Journal of Discourses

Public sermons by Mormon leaders from 1851-1886
“Someone may say, “If this work of the last days be true, why did not the Savior come himself to communicate this intelligence to the world?” Because to the angels was committed the power of reaping the earth, and it was committed to none else.”
Portrait of Orson HydeOrson Hyde, April 6, 1854 · Parable of the Sower, Etc. · JD 6:334-342