G. D. WATT, E. L. SLOAN, AND D. W. EVANS, AND HUMBLY DEDICATED TO THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN ALL THE world. VOL. XII. LIVERPOOL: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY ALBERT CARRINGTON, 42, ISLINGTON. LONDON: LATTER-DAY SAINTS' BOOK DEPOT, 20, BISHOP'S GROVE, ISLINGTON. 1869. Per. 165 PREFACE. EACH discourse in this the XIIth volume of the "Journal" commends itself to thoughtful perusal, being plain, practical, and of much worth to all who desire to keep pace with the progress of truth. While Zion is so rapidly and prosperously lengthening her cords and strengthening her stakes, it behooves all to be acquainted with the teachings pertaining to her advancement and the perfecting of the Saints; and inas much as the Journal of Discourses affords such excellent facilities for an ac quaintance with those teachings, it is both desired and expected that the lovers of truth and of their own best interests will at all times sustain its publication and profit by its perusal so far as may be in their power. THE PUBLISHER. Pleasures and trials of Missionary labors.-Improvement in the South-Every Gospel Principle Righteous and Essential. Remarks on Revelation-Missionary Fund-Word of Wis- Trip to Southern Utah-The Works and Faith of the Saints. Our Delegate to Congress-The Word of Wisdom-The Union Pacific Railroad-Spiritual Ignorance of Popular Preachers. The Priesthood to Dictate in Temporal as well as Spiritual Things-Inconsistency of an Equal Division of Property- Let Apostares Alone. 34 B. YOUNG. June 16, How Division were introduced into the Christian World-The Gospel Perfect, but its Teachers imperfect-The Priesthood Joseph Smith Taught by Revelation-The Gospel Reasonable and Consistent-The Lord Works Through Simple Instru- ments- Mormonism" full of Charity. D. H. WELLS. Condition of the World and of the Saints-God has Commenced to Regenerate the Worl1 by Revealing the Gospel-Its Pu- rity and its Union-President Young a Benefactor to the Experience in Missionary Labors-Ancient Prophecies Con- cerning the People of God in the last days. O. PRAT. Condition of Aposta es-The Young Men of the Saints--Bible The Witness of the Spirit-Bishops should be Examples-The |