Discourse 1877-06-10
At St George Tabernacle
meeting, by request of Apostle Wilford Woodruff,
Brother Bleak read President Brigham Young's
Discourse, delivered in Logan, Cache Co, on Fri-
day, May 25th, 1877 at the Priesthood Meeting;
held for the purpose of organizing a Stake of
Zion. Brother Woodruff made some pertinent
remarks on the Discourse, remarking in
substance: the difference between President
Young and himself was, that President Young
remembered the sayings of the Prophet Joseph
in a most wonderful manner, while he,
Brother Woodruff, had written the sayings
of the Prophet; he said he had never heard
^1877.^ the Prophet Joseph deliver a sermon,
a prophecy, or give a revelation, with-
out writing it; as could be seen by re-
ferring to his Journals. The sermon
delivered by Brother Joseph at the funeral of
King Follett, he had written on the crown
of his hat, standing in the congregation.
He had a gift from God, it was this,
that when he did not have pencil or paper
with him, he could, after hearing the Prophet
Joseph preach a sermon, go home and write
it word for word and sentence after sentence;
but after completing the writing, the sermon
would pass from his mind, as though he
had never heard it. At the time of doing
