions of So-Called Christendom—How the Saints Should Live—Sunday Schools, Relief and Mutual Improvement Associations
Volume 211881The Object of the Gathering of the Saints—Conflict Between the Powers of God and Evil—The World Growing Worse—Work of God Progressing—Exhortation to Righteousness and the Spirit of Union
Volume 211881A Funeral Sermon By President John Taylor, Preached Over the Remains of Joseph M. Cain, Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Cain
Volume 211881All Temporal Concerns Need the Attention of the Saints—We Should Prepare for the Evils Coming Upon the Earth—Cooperation and the United Order—Functions of the Two Priesthoods—Home Manufactures
Volume 211881Cooperation and the United Order—The Saints Should Be Governed By the Law and Will of God—The Approaching Calamities Upon the World—Should Be Willing to Forsake Earthly Interests for the Gospel's Sake
Volume 211881Comprehensiveness of the Lord's Prayer—The Rule and Government of God—The Revelation of the Father and Son to Joseph Smith, and the Bestowal Upon Him of the Priesthood—Development of Theocratic Laws and Principles—Object of Gathering—Religious Freedom—Our Relations With the General Government
Volume 211881Effects of the Preaching of the Gospel—Object of the Gathering—Manifestations of the Ancients to Joseph Smith—The Gospel to Departed Spirits—Duties of the Saints to Each Other—The Kind of Men Wanted to Go on Missions
Volume 211881Eternal Nature of the Gospel—The Principle of Life and Increase—The Source of All Intelligence—Right of the Creator to Govern the Creature—Duties of the Saints
Volume 211881How a Knowledge of God is Obtained—The Gospel to the Dead—Various Dispensations of the Most High to Mankind—Power of the Priesthood—Restoration of the Gospel Through Joseph Smith—Failings of the Saints—Corruptions of the Wicked
Volume 211881Sustaining the Authorities—Power of the Priesthood—Faithfulness Required, Etc
Volume 211881The Great Principles of Truth As Taught By Revelation to the Ancients, and Also to the Saints in Our Day
Volume 211881The Eternities Before the Saints—The Sublimity of the Gospel, Etc
Volume 211881The Order and Duties of the Priesthood, Etc
Volume 211881Opposition to the Work of God, Etc
Volume 221882(Continued From Page 376, Vol. XXI.) Opposition to the Work of God, Etc
Volume 221882Tithing and Other Matters—Correct Views Necessary
Volume 221882The Organization of the First Presidency, Etc
Volume 221882Opinions of the World, Etc
Volume 221882The Saints' Mission is One of Peace—Sympathy for General Garfield, Etc
Volume 221882The Priesthood, Its Organization, Etc
Volume 221882The Privileges of the Saints, Etc
Volume 221882The Worship of God, the Sacredness of the Sabbath, Etc
Volume 221882The Priesthood—God's Love for the Human Family, Etc
Volume 221882Duties of the Saints—The Atonement, Etc
Volume 221882The Building Up of Zion—Gratitude to God, Enduring Trial, Etc
Volume 221882The Position of the Latter-Day Saints—Morality and Sobriety Required—Transgressors to Be Dealt With, Etc
Volume 221882Funeral Discourse
Volume 231883The Settling of Southern Utah—Building of the Temple, Etc
Volume 231883Travels of the First Presidency and the Twelve—Temporal and Spiritual Condition of the Saints—Their Educational Progress—Temple Building, Its Object—Organization of the Priesthood, Its Duties—The Gathering and General Duties of the Saints of God, Their Ultimate Destiny
Volume 231883The Dispensation of the Fulness of Times—Restoration of the Gospel—Duties of the Priesthood—The Future of Zion—Inconsistency of the Saints' Persecutors—Incidents of Church History, Etc
Volume 231883The Gospel's Restoration—Its Priesthood and Principles—The Saints Misrepresented—The "Mormon" War—Comparative Statistics—The Impending Judgments of God—Duties of the Saints—A Warning to Their Oppressors—The Wickedness of the World—Exhortation to Righteousness
Volume 231883The Death of the Faithful No Cause for Mourning—The Perpetuity of the Priesthood—Probationary Ingress and Egress—All Knowledge Comes From God—Temple Building and Its Purposes—Exhortations to the Saints
Volume 231883The Temple at Logan—The Liquor Traffic—Church Organization—Duties of Its Officers—Treatment of Transgressors—An Interesting Anecdote and Its Moral—Various Offices and Callings of the Priesthood, Etc.—The Guidance of God—Honor Due to His Priesthood—Growth and Progress of God's Work—Its Opposition By the World—The Regeneration of the Lamanites and General Salvation of Man
Volume 231883The Work of God and Building Up of Zion—Preaching, Temple Building and Other Duties—Corruption and Hypocrisy of Christendom—Rights of the Latter-Day Saints As American Citizens—The Saints Counseled to Be Pure, Honest, Upright, Charitable, Long-suffering and Forgiving—Difference Between Bigamy and Polygamy—Unjust Legislation and American Justice—God for Israel As Long As Israel is for Right
Volume 231883The Mighty Mission of the Saints—God's Dealings With the World in Ancient and Modern Times—God's Authorship of Creation and Right to Rule—Man's Agency, the Gospel and the Gathering—Its Attempted Suppression, Contrasted Statesmanship—The Mother of Harlots and Her Daughters—The Political Situation in Utah—The Rights of Man, the Supporters and Subverters of Law and Order—Religious Intolerance and Political Injustice—The Latter-day Saints the Fut
Volume 231883Man's Natural Spirit and the Spirit of God—Our Relationship With Him—His Dealings in the Latter Days—What is Expected of the Saints—Their Position and Labors Among the Nations—Christ the Example to All His Followers—Words of Counsel to Priesthood and People
Volume 231883Men Powerless Except as God Permits—Ordeals Necessary to Purify—Zion Will Triumph
Volume 231883Why the Saints Meet Together—Their Pretensions—What Their Profession Implies—No Right to Sit in Judgment on the World—All Children of a Common Father—Many Good Men Inspired By the Spirit of God Who Did not Possess the Gift of the Holy Ghost—How Joseph Smith Obtained Knowledge—The Gospel—What the Savior Required—Operations of the Holy Ghost—What is Required of the Saints—Their Feelings—Duty of Missionaries—National Feel
Volume 241884Why the Saints Meet Together—Their Pretensions—What Their Profession Implies—No Right to Sit in Judgment on the World—All Children of a Common Father—Many Good Men Inspired By the Spirit of God Who Did not Possess the Gift of the Holy Ghost—How Joseph Smith Obtained Knowledge—The Gospel—What the Savior Required—Operations of the Holy Ghost—What is Required of the Saints—Their Feelings—Duty of Missionaries—National Feel
Volume 241884The Church Based Upon the Principle of Perfect Freedom—When a President Resigns, His Counselors Go Out of Office—High Priests to Preside—Presidents Choose Their Own Counselors—All Authorities Sustained By Vote of the Saints—Position of Presidents Cannon and Smith If President Taylor Should Resign—Saints Not to Interfere With the Religion of Others
Volume 241884The Gospel Like Leaven—Labor Required of the Elders—Promises to Abraham—Honorable Men in the American Nation Formerly and Now—Liberty in Religion and the Elective Franchise Claimed As Rights—The Saints Cannot Afford to Do Wrong—Relationship to God—Exhortation
Volume 241884Duties of the Latter-Day Saints—How Children Should Be Trained—An Academy for Sanpete—The Kind of Teachers to Select—Education Advocated—Intemperance Condemned—Sin to Be Exposed—Unworthy Men not to Be Sustained in Office—Example of a Darkened Mind—Providence Over the Saints
Volume 241884Scope of the Gospel—Different Degrees of Glory—Free Agency—"Liberty" With a Vengeance—Trials Necessary—Former and Latter Trials—The Spirit of Gathering Illustrated—Judgments Predicted—Zion Already Attracting Attention—Encouragement for the Citizens of Deseret—Blessings Invoked
Volume 241884The Work of God—The Events of the Times—Gathering—Temple Ordinances—The Object of Marriage—Plural Marriage—A Terrible Lesson—Laws of God Must Be Enforced—The Priesthood—Parties, Cliques, Rings, Murmurers—God is on the Side of Israel
Volume 241884Truth Always the Same—Duties of the Saints—Officers Present—Where the Principles of the Gospel Originated—Character of Abraham—How He Was Tried—His Progeny—Duties of the Priesthood—Trials of the Saints—Charity Required—How Transgressors Should Be Dealt With—Exhortation to Righteousness
Volume 241884The President Feeling a Little Weak in Body Asked the Considerate Attention of the Congregation—God Interested in the Welfare of All the Human Family—The Organization of the Church, and the Responsibility Resting Upon the Priesthood—God Has Given to Everyone a Portion of His Spirit—The Promptings of that Spirit—The Wickedness of the Inhabitants of the Earth in the Days of Noah—Why the Flood Came—The Ante-Diluvians Would not Repent—The Gospel Again
Volume 241884The Age in Which We Live—The Position the Latter-Day Saints Occupy—The Progress They Have Made Through the Medium of the Gospel—The Hatred Manifested Against the Saints of God—Cain—Sufferings of Former-Day Saints—Sufferings of the Latter-Day Saints—The Attacks of Religious Fanatics and Political Demagogues—The Mormons Are not Scared—Duties of the Latter-Day Saints—The Consequences of Allowing Our Children to Be Educated By Our Enemies&m
Volume 251885Object of Assembling—A Peculiar People—Saints Misrepresented in All Ages—Statistics—Opposition Expected—Plural Marriage—Early Persecution—"Twin Relics"—Why the Saints Gather to Zion
Volume 251885Temples—Requirements Made of Those Who Seek to Enter Temples—A Woman States Her Case to President Taylor, in Which Arises Some Singular and Serious Questions—The Saints Ought to Be Progressing—They Should Seek to Do the Will of God—Duties of Presiding Officers—Evildoers Should Be Brought to Account and Dealt With—God is Merciful—the Celestial Kingdom
Volume 251885Manifestations to Be Looked For—Some Already Received—Many Things Known Which Can not Be Told Yet—The Work Required of the Saints—Other and More Splendid Temples to Be Built—Persons Required to Labor in the Temples—Kind of Men Wanted to Go Upon Missions—Self-Denial Required—Blessings in Store for the Faithful
Volume 251885Why We Gather—Difference Between the Latter-Day Saints and the World—Organization of the Church in Former Days—Condition of the World Previous to the Restoration of the Gospel—The Reformers and the Work They Performed—All Men Enjoy a Portion of the Spirit of God—The Jews—The Gospel Must Be Preached—Organization of New Stakes—Missionaries' Families to Be Provided for—Building Homes and Beautifying Them—The Destiny of Zion
Volume 251885Design of God in Relation to the Earth and Its Inhabitants—Power of Satan—The Two Zions—What is Required of the Saints—A Priesthood in the Heavens, As Well As on the Earth—Duties of the Priesthood—Would-Be Advisers—Celestial Marriage—Distinction Between Polygamy and Prostitution—Government Officers Discriminating in Favor of the Latter—Unchastity Not to Be Tolerated in the Church—Charity Advised—Class of People Who Accuse th
Volume 251885The Gathering—The Lord Will Punish the Wicked—Polygamy and Prostitution—Statistics of Crime Committed By Mormons and Non-Mormons—The Wickedness of the New England States—The Debased Position of U. S. Officials As Exhibited in the Courts of Utah
Volume 261886Object of Gathering—Our Principles and Organization Revealed From God—He is Cognizant of All Things—Our Faith not Affected By the Ideas of Men—Our Dependence Upon God—Enoch's City—God's Justice in Sending the Flood, and in the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah—His Judgments Will Come Upon Those Who Persecute His Saints—The Lord Will Bless His People—We Will Stand By the Constitution Though Others Ignore It
Volume 261886The Gathering—Our Territorial Condition and Organization—The Eternal Nature of Our Covenants—The Law of Ancient Israel, Which Required a Man to Marry His Brother's Widow—Settlement of the Difficulty Connected With the Utah Lake and Jordan River Dam—The Flood—The Lord Will Sustain and Uphold Us—We Must Not Associate With the Wicked
Volume 261886Hostility of the World to the Gospel—Rebellion of Lucifer in Heaven—Seth Given in Place of Abel—Wickedness of the Antediluvians—Enoch's Zion—Necessity of Opposing Powers and Principles, that Men May Be Tested—Difference Between Bigamy and Plural Marriage—Our Marriage Covenants Are Eternal—Enmity of Religious Teachers—Our Children Should Be Correctly Taught
Volume 261886The Work of God Only Partially Understood—Manifestation of the Father and Son to the Prophet Joseph—The Priesthood Conferred Upon Him—Kirtland Temple, and the Ministrations of Moses and Elijah—Benefits and Uses of Temples—Public and Private Improvements Advocated—Children Should Be Properly Taught—Wives Should Be Kindly Treated—Exhortations to Virtue and Purity
Volume 261886Privilege of Meeting Together—We Are Here to Do Our Father's Will—All Dependent Upon God for Assistance, Guidance and Direction—The Lord Revealed to Adam the Purpose of Sacrifice—Adam, Before His Death, Called His Family Together and Blessed Them and Prophesied—Many Spirits Have Been Destined to Hold Certain Positions Among Men—Why We Are Gathered—We Must Follow the Teachings of the Spirit, and Honor the Priesthood in All Its Callings—Prepare Ourse
Volume 261886Visit to the South—Persecution in Arizona—An American Siberia—Persecutions in Missouri and Illinois not the Result of Polygamy—Affecting Reference to the Martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum—Judgment Begins at the House of God—No Man Has a Right to Attempt to Control Another's Belief or Conscience—Ex Post Facto Application of the Edmunds Law—Attempts of the Speaker to Conform to the Law As Far As Possible—Outrages Heaped Upon the Latter-Day Saints&m
Volume 261886Nature of the Gospel, and of Our Position and Calling—Responsibilities of the Latter-Day Saints—The Right of All Men to Religious Freedom—Honorable Men of the Earth—We Aim at a Higher Exaltation Than the Rest of the World
Volume 261886Remarks

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