Brigham Young · 1855 October General Conference · 1855-10-08
Published in Journal of Discourses, Volume 3, pp. 115-123 (delivered October 8, 1855). This is Young's second discourse at the October 1855 conference; his first ('Faith—Practical Religion—Chastisement—Necessity of Devils,' JD 3:43-51, October 6) is filed separately. BYU ContentDM precise page link recorded; text is drawn from the Historical General Conferences (Weebly) transcript of JD 3:115-123. Pitman shorthand report; the speaker did not review this text before publication. Text transcribed from the printed JD.
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