Journal of Discourses Volume Fifteen


 PREFACE

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"If forty years has brought a large percentage of Babylon into the midst of this people, how long will it take to get Babylon out and actually to establish Zion?" (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Volume 15:133)

More Interesting quotes from JD Volume Fifteen may be found at the end of the index.


THE LORD'S SUPPER-PROGRESSION-CO-OPERATION-INDEPENDENCE. Brigham Young , 15:1

HIS TESTIMONY-THE FULFILLING OF PROPHECY-ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Wilford Woodruff, 15:7

PERSECUTIONS-MISSIONARIES-EMIGRATION George A. Smith, 15:13

HIS IMPRISONMENT-EMIGRATING THE POOR-THE USE OF RICHES-TITHING. Brigham Young, 15:16

REVELATION-FORMER AND LATTER-DAY DISPENSATIONS-THE SURE TRIUMPH OF THE CAUSE OF ZION. John Taylor, 15:21

PATRIARCHAL MARRIAGE-THE SETTLEMENT OF UTAH. George A. Smith, 15:27

RICHES-HURRY-FASHION-HELPING THE POOR-MYSTERIES. Brigham Young, 15:34

THE LATTER-DAY KINGDOM-THE PRESENT FULFILLMENT OF ANCIENT PROPHECY. Orson Pratt, 15:44

SECOND COMING OF CHRIST-PREPARATORY WORK THERETO. Orson Pratt, 15:53

CONTINUED TEACHING NECESSARY-IGNORANCE OF PROFESSORS OF MODERN CHRISTIANITY-PRAYER, ETC. Brigham Young, 15:62

THE SETTING UP OF GOD'S KINGDOM IN THESE LATTER DAYS. Orson Pratt, 15:67

COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE LATTER-DAY WORK. Wilford Woodruff, 15:77

OBSERVE THE SABBATH DAY. Brigham Young, 15:81

THE GOSPEL PLAN-IT MUST BE OBEYED IF ITS BLESSINGS BE SECURED-GOD'S KINGDOM HAS COME. Daniel H. Wells, 15:84

SACRAMENT-SELF-EXAMINATION-RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY LIFE-REFLECTIONS ON SCENES OF CHILDHOOD, AFTER AN ABSENCE OF FORTY YEARS. George A. Smith, 15:92

REVELATION FROM HEAVEN AND ITS CONTINUANCE NECESSARY. Orson Pratt, 15:99

THOSE WHO HEAR THE GOSPEL MUST OBEY IT, OR THEY CANNOT BE SAVED BY IT. George Q. Cannon, 15:111

THE FULLNESS OF THE GOSPEL-ITS POWER TO UNITE-ITS COMPREHENSIVENESS-DEFINITION OF ITS PRIESTHOOD-CONDITION OF APOSTATES. Brigham Young, 15:121

FAULT FINDING-ADVICE-WHOLESALE CO-OPERATIVE STORE FOR LOGAN-DRESS-MARITAL RELATION-ESTABLISHING ZION. Brigham Young, 15:129

INCREASE OF SAINTS SINCE JOSEPH SMITH'S DEATH-JOSEPH SMITH'S SONS-RESURRECTION AND MILLENNIAL WORK. Brigham Young, 15:135

GOD'S WAYS ARE NOT AS MAN'S WAYS. Brigham Young, Jr., 15:139

TITHING George Q. Cannon, 15:145

SAINTS SHOULD SUSTAIN THEMSELVES-KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS-ABUSES-POWER OF RIGHTEOUS COMBINATION OF LABOR. Brigham Young, 15:158

THINGS OF GOD REVEALED ONLY BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD-DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORK OF GOD, ETC. John Taylor, 15:167

REVIEW OF GOD'S DEALINGS WITH THE PROPHET JOSEPH-COMING FORTH OF THE BOOK OF MORMON-GATHERING, ETC. Orson Pratt, 15:178

TESTIMONY-SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES-WORD OF WISDOM. Brigham Young, Jr., 15:191

ZION-THE DUTY OF ITS CITIZENS-TESTIMONY. Erastus Snow, 15:197

GATHERING-ITS SPIRIT-ITS OBJECT-DUTIES OF THE GATHERED SAINTS. George Q. Cannon, 15:202

CHOICE OF RULERS-HEADSHIP-ONE MAN POWER-THE YOKE OF JESUS. John Taylor, 15:211

THE ORDER OF ENOCH. Brigham Young, 15:220

SPIRIT OF LIGHT AND TRUTH-ITS VALUE-ITS OPPOSITE NECESSARY-FINAL TRIUMPH OF LIGHT AND TRUTH. Orson Pratt, 15:229

PRE-EXISTENCE OF OUR SPIRITS. Orson Pratt, 15:241

TRUE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. Orson Pratt, 15:253

GOD THE SOURCE OF ALL GOOD-THE COMMON LOVE OF MAN FOR INCREASE-THE NECESSITY OF RIGHTEOUSLY DIRECTING OUR POWERS. John Taylor, 15:266

THE SIGNS OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN-THE SAINTS' DUTIES. Wilford Woodruff, 15:275

THE SPIRIT AND PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL THE SAME AS OF OLD-EARLY EXPERIENCE OF SETTLERS OF UTAH-RELIGIOUS LIBERTY-MODERN SO-CALLED CIVILIZATION-BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD. John Taylor, 15:284

UNIVERSALITY AND ETERNITY OF THE GOSPEL. George Q. Cannon, 15:291

REWARDS ACCORDING TO WORKS-TITHING. Orson Hyde, 15:303

DIFFERENT DEGREES OF REWARD AND OF PUNISHMENT-MARRIAGE FOR ETERNITY NECESSARY TO A FULLNESS OF CELESTIAL GLORY. Orson Pratt, 15:312

THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.Joseph F. Smith, 15:324

LATTER-DAY JUDGMENTS. Orson Pratt, 15:329

HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE DECEASED-INCIDENTS IN THE LATTER'S LIFE SINCE HE JOINED THE CHURCH. Wilford Woodruff, 15:341

CERTAINTY OF DEATH-BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD THE SAINTS OBTAIN THE FULLNESS OF THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL-GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF HIS PEOPLE. John Taylor, 15:347

CHARACTER OF THE DECEASED-MANIFESTATIONS OF THE POWER OF GOD-THE SAINTS HAVE NO INTEREST APART FROM THE KINGDOM OF GOD-THE FEAR OF DEATH. Daniel H. Wells, 15:350

CONSECRATION-TEMPORAL EQUALITY-SELFISHNESS TO BE OVERCOME-RESURRECTION-RETURN TO JACKSON COUNTY-GLORY OF ZION. Orson Pratt, 15:354

THE TIMES OF OUR SAVIOR COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT-REVELATION-DUTIES OF THE SAINTS-SELF TO BE OVERCOME-COMING OF CHRIST. George Q. Cannon, 15:366


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Other Interesting Quotes from Volume Fifteen of the Journal of Discourses:

I do not know but that it would be an utter impossibility to commence and carry out some principles pertaining to Zion right in the midst of this people. They have strayed so far that to get a people who would conform to heavenly laws it may be needful to lead some from the midst of this people and commence anew somewhere in the region round about in these mountains. (Orson Pratt, JD 15:361-362)

There is nothing plainer to my mind than this, that if the Latter-day Saints become luxurious and extravagant; if they love the world and forsake their former purity; if they forsake their frugality and temperance, and the principles which God has revealed unto them, and by the practice of which they are to-day the people that they are; we shall be overthrown as others have been overthrown. (George Q. Cannon, JD 15:200)

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