What is the Journal of Discourses?
The Journal of Discourses is a 26 volume compilation of LDS presidents and apostles sermons, covering about 35 years. There were several men who were officially assigned by the LDS Church to record the talks. Volume one of the series contains a letter from the LDS First Presidency (Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards), dated June 1, 1853, authorizing the publishing of the sermons: (click to enlarge) Scanned image of letter as it appears in the front of Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1. This 26 volume set is available on the New Mormon Studies CD-ROM. It is also available on the CD-ROM GospeLink 2001, sold through the LDS Church owned bookstore, Deseret Book. (See their online store at DeseretBook.com) The Assistant Manager for Deseret Book Company, gave the following endorsement of the Journal of Discourses in a a letter dated June 12, 1963: In having in your library the 26 volume of the “Journal of Discourses”, you have a library containing the sermons of the Presidents
