Journal of Discourses

Public sermons by Mormon leaders from 1851-1886
“Some of these my brethren know what my feelings were at the time Joseph revealed the doctrine; I was not desirous of shrinking from any duty, nor of failing in the least to do as I was commanded, but it was the first time in my life that I had desired the grave, and I could hardly get over it for a long time.”
Portrait of Brigham YoungBrigham Young, July 14, 1855 · Plurality of Wives—The Free Agency of Man · JD 3:264-268