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Journal of Discourses · 1869

Journal of Discourses, Volume 12

69 sermons by 13 speakers, published in 1869. The full contents, and what the volume is about.

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Volume 12 of the Journal of Discourses was published in 1869 and prints 69 sermons by 13 speakers. Preached as the transcontinental railroad reached Utah, ending the territory's isolation.

Brigham Young dominates it with 30 of the 69 sermons, followed by George A. Smith with 8.

A passage from this volume

The contents below list everything printed in it. This is what it sounded like.

I would say to all who have been called and have not gone—for judging from the best information I have, not above half of those called are in the southern country—for the sake of your own future welfare and prosperity, respond to the calls that have been made upon you and strive to fill that mission with confidence, boldness and energy. Or if there are good and sufficient reasons why you should not do so, go to the President and make known your circumstances, that you may be released, that your consciences may not condemn you and that your God may not condemn you, and that your future usefulness may not be curtailed. Let no one flatter himself that he can pass along in obscurity, unnoticed, and neither magnify his calling, nor yet be discharged from it. It will linger around you, it will haunt you and will be like a canker worm gnawing at the root of your felicity. Take steps to be exonerated one way or the other, and God will bless you: Amen.

Erastus Snow, The Gathering—Practical Duties—Emigration of the Poor—Mission to St. Joseph, Journal of Discourses, Volume 12

Who preaches in it

SpeakerSermons
Brigham Young30
George A. Smith8
Orson Pratt6
George Q. Cannon5
John Taylor5
Daniel H. Wells4
Erastus Snow3
Wilford Woodruff2
Joseph F. Smith2
Charles C. Rich1
Brigham Young, Jr1
Lorenzo Snow1
Heber C. Kimball1

Subjects

What this volume returns to, by how many of its sermons carry each subject: Zion (34), Revelation (23), Holy Ghost (23), Book of Mormon (21), Word of Wisdom (20), Priesthood (20), Missionary Work (19), Obedience (18), Baptism (18), Jesus Christ (18), Tea (17), Gathering of Israel (17).

Contents

Every discourse in the volume, in printed order. The titles are the Journal's own — a single discourse routinely lists four or five unrelated subjects — and each links to the discourse itself at journalofdiscourses.com.

No.TitleSpeaker
1Schools And School Teachers—Tithing, EtcDaniel H. Wells
2Labor To Build Up The KingdomCharles C. Rich
3Prosperity of Southern UtahGeorge A. Smith
4The Pleasure and Trials of Missionary Labors—Improvement in the South—Every Gospel Principle Righteous and EssentialWilford Woodruff
5Necessity of Union and Obedience to CounselGeorge Q. Cannon
6Every Saint on a MissionBrigham Young
7Instructions to MissionariesJohn Taylor
8Kindness the True Spirit of Instruction and GovernmentGeorge A. Smith
9The Word of WisdomBrigham Young
10Education—Employment of FemalesBrigham Young
11General Instructions to Missionaries Going AbroadBrigham Young
12Remarks on Revelation, Missionary Fund, Word of Wisdom, EtcGeorge Q. Cannon
13Trip to Southern Utah—The Works and Faith of the SaintsJohn Taylor
14Our Delegate to Congress—The Word of Wisdom—The Union Pacific Railroad—Spiritual Ignorance of Popular PreachersBrigham Young
15The Priesthood to Dictate in Temporal As Well As Spiritual Things—Inconsistency of An Equal Division of Property—Let Apostates AloneBrigham Young
16How Divisions Were Introduced Into the Christian World—The Gospel Perfect, But Its Teachers Imperfect—The Priesthood and Its RestorationBrigham Young
17Joseph Smith Taught By Revelation—The Gospel Reasonable and Consistent—The Lord Works Through Simple Instruments—Mormonism Full of CharityDaniel H. Wells
18Condition 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 FamilyJohn Taylor
19Experience in Missionary Labors—Ancient Prophecies Concerning the People of God in the Last DaysOrson Pratt
20Condition of Apostates—The Young Men of the Saints—Bible Christians—Mormon Battalion—His Testimony to Strangers—Council to Mothers and Daughters on PolygamyBrigham Young
21The Witness of the Spirit—How to Continue to Be Sons of God—Necessity of PrayerBrigham Young
22The Witness of the Spirit—Bishops Should Be Examples—The Saints not IgnorantBrigham Young
23The Saints a Peculiar People—Gathering of the Poor From EuropeBrigham Young, Jr
24Salvation—All Knowledge the Result of Revelation—Freedom of the Kingdom of God—How to Care for the PoorBrigham Young
25The Word of Wisdom—Degeneracy—Wickedness in the United States—How to Prolong LifeBrigham Young
26Saints Improving Slowly—Guidance of the Spirit and Dictation of the Priesthood—Fasting and Gathering the PoorBrigham Young
27Good Spirit of the People SouthJohn Taylor
28Eternal Life—How To Find Out The Truth—The Sacrament—Exhortation to The YoungDaniel H. Wells
29Education—Phonetics—Storing Up Grain—Home ManufacturesGeorge A. Smith
30Necessity of Performing the Duties Required of Us and Not Those Required of Others—All Should Become More Spiritually MindedLorenzo Snow
31Proneness of Mankind to go AstrayGeorge A. Smith
32Liberty of the Saints—Why They Are Gathered—Object of the "Word of Wisdom."Brigham Young
33School of The Prophets—Improvement of Provo City—Litigation—Injudicious TradingBrigham Young
34Object of the Gathering—Necessity of a Temple—Trials of The Saints—Sealing—Visit to ProvoBrigham Young
35How to Prepare for the Coming of the Son of Man—Saints Delight to Do the Will of God—Proper Direction of Labor and Talent—Children of the Saints Heirs to the PriesthoodBrigham Young
36Condition of The Saints in Great BritainGeorge A. Smith
37Life and Health—Matrimony—Education—Home ProductionsErastus Snow
38Life and Health—Matrimony—Education—Home ProductionsErastus Snow
39The Death of President Heber C. KimballJohn Taylor
40Forbearance to Each Other—Necessity of Reading the Bible and Book of Mormon—Counsel to the Young BrethrenHeber C. Kimball
41Necessity of Obeying Counsel—Reformation in Eating and Drinking—Improvements—Female Relief Societies—ChastityBrigham Young
42Importance of Observing the Sabbath Day—Emigration of the Poor—Fish Culture—Producing SilkGeorge A. Smith
43Domestic Economy—Training Children—Cultivation of Silk—Application of Labor—LongevityBrigham Young
44The True Church of Christ—the Living Testimony—Word of WisdomBrigham Young
45The Gathering—Practical Duties—Emigration of the Poor—Mission to St. JosephErastus Snow
46Evidences that the Saints Love and Serve God—How to Build Up Zion—Taking Care of GrainBrigham Young
47Word of Wisdom—Fish Culture—DieteticsGeorge Q. Cannon
48The Object of Gathering—Practical Religion—the Love of God—Our CovenantsBrigham Young
49Necessity of Living Near to the Lord—Neglected Duties—Cultivation of the Soil—Sustaining the PoorDaniel H. Wells
50Education—Recreation—Necessity of Obeying CounselBrigham Young
51The Lord's Supper—Antiquity of the Gospel—The Apostasy—The RestorationOrson Pratt
52The Gospel a Perfect System—Evidence that the Latter-Day Saints Have Received the Holy Spirit—Plural MarriageBrigham Young
53Necessity of An Inspired Leader in the Church—Christianity and Paganism—AuthorityGeorge A. Smith
54The Value of Attending Meetings—Gentile or Gentilism—Isolation—Preaching—ZionBrigham Young
55The Gospel of Jesus Christ—Essential to Abide Its LawsWilford Woodruff
56Salvation Temporal and Spiritual—Self-Sustaining—CivilizationBrigham Young
57Self-Sustaining—Persecutions—Outside InfluenceGeorge Q. Cannon
58Southern Missions—Deseret Alphabet—Relief Societies—Home ManufacturesBrigham Young
59The Opposition of Wickedness to Righteousness—Persecutions of The Saints—MisrepresentationsOrson Pratt
60Preaching the Gospel—Disobedience and Persecution—Exclusiveness—The Search After HappinessBrigham Young
61The Joy and Happiness Imparted By the Gospel—Sectarian and Revealed Religion—Oneness the Order of GodOrson Pratt
62Reflections of the Gospel of Christ—Intelligence and ProgressBrigham Young
63The Testimony of the Latter-Day Saints—Their Duties—the Testimony of the Spirit of GodJoseph F. Smith
64The Sacrament—The Church of Christ—Different Dogmas of Christianity—Book of Mormon—The Testimony of Joseph SmithGeorge A. Smith
65America a Choice Land—Its AboriginesOrson Pratt
66The Sacrament—A Saint of God—The Eternity of Our Religion—MatrimonyJoseph F. Smith
67"Mormonism."Orson Pratt
68Unity and Unchangeableness of the Gospel—New Revelation Needed—SpiritualismGeorge Q. Cannon
69CooperationBrigham Young

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