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Journal of Discourses, Volume 16
46 sermons by 13 speakers, published in 1874. The full contents, and what the volume is about.
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Volume 16 of the Journal of Discourses was published in 1874 and prints 46 sermons by 13 speakers. The years of the School of the Prophets and the founding of the Relief Society's retrenchment associations.
Orson Pratt dominates it with 13 of the 46 sermons, followed by Brigham Young with 10.
A passage from this volume The contents below list everything printed in it. This is what it sounded like.
If there is any man amongst you who wants to take a wife, does he not have to obtain a certificate from his Bishop that he pays his Tithing? If any of you want to be baptized in the font in the house of the Lord for the generations of your dead, do you not need a certificate from your Bishop that you pay your Tithing? And if we want any of the blessings necessary for our exaltation we shall find it so, and more so as we advance in the future. We fathers in Israel, we heads of families, looking towards the patriarchal office and desiring to stand at the head of our generations forever, ought to think, not only about ourselves, but about those who will come after us. If our record shows that we have been faithful in all things, and have never forgotten to pay our Tithing, our posterity can come to the house of the Lord and ask, as a right, for the blessings they need for themselves or their dead.
Franklin D. Richards, Improved Circumstances of the Saints in Utah—Potency of the Law of Tithing , Journal of Discourses, Volume 16 Who preaches in it
Subjects What this volume returns to, by how many of its sermons carry each subject: Book of Mormon (20), Holy Ghost (18), Tithing (17), Zion (16), Baptism (16), Priesthood (13), Baptism for the Dead (12), Resurrection (12), Jesus Christ (12), Salt Lake City (11), Revelation (11), Gathering of Israel (10).
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. Title Speaker
1 Establishment of the Kingdom of God—Permanent Equality Should Be Maintained Among the Saints—Covetousness—Tithing—Consecration—Distinctions Orson Pratt 2 The Order of Enoch—Study of Law—How to Become Rich Brigham Young 3 Testimony—Sickness in Sanpete County—Increase of Crime in the World—The Inevitable Overthrow of the Wicked Orson Hyde 4 Assistance of the Ladies of The Relief Societies Required in Promoting the Manufacture of Paper and the Printing of Schoolbooks—Light and Easy Labor Now Performed By Men More Adapted to Women—Should Be Self-Sustaining—Frivolities and Fashions of Babylon Should Be Discarded By the Sisters—Poverty of Those Who Follow After Mining Brigham Young 5 Friends and Enemies—Object of Gathering—Babylon to Be Forsaken—Prayer—Personality of the Godhead Brigham Young 6 Home Manufacture—Offenses Must Needs Come—Zion is Growing in Importance on the Earth—The Kingdom of God is Now Established—Second Coming of Christ—Unpopularity of Our Religion—The Holy Ghost is the Infallible Testimony to the Believer—The Gospel Embraces All Truth Wilford Woodruff 7 Unbelief—The Saints Require Constant Instruction—Contrast Between the Gospel of Christ and the Religions of Men—Evil Would Cease Among the Saints If They Would Live Their Religion—Gathering the Poor—Tithing—Knowledge of God—Progress of the Work is Due to the Operations of the Spirit Brigham Young 8 Meeting of Adam With His Posterity in the Valley of Adam-Ondi-Ahman—Location of the Valley—The Covenant With Enoch—Records of God's Dealings With Men From the Period of the Creation—Method of Preserving the Records of Ancient Prophets—Christ's Advent Among the Nephites—Fufillment of God's Purposes and the Fullness of Times Orson Pratt 9 Improved Circumstances of the Saints in Utah—Potency of the Law of Tithing Franklin D. Richards 10 Extension of the Utah Northern Railroad—The Building of the Meetinghouse and Other Public Improvements Urged on the People—Faith Made Manifest By Works—Unity in Labor and Cooperation in All Things Pertaining to the Kingdom—Labor Builds Up the Kingdom—Number of Those in the Congregation Acquainted With the Prophet Joseph—Early Experience in the Church—Rewards Will Follow Obedience—Object of the Law of Tithing—Serves the Lord Because of the Pur Brigham Young 11 Ignorance of the World Concerning Our Faith—Character of Christ's Teachings—Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is Similar to that of Former-Days—Belief Alone Insufficient—Exhortation to the Saints to Live Their Religion and to Acquire All Useful Knowledge Brigham Young 12 The Rise of Zion in the Last Days Orson Pratt 13 An Account of His Journey to Palestine George A. Smith 14 Obedience—By Reason of Their Disobedience, Ancient Israel and the Land of Palestine Were Visited With and Still Remain Under the Curse of God—Tithing a Heavenly Requirement George A. Smith 15 Continued Obedience to the Laws of God is Necessary to Insure a Complete Salvation to the Latter-Day Saints—The Disobedience of Ancient Israel is Shown As a Warning to the Present Generation of His People—The Nature and Necessity of the Law of Tithing—The Fewness of Those Who Faithfully Observe that Law Brigham Young 16 Altered Circumstances of Gathered Israel—Allurements of Satan at Work—Selfishness and Avarice Should Be Cast Aside—Devotion to the Work of God—The Order of Enoch the Means of Establishing An Equality in Temporal Things—Heavenly Agencies Cooperating With the Saints George Q. Cannon 17 The Order of Enoch Brigham Young 18 Purpose of God in Creating Man—Man's Agency—Duties of Those Who Have Entered Into Covenant With God—Reward of Faithfulness—Work to Be Accomplished Before the Second Coming of Jesus—Avoid Evil Associations Daniel H. Wells 19 Necessity of Miracles—Belief of the Latter-Day Saints Orson Pratt 20 The Authority to Preach—It is God Who Has Guided the Work—Glorious Prospects Before the Faithful—Celestial Marriage—Mission to Arizona—Increasing Negligence of the Saints in Attending Meetings—Consequences of Unvirtuous Actions George Q. Cannon 21 The Manifestations of God's Power, in Behalf of His People in Modern Times, Are Different From Those of Former Ages—Consecration—Order of Enoch—Tithing—Stewardships—Redemption of Zion Orson Pratt 22 The Gospel Incorporates All Truth—Mode of Administering the Sacrament—Abiding Counsel—Heavenly Blessings Are Conditional—Progressiveness of the Work—Plural Marriage—Tithing—Tardiness of the Saints in Observing Practical Duties—Cooperation Brigham Young 23 Marriage Orson Pratt 24 Ordinances that Can Only Be Administered in the Temple—Endowments, Etc Brigham Young 25 Visit of the Presidency to the Northern Settlements George A. Smith 26 The Knowledge of God and Mode of Worshiping Him John Taylor 27 Ancient Prophecy, Relating to the Time of the Restitution of All Things, to Be Fulfilled Erastus Snow 28 Evidences, Relating to the Divine Authenticity of the Bible and Book of Mormon, Compared Orson Pratt 29 A Word of Exhortation George A. Smith 30 The Importance of Living Up to the Knowledge Possessed By, and the Requirements Made of, the Latter-Day Saints, Through the Living Oracles of God David McKenzie 31 Affairs in Sanpete County—"One-man Power"—Unity Required Among the People Orson Hyde 32 The Word of Wisdom—Education George A. Smith 33 The Saving Ordinances of the Gospel Daniel H. Wells 34 The Character of the Church of Christ—Testimony is Given by the Spirit—Trials to be Encountered and Sacrifices to be Made in Order to Prove the Faith of the Saints—The Love of Wealth George Q. Cannon 35 The 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 Joseph F. Smith 36 Temples to Be Built to the Name of the Lord—The Location of Their Erection, and the Purposes for Which They Shall Be Built Orson Pratt 37 Unchangeableness of the Gospel—God Has Chosen the Weak Things of the World to Confound the Wise—Prophecies Relating to the Latter-Day Work—Joseph Smith's Ministry—Zion to Be Built Up—Baptism for the Dead—The Order of Enoch—Babylonish Fashions Wilford Woodruff 38 Our Temporal Interests to Be Directed for the Work of the Lord—Cooperation and Home Manufacture in Box Elder County Lorenzo Snow 39 Means Required to Build the Temples—The Word of Wisdom—Unity Needed in Building Up Zion—Sabbath Schools—Journeyings in the Holy Land George A. Smith 40 Distinguishing Characteristics Between the Latter-Day Saints and the Various Religious Denominations of Christendom Orson Pratt 41 Honesty 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 John Taylor 42 The Creation—The Seventh Thousand Years, and Events Which Are to Follow the Period of the Millennium Orson Pratt 43 Revelation on the Judgments of the Lord—Firstfruits of the Resurrection—What Becometh of the Souls of Men—Redemption Universal Orson Pratt 44 The Stick of Joseph and of Judah—Times of the Gentiles—Apostasy From the Ancient Order—Restoration of the Everlasting Gospel Orson Pratt 45 The Increased Powers and Capacities of Man in His Future State Orson Pratt 46 What the Gospel Teaches—Revelation From God Necessary—The Faith and Doctrines of the Latter-Day Saints John Taylor
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