Journal of Discourses, Volume 8

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Volume 7

Volume 9

Journal of Discourses Volume 8

DELIVERED BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG,

HIS TWO COUNSELLORS, THE TWELVE APOSTLES, AND OTHERS

REPORTED BY G. D. WATT AND J. V. LONG

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

VOL. VIII.

LIVERPOOL:

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY GEORGE Q. CANNON, 42, ISLINGTON

LONDON:

LATTER-DAY SAINTS' BOOK DEPOT, 30, FLORENCE STREET, CROSS STREET, ISLINGTON.

1861

Preface

The deservedly ranks as one of the standard works of the Church, and every rightminded Saint will certainly welcome with joy every Number as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of "the light that shines from Zion's hill."

We rejoice, therefore, in being able to present to the Saints another completed Volume—the Eighth of the series; and, in doing so, we sincerely commend the varied and important instructions it contains to their earnest consideration.

THE PUBLISHER.

1: MAN

Summary: Remarks by Elder JOHN TAYLOR, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, February 19, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

2: TRUE CIVILIZATION

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 4, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

3: HINTS TO FAULTFINDERS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 5, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

4: THE HOLY PRIESTHOOD—JUDGMENT—SEPARATION OF SPIRIT AND BODY

Summary: A Discourse by Elder ORSON HYDE, delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 25, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

5: DEATH-RESURRECTION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 25, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

6: ADVANCEMENT IN KNOWLEDGE, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 5, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

7: UNIVERSAL SALVATION

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 6, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

8: PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 6, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

9: EDUCATION—TESTIMONY—MIRACULOUS SIGNS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 8, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

10: TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT, &c.

Summary: A Discourse by Elder ORSON PRATT, delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 8, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

11: INSTRUCTIONS TO MISSIONARIES

Summary: Delivered by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, in the Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, April 25, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

12: PRIVILEGES OF THE SABBATH—DUTY OF LIVING OUR RELIGION—HUMAN LONGEVITY, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, May 20, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

13: CONFIDENCE AND INFLUENCE OF THE SAINTS—KNOWLEDGE, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, a.m., June 3, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

14: RELIGION OF THE SAINTS—PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL—CONTENTION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 22, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

15: BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS—APOSTACY, &c.

Summary: Remarks by Elder ORSON HYDE, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 22, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

16: FILIALTY OF THE SAINTS—APPOINTMENTS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by BRIGHAM YOUNG, made at Logan, Cache Valley, June 10, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

17: RELIGION, PROGRESS, AND PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made at Ogden City, June 12, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

18: TRIALS OF THE SAINTS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, June 3, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

19: TEMPORAL SALVATION

Summary: Remarks made by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, Box Elder, June 7, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

20: PRACTICAL RELIGION

Summary: Remarks by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, made at Logan, Cache County, June 10, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

21: BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made at Kaysville, June 13, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

22: OBJECTS OF THE GATHERING

Summary: Remarks by President DANIEL H. WELLS, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Sunday, June 17, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

23: PROFESSIONS OF THE SAINTS—TRUST IN GOD—MAN THE FOUNDER OF HIS DESTINY, &c.

Summary: Discourse by Elder JOHN TAYLOR, delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, June 17, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

24: DIVINE AUTHORITY

Summary: Discourse by Elder ORSON PRATT delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, June 24, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

25: PRACTICAL RELIGION

Summary: Discourse by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, July 1, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

26: CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, &c.

Summary: Address by Elder ORSON PRATT, SEN., July 4th, 1860.

27: CHARACTER OF GOD AND CHRIST—PROVIDENCES OF GOD—SELF-GOVERNMENT, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, July 8, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

28: PERSONAL SACRIFICES—EVIL INFLUENCES AND POWERS, AND THE NECESSITY OF OVERCOMING THEM

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, July 8, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

29: ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS—SELF-IMPROVEMENT

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, July 15, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

30: LIGHT OF THE SPIRIT—COMING TRIBULATIONS—PRESENT SALVATION

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, July 15, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

31: PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS—PROVIDENCES OF GOD, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, July 22, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

32: GOSPEL OF SALVATION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 5, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

33: GOSPEL OF LIFE AND SALVATION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, July 29th, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

34: LIGHT OF THE SPIRIT—LAWS OF HEALTH—JOY IN THE GOSPEL, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 5, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

35: INFLUENCE OF THE ELDERS IN PREACHING THE GOSPEL—DUTY OF THE SAINTS LIVING THEIR RELIGION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt City, August 12, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

36: EFFECTIVE PREACHING—SUPPORT OF THE POOR, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 19, 1860. REPORTED RY [BY] G. D. WATT.

37: TRIUMPH OF "MORMONISM," &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 19, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

38: DEALINGS OF THE LORD WITH HIS PEOPLE

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, Provo, August 26, 1860 REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

39: THE THREE GLORIES

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 26, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

40: PRIVILEGES OF THE GATHERED SAINTS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 26th, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

41: DIVERSITY AMONG MEN AS TO THEIR CAPACITY FOR RECEIVING TRUTH, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 2, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

42: TRIALS AND DUTIES OF THE SAINTS

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 2, 1860 REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

43: COVETOUSNESS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 16, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

44: CIVILIZATION—MISSIONARY LABOURS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 16, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

45: THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD AND THE SPIRIT OF ZION

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 9, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

46: LIGHT OF THE SPIRIT—COURSE OF MISSIONARIES

Summary: Instructions by President Brigham Young made in the Bowery, and in the Historian's Office, Great Salt Lake City, September 9, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT AND J. V. LONG.

47: REMARKS PERTAINING TO FOREIGN MISSIONS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 23, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

48: BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS—COVETOUSNESS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 30, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

49: HELPING IN THE IMMIGRATION

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, October 6, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

50: PERSECUTION—THE KINGDOM OF GOD, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, October 7, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

51: JOYS OF ETERNITY

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, October 6, 1860.

52: FUNDS OF THE CHURCH

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, October 8, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

53: SOURCE OF INTELLIGENCE—LAWS OF THE GOSPEL, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, October 14, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

54: THE GOSPEL COMMISSION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 2, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

55: GOSPEL OF SALVATION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 2, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

56: MENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND SPIRITUAL ADVANCEMENT, &c.

Summary: Remarks by Elder ERASTUS SNOW, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 26, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

57: BLESSINGS

Summary: Remarks by HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in Kay's Ward, June 13, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

58: BLESSINGS

Summary: Remarks by President Heber C. Kimball, made at Ogden City, June 12, 1860. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

59: RESTORATION—RESURRECTION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, October 21, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

60: TEACHINGS OF THE PRIESTHOOD—RELIGION OF THE SAINTS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, October 21, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

61: TESTIMONIES OF THE TRUTH, &c.

Summary: Remarks by Elder ORSON HYDE, made at the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, October 7, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

62: RESTORATION OF THE DEAD, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, November 25, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

63: IMPROVEMENT, &c.

Summary: Remarks by HEBER C. KIMBALL, made at Willow Creek, June 12, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

64: PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL—CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR REJECTION

Summary: Remarks by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, July 15, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

65: THE LATTER-DAY KINGDOM—CONNECTIONS OF THE PRIESTHOOD—TEMPORAL SALVATION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, October 6, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

66: TESTIMONY, &c.

Summary: Remarks by ELDER GEORGE A. SMITH, made in the Tabernacle, October 6, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

67: EVIL HABITS AND PRACTICES, &c.

Summary: Remarks by HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, December 16, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

68: FAITH AND BELIEF, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 1, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

69: TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH—EFFECTS THAT FOLLOWED THE GOSPEL ANCIENTLY AND THAT FOLLOW IT NOW, &c.

Summary: Discourse by WILFORD WOODRUFF, delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 22, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

70: BLESSINGS OF THE SAINTS—TRAINING OF CHILDREN

Summary: Remarks by Elder WILFORD WOODRUFF, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, August 26, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

71: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, &c.

Summary: Remarks by HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, June 3, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

72: PRIVILEGES OF THE SAINTS—BUILDING UP OF ZION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, June 3, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

73: KNOWLEDGE—OBJECT OF MAN'S EXISTENCE ON THE EARTH, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made at Box Elder, June 7, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

74: JOURNEYINGS OF THE SAINTS—TEMPORAL SALVATION, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made at Wellsville, Cache Valley, June 7, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

75: APPOINTMENT OF BISHOP FOR CACHE VALLEY—COUNSEL TO THE PEOPLE

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, Franklin, Cache Valley, June 9, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

76: COUNSEL TO THE SAINTS SETTLING IN CACHE VALLEY

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made at Richmond, Cache Valley, June 9, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

77: SALVATION AND CONDEMNATION—IMPROVEMENT, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made at Willow Creek, June 12, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

78: PRIVILEGES ENJOYED BY THE SAINTS—CONFUSION EXISTING IN THE WORLD, &c.

Summary: Discourse by Elder GEORGE Q. CANNON, delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 9, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

79: TRUE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS—RICHES, TEMPORAL AND SPIRITUAL, &c.

Summary: Discourse by Elder ORSON PRATT, delivered in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, September 16, 1860. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

80: TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT—COUNSEL TO THE BISHOPS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, October 6, 1860. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

81: HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AND FREEDOM—NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE MOVEMENTS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Bowery, Great Salt Lake City, February 10, 1861. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

82: UNITY—COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, ETC.

Summary: Discourse by HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, January 6, 1861. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

83: SELF-KNOWLEDGE—FUTILITY OF ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY "MORMONISM," &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, February 17, 1861. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

84: DUTIES OF THE SAINTS—ORGANIZATION OF ELEMENT—ECONOMY, ETC.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, January 20, 1861. REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

85: GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THE LAST DAYS—RETURN TO JACKSON COUNTY, &c.

Summary: Discourse by HEBER C. KIMBALL, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, February 17, 1861. REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

86: ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD—GATHERING THE POOR

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 3, 1861 REPORTED BY G. D. WATT.

87: CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY

Summary: An address delivered by Hon. G. A. Smith, in Great Salt Lake City, July 4, 1861.

88: CONFESSION OF FAULTS, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President Brigham Young, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 10, 1860. Reported By: G. D. Watt.

89: REBUKING EVIL, &c.

Summary: Remarks by President BRIGHAM YOUNG, made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, March 17, 1861 REPORTED B Y G. D. WATT

90: TESTIMONY AND RELIGION OF THE SAINTS

Summary: Remarks made by EZRA T. BENSON made in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, April 6, 1861 REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.

91: KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF MEN

Summary: Remarks made by President DANIEL H. WELLS, in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City April 6, 1861 REPORTED BY J. V. LONG.