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Journal of Discourses, Volume 4
70 sermons by 11 speakers, published in 1857. The full contents, and what the volume is about.
Updated 2026-08-21
Volume 4 of the Journal of Discourses was published in 1857 and prints 70 sermons by 11 speakers. Preached through 1856 and into 1857 — the volume that carries the Reformation, the season of rebaptism and severe preaching that Jedediah M. Grant drove until his death in December 1856.
Brigham Young dominates it with 24 of the 70 sermons, followed by Heber C. Kimball with 20.
A passage from this volume The contents below list everything printed in it. This is what it sounded like.
I felt today that I could love to sit and drink in the Spirit's gracious influences. I could feel, while on my way in from the Weber, that there was a spirit here watching over the people, such as is not to be found anywhere else on the face of the earth. It is nourishing and cherishing to the servants of God, and the whole Church in these mountains. How thankful we ought to be. The Lord has brought His Zion here to strengthen her; to admonish, reprove, build up, and prepare His Saints for the events that are coming. And I pray the Lord to give us hearing ears and understanding hearts, that we may always have ready hearts to do His will.
Franklin D. Richards, The Handcart Enterprise—Returning Missionaries—Exhortation to the Saints to Rescue the Brethren and Sisters on the Plains, Etc , Journal of Discourses, Volume 4 Who preaches in it
Subjects What this volume returns to, by how many of its sermons carry each subject: Great Salt Lake City (41), Holy Ghost (39), Priesthood (29), Repentance (26), Obedience (21), Jesus Christ (21), Zion (19), Baptism (17), Salvation (17), Celestial Kingdom (16), Gathering of Israel (14), Apostasy (14).
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 The Saints Should Prepare for Future Emergencies—Evil Spirits—Their Power and Organization—The Chain of the Priesthood—Angels Are Ministering Spirits Heber C. Kimball 2 A Prayer Jedediah M. Grant 3 A Visit, By P. P. Pratt, to the Southern Settlements—The Power of the Priesthood—Union Among the Saints—A Miracle Parley P. Pratt 4 Why the Saints Rejoice—The Spirit Received Through Laying on of Hands—Cleanliness Jedediah M. Grant 5 The Holy Ghost Necessary in Preaching—Faith—Healing the Sick—The Saints' Interests Are One—All of Our Efforts Should Tend to the Upbuilding of the Kingdom of God Brigham Young 6 Testimony to the Divinity of Joseph Smith's Mission—Elders Should Go to Their Missions Without Purse or Scrip—The Lord Deals With the Saints—Jesus Their President—Satan Angry Brigham Young 7 A Call for An Expression of the Condition of the People—Repentance Among the Saints Necessary—Renewing of Covenants Brigham Young 8 Application of the Words of Helaman to the Condition of the Latter-day Saints Heber C. Kimball 9 Rebuking Iniquity Jedediah M. Grant 10 The People of God Disciplined By Trials—Atonement By the Shedding of Blood—Our Heavenly Father—A Privilege Given to All the Married Sisters in Utah Brigham Young 11 Reformation Necessary Among the Saints—Infidel Philosophy Brigham Young 12 Effects of a Murmuring Spirit—Companies on the Plains—Those Who Enter Heaven Have to Pass the Inspection of the First Presidency Heber C. Kimball 13 Counsel Concerning Immigration—Benefits to Be Derived From An Early Start—Crossing the Plains With Handcarts, Etc Brigham Young 14 Companies on the Plains—Practicability of Handcarts—The Time for Starting From Missouri River—Reformation, Etc Jedediah M. Grant 15 The Gospel Like a Net Cast Into the Sea—Good and Bad in the Church—Embrace Principles in Your Faith, not Men—Confess Only to Those Against Whom You Have Sinned—Economize the Gifts of God, Etc Brigham Young 16 Persons Not to Be Baptized Until They Repent and Make Restitution—All Sin to Be Repented of Before Partaking of the Sacrament, Etc Heber C. Kimball 17 Hypocrisy Reproved—Family Government, Etc Jedediah M. Grant 18 The Emigrant Saints—Children More Susceptible of Tuition Than Adults Heber C. Kimball 19 Temptation and Trials Necessary to Exaltation—If the Saints Perform Their Obligations, the Lord Will not Fail in His—Handcart Emigration Preferable to that By Ox-Teams Brigham Young 20 The Facilities Afforded By the Handcart Movement for the Gathering of Israel—The Saints Specially Opposed By the Devil in Any New Enterprise—Reformation Wilford Woodruff 21 The Handcart Emigration—Opinions of the Emigrants Concerning It—Females Endure the Journey Better Than Males, Etc Brigham Young 22 Emigration—The Saints Warned to Repent or Judgments Will Come Upon Them Heber C. Kimball 23 The Emigrating Saints Were Prompted By The Spirit of God Brigham Young 24 Discord at Meetings Rebuked—A Text for Speakers at the Conference—Subject for the People—A Call for Mules, Horses, Wagons, Teamsters, Flour, Etc Brigham Young 25 The Handcart Enterprise—Returning Missionaries—Exhortation to the Saints to Rescue the Brethren and Sisters on the Plains, Etc Franklin D. Richards 26 God is Our Father; Joseph Smith His Representative on the Earth; Brigham Young Joseph's Legal Successor—Call for Teams to Meet the Emigrants Heber C. Kimball 27 Those Who Are in Darkness Cannot Discern the Light—Exhortations to Male and Female to Seek After the Light of the Holy Ghost—Women Who Leave Their Husbands, Etc Jedediah M. Grant 28 On the Death of President Jedediah M. Grant Brigham Young 29 Remarks at the Funeral of President Jedediah M. Grant Heber C. Kimball 30 Reformation—A Test at Hand to Prove the Saints Heber C. Kimball 31 The People Asleep—Those Holding the Priesthood Must Magnify Their Callings or Be Removed—The Saints to Be Tried Even Unto Death Wilford Woodruff 32 Overcome the Powers of Darkness By Prayer—Spiritual Things First in Importance—Cleanliness Jedediah M. Grant 33 The Saints Have not Magnified Their Calling As Saviors of the Living and the Dead—Oneness—Practical Repentance Lorenzo Snow 34 Offers of Mercy—The Great Dispensation in Which We Live Franklin D. Richards 35 The Body of Christ—Parable of the Vine—A Wild Enthusiastic Spirit not of God—The Saints Should not Unwisely Expose Each Others' Follies Heber C. Kimball 36 Man Must Use His Energies and Cultivate the Gifts of God—Necessity of Following Counsel—Reformation Must Be Intrinsic and not a Matter of Excitement Lorenzo Snow 37 Exhortation to Cleanliness—Many of the Saints Spiritually Dead Jedediah M. Grant 38 Necessity of Obeying the Instructions and Revelations Given—The Importance of Obtaining the Holy Ghost—The Labors of the Saints Are for Their Own Salvation, and not to Enrich the Lord Wilford Woodruff 39 Prophets Weep Because of the Sins of the People—One Generation Should Improve Upon the Experience of Another—Many Set Their Hearts on Perishable Things—Provisions Are Made for the Exaltation of All—The Spirit Should Rule the Flesh—Limited Knowledge of Man—Phenomenon of Forgetfulness—Natural Philosophy—Emigration Brigham Young 40 The 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 Heber C. Kimball 41 A Dream—Wheat and the Chaff—Way of Escape From Tribulation—Necessity of Consecration Orson Hyde 42 To Know God is Eternal Life—God the Father of Our Spirits and Bodies—Things Created Spiritually First—Atonement By the Shedding of Blood Brigham Young 43 The Ax that is Laid at the Root of the Tree—Regeneration—Products of Polygamy, a Numerous Offspring, Etc Heber C. Kimball 44 Intelligence Comes From God—Seek First the Kingdom of God—Great Changes to Take Place on the Earth—Israel of the Last Days—Why the Jews Cannot Be Converted Wilford Woodruff 45 The Parable of the Sower—The Priesthood Reaches Behind the veil—How Intolerable It Will Be for Those Who Apostatize—Popularity of Governor Young Compared With that of the Rulers of the Nations—The Kingdoms of this World, Etc Daniel H. Wells 46 Union of the Saints—The World is Trained to Be Selfish—We Are Dependent Upon Christ and Each Other—Individual Exertion Necessary to Accomplish the Purposes of God Lorenzo Snow 47 Obedience Produces Confidence—Consecration—Concentration of Interests—Etc Heber C. Kimball 48 Misapplication of the Term Sacrifice—The Saints Are Gainers By the Work of God—Resistance of Evil—Degeneracy—The Way of Regeneration—How to Treat Our Wives Daniel H. Wells 49 Man the Head of Woman—Kingdom of God—The Seed of Christ—Polygamy—Society in Utah Orson Hyde 50 Necessity for Reformation a Disgrace—Intelligence a Gift, Increased By Imparting—Spirit of God—Variety in Spiritual As Well As in Natural Organizations—God the Father of the Spirits of All Mankind—Etc Brigham Young 51 Departed Spirits Continue With the Dispositions They Possessed on Earth—The Order and Necessary Unity of the Priesthood Illustrated—Counsel to the Married Heber C. Kimball 52 Our Relatives, Those Who Do the Will of God—The Elders Should Be As Fathers and Shepherds in Israel, and not As Masters—Self-Confidence, and the Way to Obtain It—The Prophet Joseph not Yet Resurrected—Preaching to the Spirits in Prison, Etc Brigham Young 53 The "Deseret News," Its Value—Worth and Virtue of Sacred Relics—Resurrection—Confidence in Our Leaders Heber C. Kimball 54 He that Loveth Not His Brother Loveth Not God—If We Have Not Confidence in Our Leaders We Shall Not Have It in a Higher Power—The Church Holds the Keys of Salvation—The Providences of God to the Saints Brigham Young 55 Object of the Express Carrying Company—Why Success Attends the Ministerial Labors of Some Elders, and Not Those of Others—Counsel to Store Up Grain Enough to Last Seven Years Brigham Young 56 Indebtedness to the P. E. Fund—Public Works—True Prosperity—Dependence on the Lord—Self-Consecration Daniel H. Wells 57 The Power and Importance of Economy—Domestic Extravagance and Mismanagement, With Their Bad Results Brigham Young 58 The Latter-Day Work—Necessity of An Inspired Leader to Stand at the Head of Israel, Etc., and to Dictate in Spiritual and Temporal Affairs Wilford Woodruff 59 Journey to the North—Unanimity and Peaceful Order of the Company—Geographical Character of the Country Traversed—Good Condition and Blessings of the Saints in Zion Brigham Young 60 Journey 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 Heber C. Kimball 61 Result of the Delegation to Congress for the Admission of Utah As a State—Condition of Society in the States—Return of Apostates George A. Smith 62 Utility 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 Heber C. Kimball 63 Practical Religion—Simplicity—Temporal Salvation—Advantages of Utah As a Settlement for the Saints—False Reports, Etc Brigham Young 64 The Constitution of the United States Guarantees All We Ask—Hollow Gentility—Power of the "Mormon"Leaders—Government Corruption Brigham Young 65 Privileges Better Appreciated By Absence—Present Salvation Charles C. Rich 66 Comprehensiveness of True Religion—Sacrifice for the Kingdom of God—The Saints Should Be Superior to the World in All Things—Trust in God, Etc Brigham Young 67 The 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 Heber C. Kimball 68 Opposition to the Priesthood, Etc Heber C. Kimball 69 Exchange of Feeling and Sentiment Produces Mutual Confidence—Necessity of Cultivating a Childlike Spirit—Devotedness of the Saints in Utah Towards the Work of God—God Will Take Care of His Own Work, Etc Brigham Young 70 Limits of Forbearance—Apostates—Economy—Giving Endowments Heber C. Kimball
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