Volume 18

48 chapters

• Man, the Offspring of God, a Dual Being: Immediate Revelation; Operate With the Priesthood
• There is Cause for Rejoicing: The Hand of Divine Providence Over the Saints; Pleased With Being a Territory; Maintain the Right; Be True to Principle
• Cooperation a True Principle: Saints Must Be Self-Sustaining; Patronize Home Manufacturers; Home Industrial Institutions
• Gathering of Israel: The Work of the Father Commenced; Three Nephite Apostles Never to Taste of Death; The Ten Tribes Come to Zion From the North Countries
• Little Children Are Innocent, and All Will Be Saved: God, a Personage of Tabernacle; The Life of the Savior, a Life of Suffering; Second Coming of Christ
• Immediate Revelation: Spiritual Gifts Necessary in the Christian Church; Apostasy; The Restoration of the Gospel; All Things to Be Gathered in One; Divine Authority; Marriage; Celestial Marriage; Baptism for the Dead
• Resurrection of the Saints: Second Advent of the Messiah; Preparatory Work; Return of the Jews to Jerusalem; Gathering of The Saints to Zion; Christ's Personal Reign
• Present Revelation Necessary to Lead the Church: The Apostleship; Present Revelation Necessary for All; Evils of Waste, Intemperance, and Extravagance; True Reformation is to Cease From Doing Evil
• The United Order: How Unity is to Be Attained; Reform Necessary; The Order of the Kingdom of God; Stewardships
• The Pleasure of Serving God: Importance of the Gathering; Necessity of Obedience to the Priesthood
• God Preserves His People: Internal Foes the More Dangerous; Redemption of the Dead; The Priesthood
• The Blessing of Life for Evermore: The Lord Commanded the United States Government to Purchase Freedom for Their Slaves; Reformation Necessary that the Saints May Progress Faster; Salvation Comes By Faithfulness and Endurance in Christ
• Self Preservation: United Order; Individual Stewardships; Home Manufactures
• Parable of the Ten Virgins: Importance of the Last Dispensation; Responsibilities Resting Upon the Elders; Judgments at the Door; The Lamanites; Home Manufactures; Laying Up Wheat
• The Resurrection: Laying the Cornerstone of the Temple in Jackson County; Mission of the Twelve Apostles; Baptism of Nearly Six Hundred of the “United Brethren”; The Saints Hold the Keys of Salvation for All Israel; Judgments Await the Wicked; Folly of the Fashions
• On the Dedication of the New Tabernacle
• What the Lord Requires of His Saints
• The Purposes of God: Duties and Responsibilities of the Saints
• Fulfillment of Prophecy: The Desert Watered and the Wilderness Made Fruitful; Zion in the Valleys of the Mountains; Increase of Her Families Like a Flock; Her Peace, Plenty, and Prosperity
• Book of Mormon: Urim and Thummim; Appearance of a Holy Angel in 1829 to Four Persons; Their Testimonies to the Truth of the Book of Mormon; Also Eight Other Witnesses; Isaiah's Prophecy Relates to that Book; Ezekiel's Prophecy
• Restoration of the Gospel Probable and Scriptural: Sent First to the Gentiles, Then to Israel; this is a Gathering Dispensation or the Fullness of Times; Destiny of All Nations
• Infidelity of the Christian World: Duties and Responsibilities of the Saints; Necessity of a Temple, and Works in Behalf of the Dead
• How God's Purposes Are Fulfilled: Similarity of Ancient and Modern Church Government; Interview With Baron Rothschild; Object of Building Temples; The Perfect Organization of the Church of Christ; Works Indispensable to Salvation
• Unbelief of the Present Age: The Saints Called to Build up God's Kingdom; Their Duties and Responsibilities
• The Gathering of the Saints is the Lord's Work: Knowledge of the Gospel Attainable Only By Revelation; The Lord Dictated the Prophet Joseph Smith in All Things Pertaining to the Establishment of the Church of Christ Upon Earth
• Very Few Will Inherit Celestial Glory: Lust After the Things of the World Produces Apostasy; No Real Happiness Outside of Godliness; The Lord Requires the Hearts of the Children of Men
• Simplicity and Unchangeableness of the Gospel: It Must Be Preached in All the World Before the Savior Comes; Duties and Responsibilities of the Saints
• Prophecies of Joseph Smith and Their Literal Fulfillment: The Rise of the Church and the Gathering; Martyrdom of the Saints and Flight of the Church to the Rocky Mountains; The Great United States Rebellion; The Gospel to Be Preached to the Gentiles; Then to the Jews; Plagues of the Last Days; Millennial Reign
• Personal Revelation the Basis of Personal Knowledge: Philosophic View of Creation; Apostasy Involves Disorganization and Return to Primitive Element; One Man Power
• Secret of Happiness: Self Examination; Joseph Smith a Man of Obedience to God; Baptism for the Dead; Temporal and Spiritual One; a Dream; Order of Enoch, the Order of God; A Good Word for the Women
• Visit to Sabbath Schools: Reflections on the Course We Pursue; Common Blessings Sometimes Undervalued; The Gospel Guarantees Its Own Testimony; Apostasy Rather An Evidence of Health, Than a Symptom of Disease; Testimony
• Philosophy of Man Upon The Earth: The Great and Grand Secret of Salvation; Are We One; Nature of Stewardship; Increase of Temples; Hear Ye, Mothers
• Youthful Experiences: Preaching Without Purse and Scrip; Individual Testimony Abundant and Satisfactory; Joseph Smith not An Impostor; His Promises Fulfilled; Form of Church Organization Imperative; Its Restoration in Prophecy and Fact
• The Gospel Trumpet: Salvation More Than Baptism and the Laying on of Hands; Responsibilities of Believers; Labors and Opportunities of the Spirit World; The Office of the Holy Spirit; Knowledge of the Gospel, Certain and Sure; Its Fruits Good, and Manifest in the Lives of Those Who Receive It
• Position of the Latter-Day Saints: Protestantism Makes No Claim to Revelation; Priesthood, How Restored, Its Purpose; Persecution the Heritage of the Church; The People Must Know the Will of God, and Do It; Respect the Authorities; and Respect Our Profession; Avoiding All Evils, Cleave to the Good
• Salvation Tangible: Personality of God; Character of God; Pre-Existence of Man; Jesus Our Elder Brother; Transformation of the Earth; Creation and Organization; Its Final Destiny, the Home of the Saints; Revelations By Joseph Smith in Harmony With Scripture
• Apostolical Succession and Responsibility: Social Position Affords No Release From Responsibility; If the Office Does not Honor a Man, He is Called to Honor the Office; Man's Future, Dependent on Integrity Here
• The Great Privilege of Having a Temple Completed: Past Efforts for this Purpose; Remarks on Conduct; Earth, Heaven, and Hell, Looking at the Latter-Day Saints; Running After Holes in The Ground; Arrangements for the Future
• Respect to the Dead: Pre-Existence the Key to This; The Future Life Depends on This; The Latter-day Saints Dependent Upon Revelation for Their Knowledge of These Things; Life Persecutions As Nothing, Contrasted With the Promises Pertaining to the Future; Men's Future Glories As Are the Laws They Abide
• Prophecies Unfulfilled: Changes in the Configuration of the Globe; Miracles the Result of Laws not Yet Perfectly Understood; The Re-Formation of the Earth; Its Character During the Millennium; Its Purification By Fire; The New Heavens and the New Earth; The Gospel the Celestial law, and Only Passport to Existence on a Celestialized Earth
• Burial Services, An Ancient Practice: God, the God of the Living; Keys Committed to Joseph Smith. The Last Dispensation; Jesus the Great Redeemer; An Everlasting Priesthood; The Powers of the Resurrection; Scriptural, Philosophical, and Certain; Sealing Powers Eternal
• Daniel's Vision: Nebuchadnezzar's Dream; Its Interpretation; The Coming of the Ancient of Days; Joseph Smith's Prophecy; Things Yet to Be Fulfilled; The Valley of God Where Adam Dwelt; The Establishment of the Kingdom of God; The Coming Millennium and Triumph of the Saints
• Feelings in the Temple: Value of the Sacred Records; The Gospel Finds Testimony in Opposition; The Gospel Always the Same; Martyrs Versus Heroes; Ordinances for the Dead
• The United Order: The Duty of the Priesthood; The Gospel not Communism; Teaching the People How to Live; Independence of Babylon; The Saints Will Continue to Spread; Unity of Purpose and Action, Will Bring Again Zion; Free Schools Criticized; Educational Status of Our Children
• The Lord Rules: The Hand of God in Persecution; The Gospel Embraces All Truth; No Need of Worry, the Lord Will Deal Out Justice; Joseph Slain for the Gospel; The Dissatisfied Will Be Satisfied; Full of Blessing
• Melchizedek and Aaronic Priesthoods: Their Peculiarities and Jurisdiction; Building Temples; Gathering to Be Sanctified; Union and Blessing Its Results
• Dedicatory Prayer
• Necessity for Effort: Regulation of Temporal Affairs; Consecration and Stewardship; Preparation for Building in Jackson County; Responsibility of Presidents; How Confidence is Created; The United Order; Desires for the Future