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H. David Burton
3 speeches between 2000 and 2009, mostly as Presiding Bishopric. 15,513 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
3
2000–2009
Words
15,513
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.0
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
37
12.3 per speech
Callings
Presiding Bishopric
3 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
20002009
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- parables 15
- living water 15
- please tell 10
- golf 13
- exciting 19
- hughes 7
- alex 7
- president monson’s 7
- men’s souls 6
- gift 33
- scottish 6
- burton 7
Scriptures cited most
- Luke14
- Doctrine and Covenants6
- John3
- Matthew3
- 1 Nephi2
- Alma2
- 2 Nephi2
- Mosiah2
Callings when speaking
- Presiding Bishopric 3
As given in the bylines: Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Every speech
- 9 Jan 2000The Living Water of Jesus ChristPresiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Devotional5,963 w21 refs
- 2 Nov 2008What Manner of Men and Women Ought Ye to Be?Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Devotional5,062 w9 refs
- 1 Dec 2009These Are the TimesPresiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Devotional4,488 w7 refs