Brigham Young lists the "standard works" as being a distinct category from the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants.

Date
1878
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Brigham Young
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Brigham Young, "Items of History—the Pioneers—Talking to the Children—Peace in Utah—God a Personage of Tabernacle—the Foolish Fashions," Journal of Discourses, 26 vols. (Liverpool: William Budge, 1878), 19:64

Scribe/Publisher
George F. Gibbs
People
Brigham Young
Audience
Latter-day Saints, Reading Public
PDF
Transcription

Study the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, read the sermons that are published in the Deseret News, as well as all the standard works of the Church. Such reading will afford you instruction and improvement; but novels allure the mind and are without profit.

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