Journal of Discourses

Public sermons by Mormon leaders from 1851-1886

Volume 4

pp. 1-7
June 29, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
The Saints Should Prepare for Future Emergencies—Evil Spirits—Their Power and Organization—The Chain of the Priesthood—Angels Are Ministering Spirits
pp. 7-9
July 24, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
A Prayer
pp. 9-15
June 29, 1856
Parley P. Pratt
A Visit, By P. P. Pratt, to the Southern Settlements—The Power of the Priesthood—Union Among the Saints—A Miracle
pp. 15-20
August 3, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
Why the Saints Rejoice—The Spirit Received Through Laying on of Hands—Cleanliness
pp. 20-32
August 17, 1856
Brigham Young
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
pp. 33-42
August 31, 1856
Brigham Young
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
pp. 43-45
September 21, 1856
Brigham Young
A Call for An Expression of the Condition of the People—Repentance Among the Saints Necessary—Renewing of Covenants
pp. 45-49
September 21, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
Application of the Words of Helaman to the Condition of the Latter-day Saints
pp. 49-51
September 21, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
Rebuking Iniquity
pp. 51-57
September 21, 1856
Brigham Young
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
pp. 58-63
November 2, 1856
Brigham Young
Reformation Necessary Among the Saints—Infidel Philosophy
pp. 64-66
November 2, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
Effects of a Murmuring Spirit—Companies on the Plains—Those Who Enter Heaven Have to Pass the Inspection of the First Presidency
pp. 66-70
November 2, 1856
Brigham Young
Counsel Concerning Immigration—Benefits to Be Derived From An Early Start—Crossing the Plains With Handcarts, Etc.
pp. 70-75
November 2, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
Companies on the Plains—Practicability of Handcarts—The Time for Starting From Missouri River—Reformation, Etc.
pp. 75-80
November 9, 1856
Brigham Young
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.
pp. 80-83
November 9, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
Persons Not to Be Baptized Until They Repent and Make Restitution—All Sin to Be Repented of Before Partaking of the Sacrament, Etc.
pp. 83-87
November 9, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
Hypocrisy Reproved—Family Government, Etc.
pp. 88-89
November 9, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
The Emigrant Saints—Children More Susceptible of Tuition Than Adults
pp. 89-94
November 16, 1856
Brigham Young
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
pp. 94-100
October 6, 1856
Wilford Woodruff
The Facilities Afforded By the Handcart Movement for the Gathering of Israel—The Saints Specially Opposed By the Devil in Any New Enterprise—Reformation
pp. 101-105
September 28, 1856
Brigham Young
The Handcart Emigration—Opinions of the Emigrants Concerning It—Females Endure the Journey Better Than Males, Etc.
pp. 105-110
September 28, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
Emigration—The Saints Warned to Repent or Judgments Will Come Upon Them
pp. 111-111
November 9, 1856
Brigham Young
The Emigrating Saints Were Prompted By The Spirit of God
pp. 112-114
October 5, 1856
Brigham Young
Discord at Meetings Rebuked—A Text for Speakers at the Conference—Subject for the People—A Call for Mules, Horses, Wagons, Teamsters, Flour, Etc.
pp. 114-119
October 5, 1856
Franklin D. Richards
The Handcart Enterprise—Returning Missionaries—Exhortation to the Saints to Rescue the Brethren and Sisters on the Plains, Etc.
pp. 119-122
October 5, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
God is Our Father; Joseph Smith His Representative on the Earth; Brigham Young Joseph's Legal Successor—Call for Teams to Meet the Emigrants
pp. 122-129
October 26, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
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.
pp. 129-134
December 5, 1856
Brigham Young
On the Death of President Jedediah M. Grant
pp. 135-138
December 4, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
Remarks at the Funeral of President Jedediah M. Grant
pp. 138-145
December 21, 1856
Heber C. Kimball
Reformation—A Test at Hand to Prove the Saints
pp. 146-150
December 21, 1856
Wilford Woodruff
The People Asleep—Those Holding the Priesthood Must Magnify Their Callings or Be Removed—The Saints to Be Tried Even Unto Death
pp. 150-153
October 12, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
Overcome the Powers of Darkness By Prayer—Spiritual Things First in Importance—Cleanliness
pp. 154-159
January 4, 1857
Lorenzo Snow
The Saints Have not Magnified Their Calling As Saviors of the Living and the Dead—Oneness—Practical Repentance
pp. 159-164
January 11, 1857
Franklin D. Richards
Offers of Mercy—The Great Dispensation in Which We Live
pp. 164-181
January 11, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
The Body of Christ—Parable of the Vine—A Wild Enthusiastic Spirit not of God—The Saints Should not Unwisely Expose Each Others' Follies
pp. 181-187
January 18, 1857
Lorenzo Snow
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
pp. 188-189
October 2, 1856
Jedediah M. Grant
Exhortation to Cleanliness—Many of the Saints Spiritually Dead
pp. 189-193
January 25, 1857
Wilford Woodruff
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
pp. 194-206
February 1, 1857
Brigham Young
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
pp. 207-213
February 1, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
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
pp. 213-215
December 21, 1856
Orson Hyde
A Dream—Wheat and the Chaff—Way of Escape From Tribulation—Necessity of Consecration
pp. 215-221
February 8, 1857
Brigham Young
To Know God is Eternal Life—God the Father of Our Spirits and Bodies—Things Created Spiritually First—Atonement By the Shedding of Blood
pp. 221-226
February 8, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
The Ax that is Laid at the Root of the Tree—Regeneration—Products of Polygamy, a Numerous Offspring, Etc.
pp. 227-233
February 22, 1857
Wilford Woodruff
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
pp. 234-238
February 22, 1857
Daniel H. Wells
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.
pp. 238-247
March 1, 1857
Lorenzo Snow
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
pp. 247-252
March 1, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
Obedience Produces Confidence—Consecration—Concentration of Interests—Etc.
pp. 253-257
March 1, 1857
Daniel H. Wells
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
pp. 257-263
Orson Hyde
Man the Head of Woman—Kingdom of God—The Seed of Christ—Polygamy—Society in Utah
pp. 264-272
March 8, 1857
Brigham Young
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.
pp. 273-279
January 25, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
Departed Spirits Continue With the Dispositions They Possessed on Earth—The Order and Necessary Unity of the Priesthood Illustrated—Counsel to the Married
pp. 279-291
March 15, 1857
Brigham Young
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.
pp. 292-295
March 15, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
The “Deseret News,” Its Value—Worth and Virtue of Sacred Relics—Resurrection—Confidence in Our Leaders
pp. 295-302
March 29, 1857
Brigham Young
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
pp. 302-308
April 6, 1857
Brigham Young
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
pp. 308-311
April 6, 1857
Daniel H. Wells
Indebtedness to the P. E. Fund—Public Works—True Prosperity—Dependence on the Lord—Self-Consecration
pp. 312-320
April 6, 1857
Brigham Young
The Power and Importance of Economy—Domestic Extravagance and Mismanagement, With Their Bad Results
pp. 320-323
April 8, 1857
Wilford Woodruff
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
pp. 323-327
May 31, 1857
Brigham Young
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
pp. 328-331
May 31, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
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
pp. 331-333
May 31, 1857
George A. Smith
Result of the Delegation to Congress for the Admission of Utah As a State—Condition of Society in the States—Return of Apostates
pp. 334-340
June 7, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
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.
pp. 341-346
June 7, 1857
Brigham Young
Practical Religion—Simplicity—Temporal Salvation—Advantages of Utah As a Settlement for the Saints—False Reports, Etc.
pp. 347-352
June 7, 1857
Brigham Young
The Constitution of the United States Guarantees All We Ask—Hollow Gentility—Power of the “Mormon“Leaders—Government Corruption
pp. 353-354
June 14, 1857
Charles C. Rich
Privileges Better Appreciated By Absence—Present Salvation
pp. 354-360
June 14, 1857
Brigham Young
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.
pp. 360-365
April 19, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
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
pp. 366-367
June 21, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
Opposition to the Priesthood, Etc.
pp. 367-374
June 28, 1857
Brigham Young
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.
pp. 374-376
August 16, 1857
Heber C. Kimball
Limits of Forbearance—Apostates—Economy—Giving Endowments