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Journal of Discourses

Joseph F. Smith in the Journal of Discourses

All 30 of his sermons, 1867 to 1885 — what he returned to, and where each one is printed.

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Sixth president of the church and a son of Hyrum Smith. He was five years old when his father was killed at Carthage.

30 sermons by Joseph F. Smith appear in the Journal of Discourses — 2.1% of the whole series — printed across 14 volumes, 1867 to 1885. That makes him the 11th most-printed speaker in the Journal.

Sermons by Joseph F. Smith, per volume
11 — 1 sermons1112 — 2 sermons13 — 1 sermons1314 — 1 sermons15 — 1 sermons1516 — 1 sermons17 — 0 sermons1718 — 3 sermons19 — 3 sermons1920 — 2 sermons21 — 1 sermons2122 — 2 sermons23 — 3 sermons2324 — 6 sermons625 — 3 sermons25

In his own words

The tables below say what Joseph F. Smith preached about. This is what it sounded like.

We live then, we do not die, we do not anticipate death; but we anticipate life, immortality, glory, exaltation, and to be quickened by the glory of the celestial kingdom, and receive of the same, even a fullness. This is our destiny: this is the exalted position to which we may attain, and there is no power that can deprive or rob us of it, if we prove faithful and true to the covenant of the Gospel.

Joseph F. Smith, An Age of Visitation and Revelation—Revelation the Law of Government—The Nature of Death—Jesus Our Forerunner and Exemplar—The Three Witnesses—Personal Knowledge Above All—Ordinances for the Dead, Journal of Discourses, Volume 19

What he returned to

Every speaker in the Journal preaches on faith, repentance and the gathering. These are the subjects Joseph F. Smith 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
Paradise413%13.6×
Gospel Ordinances310%11.9×
Spirit Prison310%7.5×
Atonement of Jesus Christ310%6.5×
Sacrifice310%4.3×
Covenants413%3.9×
Babylon413%3.5×
Sin310%2.7×

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 111867Embarrassments in Arising to Speak—The Different Religions—None Perfect Except Revealed From God
Volume 121869The Testimony of the Latter-Day Saints—Their Duties—the Testimony of the Spirit of God
Volume 121869The Sacrament—A Saint of God—The Eternity of Our Religion—Matrimony
Volume 131871The Gospel and the Things of the World—Consistency—Works As Well As Faith—The Word of Wisdom
Volume 141872No Time to Do Wrong—Save the Children
Volume 151873The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
Volume 161874The Instructions Given Are Intended for All the Saints—The Latter-Day Work An Individual Work—Men and Women Are Responsible for Their Own Acts—Obedience is Essential to Salvation—The Present Sinful Condition of the World the Result of Disobedience—Counsel to the Saints on the Necessity of Living Exclusively for the Building Up of the Kingdom of God
Volume 181877God Preserves His People—Internal Foes the More Dangerous—Redemption of the Dead—The Priesthood
Volume 181877What the Lord Requires of His Saints
Volume 181877The Gospel Trumpet—Salvation More Than Baptism and the Laying on of Hands—Responsibilities of Believers—Labors and Opportunities of the Spirit World—The Office of the Holy Spirit—Knowledge of the Gospel, Certain and Sure—Its Fruits Good, and Manifest in the Lives of Those Who Receive It
Volume 191878Belief and Knowledge—Personal Knowledge Indispensable—Possession of the Holy Ghost Necessary to the Knowledge of the Truth—How to Obtain the Holy Ghost—His Office—The Enmity of the World Towards the Priesthood An Evidence of Its Divine Authority—Always Was and Always Will Be So—Conditions Upon Which Blessings Are to Be Obtained, or Lost
Volume 191878Arrival in Salt Lake City—The First Principles—The Question of Authority—The Ordinances—Education of Our Youth—Plural Marriage, Etc.—"Mormonism" Immortal
Volume 191878An Age of Visitation and Revelation—Revelation the Law of Government—The Nature of Death—Jesus Our Forerunner and Exemplar—The Three Witnesses—Personal Knowledge Above All—Ordinances for the Dead
Volume 201880Plural Marriage—For the Righteous Only—Obedience Imperative—Blessings Resulting
Volume 201880Duties of the Saints in Temporalities—Implicit Obedience Requisite—Church Interests Carefully Guarded—Gathering the Poor—Home Industries
Volume 211881Law of Celestial Marriage—The Resurrection and Judgment—Extent of the Mission of the Savior
Volume 221882The Persecutions of the Ancient Saints—The Organization of the Church in Our Day—Necessity of Obedience to the Laws of the Gospel, Etc
Volume 221882Funeral Discourse
Volume 231883The Laws of God and the Laws of the Land—The Saints An Obedient and Law-Abiding People—Their Persecutions Productive of Prosperity—Their Past and Prospective Experience and Eventual Triumph
Volume 231883Man a Mortal and An Immortal Being—Temporal and Spiritual Death—Redemption Through the Atonement and Gospel of Christ—Sons of Perdition—Man's Pre-Existent, Disembodied and Resurrected States—Jesus Christ the Great Example—The Righteous to Be Conformed to His Image—His Similarity to the Father—His Mission not Completed at His Death—His Resurrection and the Redemption of Humanity
Volume 231883Love for and Forgiveness of Enemies—Such Things Possible Without Association and Assimilation—The Saints Exhorted Against Bartering Away Their Inheritances—The Idolatry of Riches—Man Cannot Build Up Zion, But God Can and Will
Volume 241884Greatness of the Work Inaugurated and Accomplished By the Prophet Joseph Smith—Sketch of the Prophet's Early Life—Refutation of the False Charges Made Against Him and the Latter-Day Saints—Character of Our Traducers—Divine Nature and Value of the Book of Mormon
Volume 241884Consolation Which the Bereaved Have—Other Calamities Worse Than Death—Effects of Sin—What is to Be Gained By Faithfulness—How All Will Be Judged—The Resurrection—Proofs of Christ's Resurrection—The Speaker's Testimony
Volume 241884Interest in the Work of God—Faith in the Destiny of the People—"Mormonism" a "Knotty Problem"—No Freedom for the Saints—Good Effect of Sifting—Growth of the Kingdom—Commandments to the Saints—Travels of the Saints Compared With Journeyings of Ancient Israel—Inspiration of President Young
Volume 241884Prosperity of the Saints—Danger to Be Avoided—How Blessings Are to Be Obtained—Free Agency—Triumph of the Work of God Testified of—"Mormonism" not Easily Destroyed—Prophecies to Be Fulfilled—Self-Denial Required of the Saints
Volume 241884Delusive Spirits—Proper Channel for Revelations to Come Through—The Calling of Joseph Smith—Indication of An Impostor—Private Antipathy to Be Curbed and the Priesthood to Be Sustained—Only One Man Appointed to Hold the Keys of the Kingdom at a Time—Men not to Judge Those Who Preside Over Them—How to Secure Justice
Volume 241884The Hatred of the World Towards the People of God—Their Accusations Against the Latter-Day Saints—The Truthfulness of the Accusations Refuted—The Latter-Day Saints Will Compare Favorably With Any Other People on the Face of the Earth—Why, Then, Are They Proscribed?—Because the World Hate Them—Persecution the Lot of the Saints—Past Persecutions and Their Result—The "Mormon Problem" Still Unsolved, and More Difficult of Solution Than Ever&
Volume 251885Desirable Condition of the Saints—Characteristics of Prophets—The Governing Power of God in Human Affairs—Man's Ingratitude Toward God—The Enlightening Power of God's Spirit—Man's Origin, Probation and Destiny—A Base Conception of the Object of Life—The Savior's Noble Example—The Source of True Happiness—Great Truths Revealed Through Joseph Smith—Eternal Associations and Destiny of the Saints—How to Attain to a Knowledge of the Th
Volume 251885Divine Mission of Joseph Smith—Prediction and Promise Fulfilled—Many Others Will Yet Be Verified—The World's Hatred of the Saints—Indisputable Evidence of the Divine Origin of the Church—No Power Can Destroy It—Missionaries Should Go to the Fields to Which They Are Called—The Effects of Obedience and Its Opposite
Volume 251885The Object of Cooperation—It is Right to Sustain One's Friend—Economy Should Be Observed By All—Our Friends Are They Who Aid Us in Time of Need—Keep the Sabbath Day Holy

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