George Q. Cannon, acting as editor for volume 8 of the Journal of Discourses, calls the series a "standard work."
George Q. Cannon, "Preface," Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: George Q. Cannon, 1861), 8:iii
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 as it comes forth from the press as an additional reflector of "the light that shines from Zion's hill."