The first editions of the Journal of Discourses were published in England by George D. Watt, the stenographer of Brigham Young, in 1854.

The 26 volume collection includes 1,438 sermons given by 55 church leaders, including Brigham Young, John Taylor, Parley P. Pratt, Heber C. Kimball, George A. Smith, Orson Pratt, Franklin D. Richards, Jedediah M. Grant, and others.