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A Review of Richard Van Wagoner’s The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young by Elden J. Watson January 2011 The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young is the culmination of many years of tedious compilation. Of course it can never be claimed that the compilation is complete, because someone will always find one more talk hidden away somewhere, but Richard Van Wagoner has done an excellent job of collecting enough of Brigham Young’s talks that it justifies the designation “complete.” In this publication Richard Van Wagoner has attempted to include not only all of the recorded talks of Brigham Young, but also every reference to a time and a place where it was recorded that Brigham Young gave a talk. Additionally he has attempted to document all of the major sources in which each discourse or talk is reported. Signature Books’ announcement of the release contains the following description:
“These five volumes, including a preface and twenty-six-page index, are limited to 325 sets. They are printed on archival-quality paper, Smythe-sewn, and cased in linen with a bound-in satin ribbon. Oversized at 8½ x 11 inches, they occupy about ten inches of horizontal shelf space.” The set was announced in January of 2010, was listed at $500 per set, and by October of 2010 it was already considered out of print. Perhaps the rapid sales will prompt a reprint. If they do, they should take advantage of the corrections which I will make below. The greatest contribution of this publication is the inclusion of over 400 talks from the Leonard J. Arrington collection which have never before been published. This greatly enhances our understanding of both the personality of Brigham Young himself, and the doctrines which he taught. Included in this compilation are approximately 4,400 entries, whereas my own compilation Brigham Young Addresses contained only approximately 1,100 entries. Because many of these entries are only mention of talks that were given, the disparity is not as great as it might at first seem, but I am convinced that Van Wagoner’s compilation contains well over twice as much data from actual talks of Brigham Young than does my own compilation. Other contributions of this publication include many additional insights into the Prophet Joseph Smith who was Brigham Young’s hero. Brigham Young enjoys speaking of Joseph Smith, his association with the Prophet, and the things he learned from him. There is also a large amount of information from Brigham Young on the Order of Enoch, which seems to differ in many respects from both the United Order and the Law of Consecration. This is especially prevalent in his discussions concerning the construction of the St. George Temple. Another great benefit of Complete Discourses which may not be quite so obvious is that there are several instances in which a particular discourse of Brigham Young is reported by two different reporters (See for example: 5 November 1854, 12 November 1854 and 10 June 1854). By comparing the two reports we are able to grasp just how good (or rather how bad) these reports actually are. The idea is popular that since these discourses were stenographically reported that we have a nearly word-for-word report of what Brigham Young actually said. Even a cursory examination of any one particular talk as simultaneously reported by two different recorders demonstrates that this is not the case. Adam-God enthusiasts will be delighted to find that Richard Van Wagoner has published for the first time the report taken by Thomas B. Marsh during the famous April 9, 1852 discourse, as well as some other heretofore unpublished sermons of Brigham Young which reference the same topic. In working with Complete Discourses for nearly a year I encountered some interesting disparities in which the identical data is printed in two different places but with different dates. (Compare for example 13 March 1843 (p 22) with 13 March 1845 (p 72)). I have located eleven such duplicated entries. As is the case in every first time publication of a work of this size, I have encountered a number of typographical errors. However, in the body of the talks themselves I do not find any extraordinary number. I have not attempted to compare any of Mr. Van Wagoner’s data which is newly published with the manuscripts from which they came, but I have some difficulty believing that in handwritten material a clear distinction can be made between “br.” and “hr.” (1882b23) or between “and” and “arid” (1396a12; 1427b37; 1826b3; 1836a39). I have made many comparisons with previously published materials and by analogy I have some confidence that the published data compares favorably with the manuscript materials. However, the source information which Mr. Van Wagoner provides is another matter. It is not appropriate for me to criticize too strongly because he has quietly corrected a number of errors which appeared in my own compilations without a word of comment. That being said, I was dismayed at the number of errors which appear in the source information specifying where the data was previously published. Early on in working with Complete Discourses I encountered a couple of instances in which the source information was incomplete: only the first page of the source was given. Once I discovered this I began looking for more such instances and I found over 190 of them and I certainly did not find them all. I thought briefly that this was a general practice used by Mr. Van Wagoner in his source references, but soon found that the majority of his references contain the complete reference, and that the incomplete reference was an anomaly. Of even more significance was my finding of numerous instances in which the source information given was wrong. These and other errata such as incorrect dates etc. will be tabulated below. In general my appreciation for this set of books is high, however there are two items which Mr. Van Wagoner includes in his compilation for which he deserves sharp criticism. In the fourth entry for 24 August 1867, Mr. Van Wagoner records Brigham Young as saying:
“Brethren, this Church will be led onto the very brink of hell by the leaders of this people. Then God will raise the one mighty and strong spoken of in the 85th Section of the Doctrine and Covenants, to save and redeem this church.” Mr. Van Wagoner’s source for this statement is Truth Magazine 1:135. Truth Magazine was an apostate monthly publication which began in June 1935 and was edited for most of it’s 22 years of publication by Joseph White Musser, who had been excommunicated in 1922. The publication was a rallying flag for Mormon Fundamentalism and polygamy. Mr. Van Wagoner cites Truth Magazine for this statement because there is no other source for it. The statement is actually cited 12 times in Truth: 1:135; 3:163; 6:109; 6:231; 7:233; 9:253; 10:15; 14:70; 15:104; 15:128; 16:103; 19:255; but never once does Musser give any source for his information other than citing his own previous publications. Mr. Van Wagoner should know better than to cite an apostate publication without some other legitimate source to support it. The statement does not appear in any other source because Brigham Young never said it. In 1927 J. Leslie Broadbent wrote and published a thirty page pamphlet entitled “Celestial Marriage ?” He published it anonymously because he was afraid he might be excommunicated for writing it. After his excommunication in July 1929 that issue became moot so in subsequent reprints of that pamphlet he added his name as the author. On the second page of “Celestial Marriage ?” he printed the following:
"Hear it ye Elders of Israel, and mark it down in your log-books, the fullness of the Gospel is the united order and the order of plural marriage, and I fear that when I am gone, this people will give up these two principles which we prize so highly, and if they do, this Church cannot advance as God wishes for it to advance." (Extract from sermon of Brigham Young, at dedication of St. George Temple.) Apostates and anti-Mormons alike have been diligently seeking for the source of that statement for over 80 years, but without success. Now at last Richard Van Wagoner has found the source of that comment and has published it in The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young (vol 5 page 3112). And what is the source of this elusive statement? He gives his source on line 16: “Celestial Marriage, Broadbent, 1927, CA.” Mr. Van Wagoner should be embarrassed for even assuming to include the statement in his collection, thereby giving LDS Fundamentalists another opportunity for deceptively quoting the statement and giving it the allusion of legitimacy. It is Mr. Van Wagoner who assigns it the date of 8 April 1877. Even though that is after the dedication of the St. George temple, it is at the general conference of the church held in St. George shortly following the dedication of that temple. A serious problem with that date is that there were three church reporters on the stand with Brigham as his discourses on that date were given. President Young supposedly specified that this was a comment which he particularly wished recorded, yet none of the church reporters recorded the statement, nor any statement even vaguely similar to it. Mr. Van Wagoner publishes for that date the minutes of James G. Blake the official clerk of the conference, and also the journal entry of L. John Nuttal who was the private secretary of the First Presidency. Wilford Woodruff was also on the stand during that talk and he does not make any mention of the statement which Brigham Young supposedly strongly declared that he wanted recorded. Mr. Van Wagoner also prints the report of the same talk by diarist Charles W. Walker who joins the other reporters in his resounding silence on the issue, although perhaps he could be excused because he says he was far from the stand and could not hear all that was said. That excuse won’t work for the three official church reporters who were on the stand with President Young. The fact is that the statement was not reported because Brigham Young never made it. In a somewhat similar circumstance when Wilford Woodruff reported a statement by Brigham Young which Mr. Van Wagoner apparently did not like, he added the following note: “[Note: This last statement is most likely a misquote and is not in the officially reported discourse above.]” (see CD 5:2997). It seems inconsistent that Mr. Van Wagoner will accept without comment a statement by an apostate, J. Leslie Broadbent, which is not in any of the reports of the discourse, and which first appears 50 years after the reputed talk, but will write a disclaimer regarding a record made by the venerable diarist Wilford Woodruff who was known to have been present at the time the statement he reported was made. My criticism is not yet complete. Mr. Van Wagoner subjoins to the first sentence quoted from J. Leslie Broadbent’s pamphlet two more sentences, supposedly immediately following in the same talk by President Brigham Young: (see CD 5:3112)
“If this people do not accept and live the principles of the United Order, they will not be acceptable to the Lord. I do not want to live to see the sufferings that this people will have to pass through if they reject the United Order.” The problem is that this latter portion of the supposed Brigham Young statement is not found anywhere in the Broadbent pamphlet, nor in any of the reports of the 8 April 1877 discourse. This latter quote does appear four times in Truth Magazine (4:104, 135; 12:177; 13:154) and is attributed to Brigham Young, but never with indication of any source and never with any indication that it is associated with Brigham Young’s supposed statement about the fulness of the gospel. I have been unable to formulate any way of justifying this inclusion. I also find it interesting that neither Truth Magazine nor Broadbent’s “Celestial Marriage ?” are listed in his list of sources. I will now tabulate the errata which I encountered. ERRATA 1. Duplicate entries under different dates. The correct page and date are in bold and larger type. The page and column number is that on which the entry begins. In the third item, the source only indicates it happened in October Conference 1844, but does not give the date. Still, there is no need for two entries.
2. Missed Entry (entries that should have been included in CD but were not). Note that if no location is given, it is an additional publication of an existing entry.
13b 19 April 1840 Hanly, England BYA; WWJ 1:441 Elder Young preached to the people of Hanly in the Morning & evening.
14a 19 May 1840 Dymock, England BYA; WWJ 1:451 I walked in company with Elders Young & Richards to Keysend street. Elder Young preached.
14b 12 July 1840 Manchester, England BYA; WWJ 1:483 I attended meeting at the Joiners Hall Manchester with the Saints. B. Young preached in the morning.
15b 1 December 1840 London, England BYA; WWJ 1:555 . . . we met for meeting at the Academy as usual at 8 o'clock. [pm] Elder Young preached followed by Elder Kimball. We had a good time.
15b 6 December 1840 London, England BYA; WWJ 1:568 We again met at half past six & had the most in our room that we have ever had. Br Young Preached & was followed by Br's Kimball, Williams, Corner, Hulme & Woodruff. We had a very interesting time.
25a 3 July 1843 WWJ 2:256 The Elders were also addressed by Elder B Young.
32b 31 December 1843 Nauvoo, Illinois BYA; WWJ 2:334 I [W. Woodruff] met with the High Priest & spoke a few moments & was followed by Elder B Young.
43a 8 August 1844 [change the WWJ reference in line 12 from WWJ 2:436 to WWJ 2:435-437] [Insert the following before line 13, “I now wish to speak...” President B. Young again and said let none complain because of the situation of the congregation. We have all done the best we could. For the first time in my life for the first time in your lives, for the first time in the kingdom of God do I step forth to act in my capacity in connection with the quorum of the Twelve as Apostles of Jesus Christ unto the People and to bear of the keys of the Kingdom of God in all the world. And for the first time are you Called to walk by faith not by sight. For always before you have had a Prophet as the mouth of the Lord to speak to you. But he has sealed his testimony with his Blood. I now want to ask each of you to tell me if you want to choose a guardian a Prophet evangelist or something else as your head to lead you. All that are in favor of it make it manifest by raising the right hand. No hands raised. All that want to draw away a party from the Church after them let them do it if they can, but they will not prosper. [Insert the following after line 31 ending “Kingdom in all the world.”] Perhaps some think that president Rigdon would not be honored. But if he does right he will not act against our Council nor we against his but act together. But I repeat again No man can stand at our head. The Prophet Joseph has laid the foundation for a great work, and we will build upon it. Do you want a Patriarch for the whole Church? It would have been the right of Samuel Smith if he had lived, but he is dead. William is left and John Smith. It is their right. Do you want a trustee in trust? If so look at a bishop. It is their place to attend to temporal matters. They never yet have acted in their Station. Elder S. Rigdon Claims to be a spokesman to Joseph. Very well he is. But can he now act in that office? If he wants now to be a spokesman to the Prophet, he must go [to] the other side of the veil for the Prophet is there. But Elder Rigdon is here. Why will Elder Rigdon be a fool? Let those who hold the keys of the Kingdom of God build it up in all the world. If there is a spokesman if he is a king and Priest let him go and build up a kingdom. This is his right, and it is the right of many here. But who is the head? The Twelve. If one Thousand rise up and say they have the Prophet Joseph's shoes I know they are imposters. If you know how the Church is organized I wish to ask a question. Now if you want Rigdon Lyman or Law to lead you or any body else, you may have them. But I tell you in the name of the Lord, that no man Can put another between the Twelve and the Prophet Joseph. Why? Because Joseph was their file leader and he has Committed into their hands the keys of the kingdom for all the world. Don't put a thread between the Priesthood and God. I will ask who has stood next to Joseph and Hyrum? I have and I will stand next to him. We have a head, and that head is the Twelve and we can now begin to see the necessity of the Apostleship. I will now Close and give way for my brethren.
176b 5 February 1847 BYA; WWJ 3:126. The quorum of the Twelve met with them [the Silver Greys] at the opening of the meeting. Remarks were made by President Young.
208a 6 April 1847 WWJ 3:146 We met in Public Conference this morning in winter Quarters. Not much business was done. The sun shone bright, the Heavens smiled upon us. Our hearts were made glad. President Young spoke to the people good doctrine.
248b 4 September 1847 Jenson, Historical Record 9:102 Most of the afternoon the Twelve were in council, and had a very interesting time. Two of the quorum, but principally Parley P. Pratt, was reproved sharply for having undone what the majority of the quorum had done in the organization of the camps for traveling. The brethren who had done wrong made a humble confession, after which much valuable teaching was given by President Young. Among other things he said: When we set apart one or more of the Twelve to go and do a certain work they will be blessed in doing that work, and the quorum will back up what they do. But when one or more of the quorum interfere with the work of the majority they burn their fingers and do wrong. When the majority of the quorum of the Twelve organize a Stake of Zion and appoint a President over the same, the minority of the quorum have no right to interfere with these doings; and so in all other things, unless the majority should get corrupt. In that case, it would be the duty of any member of the quorum to show them their error and teach them what was right, and, if necessary, lay the matter before the entire people. President Young said further, that he felt the weight of eternity resting upon him, being overburdened with work and responsibilities.
248b 5 September 1847 Jenson, Historical Record 9:103. Wilford Woodruff, Orson Pratt and President Young addressed the congregation, after which it was decided to lay over the following day and hold another meeting.
276b 24 February 1848 WWJ 3:314; BYA. President Young said He wanted to speak upon the spirit of the thing with Br Woolleys that the things that oppress Br Woolleys feelings would have no effect upon him if all had been right with him but he had got the spirit of the world & did not feel right. Said that the law was for the unruly & that it must rest upon good men in order to reach the unruly & transgressers.
448a 7 September 1851 [Insert the following before line 31 “Anybody who enjoys ...”] Many of the Saints [forget?] mormonism.
452b 9 September 1851 Afternoon. Conference. WWJ 4:65; President Young says I want to Esstablish some travelling Bishops A thing that we never have done. When I Approach the subject of the Bishops I pause not with a trembling hand but I want to take time & look at it all day until we can see clearer than we now do. This people still stick to the world love the world. We should use the world & not worship it. No man is free indeed until He is free in Christ And Above the world. Don't worship the world. You will not be f[ree?] Is their any one that has any thing but what God gave him? You cannot make one hair white or Black. Now it is our duty to feed clothe & sustain the families of those who are in the vineyard preaching. If we let them suffer & they die their Blood will be required at our hands. We as a people have never done it yet. But it was time it was done. The Bishops are reproved. They don't do their duty. ...
251b 30 October 1847 HR 9:110; BYA. Immediately after we were encamped the brethren were called together in the centre of the ring, when President Young asked those who wished to go ahead to Winter Quarters to-night to rise to their feet. None arose. It was then decided by vote that the whole camp, horsemen and all, should remain in a body and go into town together. President Young and Heber C. Kimball expressed their satisfaction with the conduct of the Pioneers during their travels and blessed them in the name of the Lord.
643a 27 March 1853 WWJ 4:212. President Brigham Young Arose & said many interesting things concerning the Gladdenites & Apostates in this place. His discours is published in the Deserett News vol 3 No 10 which is Highly interesting.
747a 18 December 1853 LBD 47, BYA Sunday P M Preaching by Pres Young
1044a 27 January 1856 LBD 61, BYA Sunday Sermon by Pres. B. Young He predicts a plentiful harvest if the Saints will do right.
1269b 6 June 1857 Salt Lake City BYA; LBD 85 AM Preaching by A. Lyman, H. C. Kimball & B. Young. William Smith wants to be Governor here. 1332a 6 September 1857 Morning LBD 88; BYA He [T. B. Marsh] was followed by Pres. Young who gave the latest news etc.
1407b 28 February 1858 Morning LBJ 94; BYA. ...excellent discourse by Pres. B. Young
1428b 25 April 1858 Afternoon LBD 96; BYA P.M. Pres. Young spoke on the present state of affairs.
1477b 19 June 1859 DN 9:121. President Brigham Young reasoned on the text: If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. -- John 7 chap. 17 verse. Spoke of the necessity of hearkening to the spirit of life; of the disposition in man to do evil, stated that evil is produced in the flesh, and that it was not in the spirit; that people generally would rather do right than wrong; admonished the people took leave to that spirit which taught them to do right and to overcome iniquity; said he was not opposed to individuals in the world, but he was opposed to the sin and wickedness that existed among men, two men taking the name of God in vain; to dishonesty, deception and every other abomination. He was highly gratified with one remark made by the gentleman who had addressed them, viz., that the preaching of the terror of the Lord can never bring mankind to repentance. Alluded to the independence of the will of the people and the impossibility of subduing it, except by the gospel of Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Ghost; treated on the nature of the law of Christ, albeit being calculated to preserve people in their organization and identity.
1919a 20 October 1861 LBD 132; BYA P.M. [preaching] by E D Woolley & Pres B Young
1925b 29 December 1861 LBJ 133. [preaching] by Pres. B. Young.
2028a 29 June 1862 LBD 138. Sunday A M Preaching by Pres B Young subject his news of death in which he spoke at length of the Morrisites their apostasy; they are consenting to our death their principles and the final result
2239b 12 November 1864 Mark Lyman Staker, Hearken O Ye People, Greg Kofford Books, Salt Lake City, 2009 pp 561-567 [Note: Portions of this sermon, significantly edited and shortened, are published in Journal of discourses 10:358-63; but it was incorrectly dated at November 6, 1864, with the locale given as Salt Lake City. In George D. Watt Papers, MS 4534, box 3.] [page] 7 [in longhand: Kays Ward Afternoon Nov 12/64, President Brigham Young] [4030 word discourse not printed here to avoid copyright infringement.]
2239b 13 November 1864 Mark Lyman Staker, Hearken O Ye People, Greg Kofford Books, Salt Lake City, 2009 pp 568-570 [Note: Portions of this sermon, significantly edited and shortened, are published in Journal of discourses 10:363-365. Holograph in George D. Watt Papers, Ms 4534, box 3.] [page] 5 President Young [1459 word discourse not printed here to avoid copyright infringement.]
2239b 13 November 1864 Mark Lyman Staker, Hearken O Ye People, Greg Kofford Books, Salt Lake City, 2009 pp 568-570 [Note: this sermon, was not published. Holograph in George D. Watt Papers, Ms 4534, box 3.] [906 word disourse not printed here to avoid copyright infringement.]
2490b 9 September 1867 DN 16:301; BYA Pres. B. Young spoke. 2515a 8 December 1867 Synopsis in DN 16:355. 2708a 2 March 1870 DN 19:69 Arrived at Scipio at 4:15 p. m., where brothers L. D. Young, John G. Holman, John W. Young, Brigham
Young, jr., A. M. Musser and Prest. B. Young spoke. The propriety of building a better meeting house was
freely discussed by the Elders. 3043b 28 June 1874 Synopsis in MS 36:499-500 3058a 7 April 1875 DN 37:292. President B. Young made a few remarks concerning the Z. C. M. Institution, insurance companies, etc. 3. Incorrect Source Identification The code first listed consists of the page number, followed by column a or b and then the line number. A “—“
means the entry should be deleted. Since the pages are numbered consecutively through all five volumes, the
volume number is redundant. page date reference corrected 17a21 6 Apr 1841 MS 1:301-305 MS 1:302 51b10 8 Sep 1844 MS 5:99-102 ---- 52a29 8 Sep 1844 MS 5:99-102 ---- 64b44 8 Jan 1845 UGHM 11:106-108 UGHM 11:109-113 71b14 25 Feb 1845 HC 7:376; WCJ. James B. Allen, Trials of Discipleship p 174. 215b3 18 May 1847 BYA 1:11 ---- 216a40 18 May 1847 WWJ 3:285-286 WWJ 3:178 235a38 28 Jul 1847 NJD 227-130 NJD 227-230 427a25 12 May 1851 DN 1:283 DN 1:284 447b32 7 Sep 1851 WWJ 4:56-58, 60-66 WWJ 4:56-58 494b22 7 Apr 1852 WWJ 4:111-119 WWJ 4:115-116 522a40 10 Apr 1852 WWJ 4:130-133 WWJ 4:132-133 620a17 13 Feb 1853 WWJ 4:192-195 WWJ 4:195 622a35 14 Feb 1853 DN 3:1 DN 3:26 696b16 31 July 1853 DN 3:93 DN 3:73-74 785b35 6 May 1854 WWJ 4:267-271 WWJ 4:267-270 831b32 17 Sep 1854 WWJ 4:287-289 WWJ 4:288-289 1137a5 4 Jul 1856 MS 18:624-646 MS 18:642-646 1144a3 24 Jul 1856 DN 6:164 DN 6:165 1181b26 19 Oct 1856 WWJ 4:4770 WWJ 4:477 1186a25 2 Nov 1856 DN 6:284 DN 6:283 1293b34 5 Jul 1857 DN 7:146 DN 7:148 1483a35 31 Jul 1859 DN 9:177 DN 9:185 1487a4 31 Jul 1859 DN 9:185 DN 9:177, 184 1598b4 9 Jun 1860 DN 10:169 DN 10:170 1918b38 20 Oct 1861 BYA 4:144 ---- 1964a38 23 Feb 1862 DN 11:313 DN 11:353 2000b29 7 Apr 1862 MS 24:481 MS 24:483 2000b42 8 Apr 1862 JD 10:32-36 JD 10:32-34 2000b42 8 Apr 1862 DN 12:10 DN 12:1-2 2002b34 8 Apr 1862 DN 12:1 DN 11:333 2002b34 8 Apr 1862 MS 24:481 MS 24:483 2002b39 8 Apr 1862 JD 10:32-36 JD 10:34-36 2000b39 8 Apr 1862 DN 12:10 DN 12:2 2073a36 7 Oct 1862 MS 24:755 MS 24:756 2211a24 31 Jul 1864 DN 13:352 DN 13:358-359 2239b20 13 Nov 1864 DN 14:74 DN 14:75 2241b7 29 Nov 1864 JD 10:365-372 JD 10:365-368 2302a37 7 Oct 1865 MS 27:770-771 MS 27:756 2302b16 8 Oct 1865 MS 27:770-771 MS 27:770 2302b42 9 Oct 1865 MS 27:770-771 MS 27:771 2303a18 9 Oct 1865 MS 27:770-771 MS 27:771 2307b10 9 Oct 1865 MS 27:770-771 MS 27:772 2307a44 9 OCt 1865 MS 27:770-771 MS 27:772 2307b41 10 Oct 1865 MS 27:770-771 ---- 2307b41 10 Oct 1865 BYA 5:31 ---- 2385b35 23 Dec 1866 DN 16:50 DN 16:10 2430b42 14 Apr 1867 DN 16:266 DN 16:226-227 2492a27 6 Oct 1867 MS 27:737 MS 27:774 2492a41 6 Oct 1867 DN 16:313 ---- 2492a41 6 Oct 1867 MS 29:737 MS 29:738-739 2493b27 6 Oct 1867 DN 16:313 ---- 2493b27 6 Oct 1867 MS 29:737 MS 29:740 2494b19 7 Oct 1867 MS29:752 MS 29:754 2495a35 8 Oct 1867 MS 29:774 MS 29:775 2495b9 8 Oct 1867 MS 29:753 MS 29:755 2504a37 17 Nov 1867 DN 16:330, 338 DN 16:330 2511a22 8 Dec 1867 DN 16:355 DN 16:358-359 2565b24 10 Jun 1868 DN 17:145-146 DN 17:145 2567a16 10 Jun 1868 DN 17:145-146 DN 17:146-147 2568a36 14 Jun 1868 DN 17:154 DN 17:149 2570a17 4 July 1868 DN 17:163 DN 17:173 2611b29 24 Jan 1869 MS 31:187, 190 MS 31:187-190, 203-205 2707a31 24 Feb 1870 IE 3:4 IE 3:295 2707b24 1 Mar 1870 DN 19:52 DN 19:69 2707b29 1 Mar 1870 IE 3:4 IE 3:296 2707b35 1 Mar 1870 DN 19:52 DN 19:69 2708a15 3 Mar 1870 IE 3:4 IE 3:297-98 2708b40 7 Mar 1870 IE 3:5 IE 3:363 2709a11 8 Mar 1870 IE 3:5 IE 3:365-365 2709a37 9 Mar 1870 IE 3:5 IE 3:365-366 2709b33 16 Mar 1870 IE 3:5-6 IE 3:431 2783a11 12 Sep 1870 DN (23 Sep. 1970) DN (23 Sep 1870) 2783a26 12 Sep 1870 DN (12 Sep 1970) DN (23 Sep 1870) 2783b20 16 Sep 1870 DN (19 Sep 1970) DN (19 Sep 1870) 2783b24 16 Sep 1870 DN (23 Sep 1970) DN (23 Sep 1870) 2882a1 9 Nov 1871 MS 26:254-255 MS 36:254-255 2892a8 28 Apr 1872 DN 21:168-169 DN 21:169 2940a13 15 Feb 1873 CLW 361-364 CLW 361-362 2940b32 15 Feb 1873 CLW 361-364 CLW 362-363 2941a16 15 Feb 1873 CLW 361-364 CLW 363-364 3038b41 27 Jun 1874 MS 36:497-501 ---- 3090b20 8 Oct 1876 MS 38:705-711; 721-723 MS 38:722 3125a43 12 May 1877 MS 39:387-389, 403-405 MS 39:388 3125b12 12 May 1877 MS 39:387-389, 403-405 MS 39:389 3125b21 13 May 1877 MS 39:405-406, 419-420 MS 39:406 3125b31 13 May 1877 MS 39:405-406, 419-420 MS 39:420 4. Incomplete Source Identification The code first listed consists of the page number, followed by column a or b and then the line number. Since the pages are
numbered consecutively through all five volumes, the volume number is redundant. code date reference corrected 67a13 12 Jan 1845 JTJ JTJ 20-21 67b26 12 Jan 1845 JTJ JTJ 28 85b4 24 May 1845 WCJ WCJ 550-551 107a18 24 Oct 1845 WCJ WCJ 189 196a41 17 Mar 1847 JDLJ 123-12 JDLJ 123-124 522a40 10 Apr 1852 WWJ 4:130-133 WWJ 4:132-133 539a33 11 Jul 1852 MS 14:673 MS 14:673-676 544a13 24 Jul 1852 MS 14:625 MS 14:625-627 620a36 14 Feb 1853 MS 16:241 MS 16:241-243 644a30 6 Apr 1853 MS 15:450 MS 15:450-454 648a22 6 Apr 1853 MS 15:486 MS 15:486-491 653a5 7 Apr 1853 MS 15:491 MS 15:491, 492 653a24 8 Apr 1853 MS 15:493 MS 15:493-495 657b27 17 Apr 1853 DN 4:91 DN 4:91-92 684a13 10 Jul 1853 MS 15:833 MS 15:833-836 687a45 24 Jul 1853 DN 3:93 DN 3:93-94 719b20 6 Oct 1853 MS 16:21 MS 16:21-25 735a3 4 Dec 1853 DN 4:61 DN 4:61-62 741b42 18 Dec 1853 DN 4:87 DN 4:87-88 771b27 6 Apr 1854 MS 16:563 MS 16:563-565 810b12 4 Jul 1854 MS 16:722 MS 16:722-727 820a45 24 Jul 1854 DN 4:72 DN 4:72-73 831b26 17 Sep 1854 WWJ 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36:2-6 3013b35 18 Apr 1874 DN 23:212 DN 23:212-213 3021a20 3 May 1874 DN 23:230 DN 23:230-231 3028b29 21 Jun 1874 DN 23:340 DN 23:340-341 3048a39 9 Aug 1874 DN 23:488 DN 23:488-489 3090b39 8 Oct 1876 DN 25:642 DN 25:642-643 3136a10 17 Jun 1877 DN 26:434 DN 26:434-435 3142b14 19 Jul 1877 DN 26:578 DN 26:578-579 3153b23 19 Aug 1877 DN 26:482 DN 26:482-483 5. Incorrect Dates code Change from Change to Comments 6b19 10 Mar 1835 10 May 1835 16b5 8 Feb 1841 6 Apr 1841 add entry to 6 Apr 1841 16b15 11 Feb 1841 11 Apr 1841 add entry to 11 Apr 1841 17a37 7 Apr 1841 6 Apr 1841 HC 4:333 has wrong date 24a15 29 Apr 1843 30 Apr 1843 27a37 27 Aug 1843 26 Aug 1843 HC 5:550 has wrong date 27b8 27 Aug 1843 26 Aug 1843 HC 5:550-551 has wrong date 232b12 18 Jul 1847 18 Jun 1847 include MHBY 3:60; 233a5 2274a14 10 May 1865 9 May 1865 a Tuesday 2318b23 30 May 1866 20 May 1866 a Sunday 2707b16 31 Mar 1870 1 Mar 1870 This was Brigham Young Jr. 2709b15 13 Mar 1870 6 Mar 1870 in letter dated 11 Mar 3009b7 2-15 Mar 1870 2-18 Mar 1870 6. Typographical and Other Errors code date change from change to 123b16 30 Jan 1846 BYS Studies BYU Studies 168b20 29 Dec 1846 MHBY 2:485-48 MHBY 2:485-486 67b41 12 Jan 1845 The subject in selecting The object in selecting 196a41 17 Mar 1847 JDLJ 123-12 JDLJ 123-124 400b16 8 Sep 1847 President Young then arose President Young then rose 467a18 4 Jan 1852 The minds of the Saints But the minds of the Saints 609a13 2 Jan 1853 they may be fruitless they may be frustrated 622b1 14 Feb 1853 good place fro the saints good place for the saints 734b31 13 Nov 1853 Perpetual Education Fund Perpetual Emigration Fund 750a31 2 Jan 1854 All of these ideas But all of these ideas 1292b20 28 Jun 1857 I wish to tell you I will tell you 1374b46 22 Nov 1857 sisters here in the sisters here and in the 1634a16 19 Aug 1860 me 7 the leaders me & the leaders 1919b26 3 Nov 1861 SLC Bowery 13th Ward School House 1971a29 2 March 1862 some remarks. some remarks. ... 2076a44 26 Oct 1862 [JWL] [JVL] 2400b42 23 Jan 1867 teously controlled. teously controlled. ... 2409a21 3 Feb 1867 If the Gospel If this Gospel 2431b46 14 Apr 1867 live that we may live so that we may 2507b27 29 Nov 1867 the Territory. President the Territory. ... President 2809b27 29 Oct 1870` that they may that they may know more of God, and be prepared for immortality, exaltation and glory. 2707b28 1 March 1890 redeeming the earth. redeeming the earth. Some men thought they were better to conduct
financial matters much better than the Prophet Joseph Smith, and for
him to turn his whole attention to spiritual matters; but his work was
temporal and spiritual. The entry beginning on 461b20 “Judge Snow ...” and ending on 462a9 “with you ...” is not BY and should be deleted. There are two paragraphs under 28 December 1843. The first is from MHBY 1:157 and BYA. The second is from WWJ 2:333.
they should be identified separately. 1262b41 CD gives all of the header information but does not include the discourse. Add the following: “Prest. B. Young spoke
encouragingly to the boys, and predicted their future greatness in the kingdom of God.” 1756b46 has a lacunae of 11 words. Insert between “for us to speak” and “to the Saints” the following: “of fulfilment of
prophecy?" Yes. If it delights your soul, speak” 2707b16-20 (31 March 1870) was Brigham Young Jr. and so the entire entry should be deleted. 2020a19 (8 June 1862) Insert the following before “Moses took the children ...” “Closed by President Young who spoke upon
domestic affairs Housekeeping &c including the dish Cloth place for the Broom, water & milk Pail, How to make bread &
Cook a meal of victuals also raising potatoes, Strawberries, an Orchard and farming in general. He said” 3058b26-32 gives all of the data, but does not include any source information. Insert the following: “DN 24:168; MS 37:325;
BYA 6:101.” 7. Sources in which the quotation was published, but which was not referenced 110b41 11 Dec 1845 NEC 7-8. 245a29 22 Aug 1847 Jenson, Historical Record 9:98-99. 251b33 31 Oct 1847 Jenson, Historical Record 9:110. 450b24 8 Sep 1851 CHC 3:522-523. 684a13 10 Jul 1853 Liahona, the Elders Journal 7:650-654; The Contributor 5:22-26 2884a5 28 Apr 1872 MS 34: 337-341. 3056b22 7 Apr 1875 MS 37:290-291. 3058b2 8 Apr 1875 MS 37:306. 3058b11 10 Apr 1875 MS 37:323. 3058b19 11 Apr 1875 MS 37:325. 3068b7 8 Oct 1875 Ben E. Rich, Scrapbook of Mormon Literature 2:40-51; The Contributor
16:376-386. |