Journal of Discourses, Volume 19

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Journal of Discourses Volume 19

BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, HIS COUNSELORS, AND THE TWELVE APOSTLES.

REPORTED BY D.W. EVANS, GEO F. GIBBS, AND OTHERS.

AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN ALL THE WORLD.

VOL. XIX.

LIVERPOOL: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM BUDGE, 42, ISLINGTON.

LONDON: LATTER-DAY SAINTS' BOOK DEPOT, 20, BISHOP'S GROVE, BALL'S POND ROAD, ISLINGTON.

1878

Preface

THE Nineteenth Volume of the is not a whit behind its predecessors in the simplicity of its contents, or the advanced character of the truths contained therein.

It is impossible to give monetary value to the past volumes of this publication, and the best evidence that they are appreciated, is to be found in the fact that they are sought alike by non-members as well as by members of the Church, and in contrast with many works of greater pretentions, book-stalls are searched in vain for even solitary copies.

This volume contains the last discourses of our late venerated leader, President B. Young; here, with those delivered by his associates of the Twelve, they are enshrined to show to unborn generations the grand development of progressive man when subject to the teachings of the Eternal Spirit.

Years shall enhance the interest and importance of these volumes as a library of reference and repository of truth.

THE PUBLISHER.

1: ENJOYMENT IN THE SOUTH—THE BLESSINGS OF A TEMPLE—NEED OF CHASTISEMENT—THE REDEMPTION OF THE EARTH—THE CHRISTIAN WORLD CONCERNED IF REGARD TO THE PRIESTHOOD—THOSE WHO PERSECUTE WILL BE VISITED—THE TEN VIRGINS—THE WISE WILL UNDERSTAND

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, April 29, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

2: REVELATION GRADUAL—HYRUM SMITH’S EXPERIENCE—THE LORD HAS NOT SHUT DOWN THE GATES OF REVELATION—THE CHURCH ORGANIZATION NOT PERFECTED AT ONCE. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ZION—BUILDING TEMPLES—THEIR STYLE AND CHARACTER PROGRESSIVE—DILIGENCE WILL SECURE THE BLESSING.

Summary: DISCOURSE DELIVERED BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, At a Special Conference, at Logan on Sunday Morning, May 20th, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

3: BELIEF AND KNOWLEDGE—PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE INDISPENSABLE—POSSESSION OF THE HOLY GHOST NECESSARY TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH—HOW TO OBTAIN THE HOLY GHOST—HIS OFFICE—THE ENMITY OF THE WORLD TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD AN EVIDENCE OF ITS DIVINE AUTHORITY—ALWAYS WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE SO—CONDITIONS UPON WHICH BLESSINGS ARE TO BE OBTAINED, OR LOST

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER JOSEPH F. SMITH, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, AT ST. GEORGE, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

4: SAINTS SHOULD BE WHOLE-HEARTED—SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM—THE LATTER-DAY WORK A REVELATION—JOSEPH SMITH ILLITERATE—OUR AGENCY ACCEPTS OR REJECTS—LOVE OF THE TRUTH PROVED MORE BY EXAMPLE THAN PRECEPT—AN IMPORTANT GENERATION

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER CHARLES C. RICH, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12, 1877. (Reported by Geo F. Gibbs.)

5: PRAYER BY ELDER ORSON PRATT

Summary: ON THE OCCASION OF DEDICATING THE TEMPLE SITE AT LOGAN, CACHE COUNTY, UTAH, ON FRIDAY, AT 12 O'CLOCK, MAY 18, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs)

6: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG

Summary: Made at the close of the foregoing Dedicatory Prayer.(Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

7: REMARKS BY ELDER JOHN TAYLOR, ON THE TEMPLE GROUND.

Summary: (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

8: TRYING TO BE SAINTS—TREASURES OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS—THE HILL CUMORAH—OBEDIENCE TO TRUE PRINCIPLE THE KEY TO KNOWLEDGE—ALL ENJOYMENT COMES FROM GOD—ORGANIZATION—DUTIES OF OFFICERS—FINAL RESULTS

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, DELIVERED AT A SPECIAL CONFERENCE HELD AT FARMINGTON, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZING A STAKE ON ZION FOR THE COUNTY OF DAVIS, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON JUNE 17, 1877. (REPORTED BY GEO. F. GIBBS)

9: THE WORK OF THE PRIESTHOOD THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HUMAN FAMILY—THE GOSPEL MORE THAN MORALITY, IT INCLUDES REDEMPTION—DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE IDEAS OF THE SAINTS AND THE WORLD—THE PROPHETS IN REGARD TO THE INCREASE OF MINERAL WEALTH—TEACH THE CHILDREN

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, OGDEN, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1877 (Reported by James Taylor.)

10: ORDER OF THE PRIESTHOOD—DUTIES OF THE SEVERAL QUORUMS—DIFFICULTIES AND THEIR SETTLEMENT—DUTIES OF THE TEACHERS—DISCIPLINE IN THE CHURCH

Summary: DISCOURSES BY ELDER JOHN TAYLOR, Delivered at Farmington, on Sunday Morning, June 17, 1877 (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

11: PRAYER THE MEDIUM FOR BLESSING—PRACTICAL MORALITY ESTABLISHES CONFIDENCE—THE PROPHET JOSEPH MANIFEST IN BRIGHAM—AGE PREVENTS EFFORT, BUT WHEN BEHIND THE VAIL, FREEDOM FROM OBSTRUCTION IS OUR OPPORTUNITY

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON HYDE, Delivered in the Temple, St. George, April 5, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs)

12: ITEMS OF HISTORY—THE PIONEER—TALKING TO THE CHILDREN—PEACE IN UTAH—GOD A PERSONAGE OF TABERNACLE—THE FOOLISH FASHIONS

Summary: ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, DELIVERED TO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN, IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY JULY 24, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

13: RELIEF SOCIETIES—TALK TO MOTHERS—IMPROVEMENT SOCIETIES—DOMESTIC MATTERS—TRAINING CHILDREN—HOME PRODUCTION—SILK INTERESTS

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, OGDEN, AT A MEETING OF THE RELIEF SOCIETIES OF WEBER COUNTY, JULY 19, 1877. (Reported by James Taylor.)

14: GOD'S PURPOSES UNCHANGEABLE—THE TWO POWERS—THE EVERLASTING PRIESTHOOD—ABRAHAM AND MELCHISEDECK—ORGANIZING STAKES OF ZION—TEMPLE BUILDING—THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS THE FRIENDS OF THE WORLD

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, JULY 29, 1877. (Reported by Rudger Clawson.)

15: INCREASE OF THE STAKES OF ZION—THE SAINTS CO-WORKERS WITH GOD—THE GOVERNMENT AND KINGDOM OF GOD—OUR INHERITANCES—THE POOR RECEIVE THE WORLD—THE GOSPEL INCORPORATES EVERYTHING

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT DANIEL H. WELLS, DELIVERED AT A SPECIAL CONFERENCE HELD AT BRIGHAM CITY, ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 18, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

16: THE LORD'S SUPPER—A WORD TO MOTHERS—THE SACRAMENT IN SABBATH SCHOOLS—HISTORY OF SOME THINGS—YOUNG MEN TO PRESIDE—HOME MANUFACTURES

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, DELIVERED AT A SPECIAL CONFERENCE HELD IN BRIGHAM CITY, BOX ELDER COUNTY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORGANIZING A STAKE OF ZION IN SAID COUNTY, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 19, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs)

17: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SAINTS AND THE ANCIENT APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES—THE QUORUMS OF THE PRIESTHOOD WILL CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD—THE SAINTS ARE CALM AND UNDISTURBED

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ERASTUS SNOW, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1877. (Reported by Rudger Clawson.)

18: THE ROCK OF NEW (OR CONTINUED) REVELATION—INCIDENT IN REGARD TO P. P. PRATT—"ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM"—THE WORK OF THE FATHER EXTENDS THROUGHOUT THE ETERNITIES

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER GEO. Q. CANNON, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SEPT. 16, 1877. (Reported by Rudger Clawson)

19: ACTIONS SHOULD HARMONIZE WITH PROFESSIONS—"MORMONISM" A SYSTEM OF POWER—ALL THE FAITHFUL ARE ENTITLED TO REVELATION—LEADING MEN BUT AS INSTRUMENTS IN THE HANDS OF GOD

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER GEO. Q. CANNON, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SEPT. 23, 1877 (Reported by Rudger Clawson.)

20: THE SAVIOR AMONG THE NEPHITES—PRINTING OF THE BOOK OF MORMON—THE PRESIDENCY OF THE CHURCH—THE ANCIENT PRIESTHOOD—THE KIRTLAND TEMPLE

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, DELIVERED AT THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

21: THE VOICE OF GOD, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE—THE POSITION OF THE TWELVE—READINGS FROM DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED AT THE SEMI ANNUAL CONFERENCE, HELD IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 6, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

22: THE TRUSTEESHIP—PRESIDENT YOUNG'S LABORS—THE PRIESTHOOD, ITS POSITION, DUTIES, ETC.—KIRTLAND AND NAUVOO TEMPLES—SAVIORS UPON MOUNT ZION—EMIGRATION OF THE POOR—BUILDING OF THE TABERNACLES—THE UNITED ORDER

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED AT THE SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE HELD IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 7, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs)

23: CONFERENCES—ORGANIZATION OF THE STAKES OF ZION—QUALIFICATIONS FOR A BISHOP—THE PEOPLE IN THREE GRAND DIVISIONS

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ERASTUS SNOW, DELIVERED AT THE QUARTERLY CONFERENCE OF THE UTAH STAKE OF ZION, IN THE PROVO MEETING HOUSE, SATURDAY, OCT. 13, 1877. (From the Territorial Enquirer.)

24: THE WORK PROGRESSING—PROPHECY FULFILLED—WE SHALL ALL OBEY THE LAW OF DEATH

Summary: SYNOPSIS OF A DISCOURSE BY ELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF, DELIVERED IN THE PROVO MEETING HOUSE, OCT. 13, 1877. (From the Territorial Enquirer.)

25: GOD IS AT THE HELM—ORGANIZATION ACCORDING TO THE REVELATIONS—HISTORIC STATEMENTS—SOCIETIES CONNECTED WITH THE CHURCH—TEMPLE BUILDING

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED IN THE PROVO MEETING HOUSE, SUNDAY MORNING, OCT. 14, 1877. (From the Territorial Enquirer.)

26: THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL—TEMPLE BUILDING—THE HIGH PRIESTS AND SEVENTIES—TO THE BISHOPS—TO THE SISTERS

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED AT THE QUARTERLY CONFERENCE, HELD IN OGDEN, OCT. 21. 1877. (From the Ogden Junction.)

27: GATHERING THE RESULT OF REVELATION—TEMPLE BUILDING SIMILAR—THE RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD—MINISTERING FOR THE DEAD—THE GOSPEL, GOD-SUSTAINED

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED IN THE FOURTEENTH WARD ASSEMBLY ROOMS, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 14, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

28: EXPECTATIONS DEFERRED—ON REVELATION—MARRIAGE—HOW PERFORMED—SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED AMONG THE YOUTH—LOVE CONTROLLABLE—MEANT TO BE UNDER THE DOMINION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS—AND TO BE FOR TIME AND ETERNITY

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER CHARLES C. RICH, DELIVERED AT CONFERENCE HELD IN PARIS, IDAHO, NOV. 11, 1877. (Reported by James H. Hart.)

29: THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT—THE RECORDS OF THE PAST—THE TWO STICKS—THE PROMISES AND BLESSINGS OF JOSEPH—THE SANCTIFIED EARTH—THERE IS A SPIRIT IN MAN

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, DELIVERED IN THE FOURTEENTH WARD ASSEMBLY ROOMS, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 2, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

30: THE UNITED ORDER—AMONG THE NEPHITES—NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY OR STEWARDSHIP—THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS GATHER FOR TRAINING—HOME MANUFACTURE INDISPENSABLE.

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ERASTUS SNOW. DELIVERED AT PROVO, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 3, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

31: ARRIVAL IN SALT LAKE CITY—THE FIRST PRINCIPLES—THE QUESTION OF AUTHORITY—THE ORDINANCES—EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH—PLURAL MARRIAGE, ETC.—"MORMONISM" IMMORTAL

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER JOSEPH F. SMITH, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 30, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

32: LEAVING NAUVOO—NO CHANGE ACCIDENTAL—DIVINITY MARKS THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH—DILIGENCE WILL AID IN SECURING SUCCESS—THE TEMPLE IN NAUVOO

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER GEORGE Q. CANNON DELIVERED IN THE BOWERY, SALT LAKE CITY, JULY 21, 1867. (Reported by David W. Evans.)

33: KING LIMHI'S ENQUIRY, FROM THE BOOK OF MORMON—AMMON REPLIES—SEERSHIP AND THE URIM AND THUMMIM—THE BROTHER OF JARED—HYRUM SMITH'S ENQUIRY—WHAT IS A GENERATION—THE IMMENSE NUMBER OF RECORDS TO BE REVEALED

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, DELIVERED IN THE TWELFTH WARD MEETING HOUSE, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. 9, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

34: LIVING ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT—TEMPLE WORK—GOOD COUNSEL—WHAT SAY THE HIGH PRIESTS AND SEVENTIES

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG, DELIVERED AT RICHFIELD, SEVIER COUNTY, UTAH, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 22, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

35: NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL—THIRTY YEARS PROGRESS IN THE MOUNTAINS—THE GOSPEL UNCHANGEABLE—JOSEPH INSPIRED—PRESIDENT YOUNG'S WORK-WORK OF THE TWELVE—LABORS IN ST. GEORGE TEMPLE—GATHERING OF THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

36: AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE—THE DEATH OF JOSEPH AND THE DEATH OF BRIGHAM—THE KEYS OF THE APOSTLESHIP—REVELATION FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE CHURCH COMES THROUGH THE HEAD—AS TO THE FIRST PRESIDENCY

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER GEO. Q. CANNON DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

37: THE GOSPEL REVEALED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WORLD—WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT—PRIESTHOOD,--HIGH PRIESTS AND SEVENTIES—ENERGETIC MISSIONARIES—DUTIES OF PRESIDENTS, BISHOPS, ELDERS, PRIESTS, TEACHERS AND DEACONS—RELIEF SOCIETIES—TITHING—P.E. FUND—COMMON SCHOOLS

Summary: DISCOURSE BY PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED IN THE OGDEN TABERNACLE, ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 21, 1877. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

38: BLESSING THE RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO LAW—OUR AGENCY IN THE FLESH—THE ADVANTAGES OF UNION—ORDER IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD THE ETERNAL WARFARE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER CHARLES C. RICH, DELIVERED AT THE QUARTERLY CONFERENCE HELD IN PARIS, BEAR LAKE COUNTY, IDAHO, FEB. 10, 1878 (Reported by James H. Hart.)

39: AN AGE OF VISITATION AND REVELATION—REVELATION THE LAW OF GOVERNMENT—THE NATURE OF DEATH—JESUS OUR FORERUNNER AND EXEMPLAR—THE THREE WITNESSES—PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE ABOVE ALL—ORDINANCES FOR THE DEAD

Summary: FUNERAL SERVICES PREACHED BY ELDER JOSEPH F. SMITH, OVER THE REMAINS OF EMMA, DAUGHTER OF ELDER DANIEL H. AND EMELINE WELLS, ON THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1878. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

40: THERE IS A GOD—COMMUNION WITH HIM AN INHERENT CRAVING OF THE HUMAN HEART—MAN IN HIS IMAGE—MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM—SPIRIT AND FLESH—MORTAL AND IMMORTAL

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ERASTUS SNOW, DELIVERED IN THE MEETING HOUSE, BEAVER CITY, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH, ON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1878 (Reported by Josiah Rogerson.)

41: GOD IS LIGHT—GOD OUR FATHER—GOD A PERSONAGE—THE HOLY GHOST—THE EARTH AS PART OF THE UNIVERSE—THE PURPOSE OF EXPERIENCE—THE RESURRECTION—ZION TAKEN FROM EACH OF THE CREATIONS—SPIRITUAL FACULTIES

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, DELIVERED AT THE FOURTEENTH WARD ASSEMBLY ROOMS, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, 1878 (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

42: THE BLESSINGS REALIZED BY THE SAINTS—MEN DIE, BUT THEIR WORKS REMAIN—A DAY OF INFIDELITY—THE COMING GLORY OF ZION—TEMPLE BUILDING AGAIN—BLESSING AT ST. GEORGE

Summary: DISCOURSES BY ELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1878. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

43: NO MAN CAN DIRECT THE KINGDOM OF GOD—THE GOSPEL DID NOT ORIGINATE WITH JOSEPH SMITH OR BRIGHAM YOUNG—THE SAINTS OPERATING WITH GOD AND THE ANGELS—THE GRAND ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH—OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF ZION

Summary: DISCOURSE BE PRESIDENT JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED AT THE CONFERENCE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8TH, 1878.(Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

44: TEMPLES IN ANCIENT AMERICA—THE GOD OF MANKIND AN IMPOSSIBLE GOD—THE TRUTH IN REGARD TO HIM—MAN IN HIS IMAGE—PREEXISTENCE—WHY INFANTS DIE—THE REDEMPTION BY JESUS—PLURALITY OF GODS—THE WORD OF THE LORD IS TRUTH

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, DELIVERED IN THE NEW TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, OCT. 7, 1867.(Reported by David W. Evans.)

45: ORIGIN OF MAN AND ATTRIBUTES OF DEITY—PHILOSOPHERS AND ASTRONOMERS VERSES THE SCRIPTURES—MAN POSSESS THE POWER OF IMPROVEMENT—THIS DEVELOPED BY INSPIRATION

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ERASTUS SNOW, DELIVERED AT THE FOURTEENTH WARD ASSEMBLY ROOMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JAN 20, 1878 (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

46: PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD—THE GRADUAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH—DUTIES OF OFFICERS—UNION IN ALL MATTERS ADVANTAGEOUS AND INEVITABLE—POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS GROWTH

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1878. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs)

47: REMARKS

Summary: REMARKS MADE AT A MEETING HELD IN NEPHI ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1878. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

48: UNITED ORDER—TITHING—CO-OPERATIVE LABORS IN BRIGHAM CITY

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER LORENZO SNOW, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, OGDEN CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 21, 1878. (Reported by James Taylor.)

49: A MARVELOUS WORK—ANGEL VISITATION—THE BOOK OF MORMON—EVIDENCE CALCULATED TO EXCITE FAITH—TESTIMONY NOT ALWAYS TO SALVATION

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER ORSON PRATT, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 16, 1878. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

50: FAITH—FULFILMENT OF PROPHECY—RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL—PRIESTHOOD

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER WILFORD WOODRUFF, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1878. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

51: THE HEAVENS FULL OF INTELLIGENCE—GOD HAS REVEALED PORTIONS OF THAT FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS CHILDREN—REASONING FROM SCIENCE TO SACRED THINGS—ALL DIVINE LAW UNCHANGEABLE

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER JOHN TAYLOR, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 16, 1878 (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs.)

52: OPPOSITION TO GOD AMONG MANKIND—RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE A CONSEQUENCE—INFIDELITY THE RESULT OF DEPARTURE FROM REVEALED ORDER—THE UNITED ORDER (FROM THE "TERRITORIAL ENQUIRER.")

Summary: DISCOURSE BY COUNSELOR DANIEL H. WELLS, DELIVERED IN THE PROVO MEETING HOUSE, SATURDAY MORNING JUNE 1, 1878. (Reported by John C. Graham.)

53: NO SALVATION IN IGNORANCE—REVELATION OF CALAMITY—THIS WORLD NOT A BAD ONE; SUITED TO ITS PURPOSE—UNBELIEF OF MANKIND—THE SAINTS WILL LIVE

Summary: DISCOURSE BY ELDER CHARLES C. RICH, DELIVERED IN THE TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1878. (Reported by Geo. F. Gibbs)