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Discourses of Brigham Young: Secong President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Discourses of Brigham Young Secong President of the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints Author:John A. Widtsoe (Compiler) Brigham Young, second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and first Governor of Utah, was the founder and chief builder of the Great Intermountain West of the United States of America. He is recognized as one of the foremost colonizers and empire builders of all time. His unsurpassed methods of conquering fo... more »r human use the Great American Desert, have been adopted to some degree by all who, since his day, have been engaged in the reclamation and settlement of unoccupied lands, especially under a low rainfall. Statesmen, scholars and business men have acclaimed the leadership, organizing power and sound philosophy which brought social and economic happiness to the people who were led into the wilderness by Brigham Young. He not only brought contentment to the people, gathered from many lands, but he guided the Church over which he presided, until, at his death, it was larger in numbers and more firmly established than ever before.
In this book Brigham Young is allowed to speak for himself. Excerpts have been made from his many discourses, and these have been arranged to show the coherent system of faith which he continously taught his people and by which he was enabled to win success for his followers.
This book was made possible because Briham Young secured stenographic reports of his addresses. As he traveled among the people, reports accompanied him. All that he was was recorded. The public utterances of few great historial figures have been so faithfully and fully preserved. The discourses, from which this volume has been culled, were spoken extemporaneously. The discourses are a remarkable self-revelation of the character and moving impulses of a man who accomplished huge tasks for his generation.« less