According to http://www.journalofdiscourses.org/,
it says:
"The Journal of Discourses deservedly ranks as one of the standard
works of the Church, and every rightminded Saint will certainly
welcome with joy every number (issue) as it comes forth.
(President George Q. Cannon, Journal of Discourses, Preface, Vol.8.)
"Each successive Volume of these Discourses is a rich mine of wealth,
containing gems of great value, and the diligent seeker will find
ample reward for his labor. After the fathers and mothers of this
generation have made them the study of their lives their children=92s
children will find that they are still unexhausted, and rejoice that
this Record has been handed down from their fathers to also aid them
in following the way of life" (Apostle Orson Pratt, Preface. Volume
3).
"It is impossible to give monetary value to the past volumes of this
publication, =85 Those who read the utterances of the servants of God,
contained in this book, under the same influence by which the speakers
were inspired, cannot fail to receive profit from the
perusal" (President Joseph F. Smith, Preface, Vol.18).
"We take great pleasure in presenting to the Saints and the world the
=85 the JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, which they will find contains rich
treasures of information concerning the glorious principles of Eternal
Life, as revealed through God=92s anointed servants in these last days.
All who read the discourses contained in this Volume are earnestly
recommended to adapt them to their lives by practice, and we can
confidently assure them that, in doing so, they are laying up a store
of knowledge that will save and exalt them in the Celestial
kingdom" (Apostle Albert Carrington, Journal of Discourses, Preface,
Vol. 15).
The LDS Church seems to make a big deal about the General Conferences
these days. On their web site, they have it rendered in almost every
possible way for visitors to view, read, or listen to ... but not so
with the JOD.
In the future, will these General Conference talks suffer the same
"apparent" negligence that the discourses of past presidents and
apostles?
Why does it seem like today's Latter-day Saints do not put that much
im****tance on them (the sermons of their own prophets and apostles) as
other Christians do with the letters of Paul and Peter that have been
canonized?
Jeff
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