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B. H. Roberts

15 talks between 1898 and 1927, mostly as a speaker outside the general leadership. 37,008 words in the transcripts.

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Talks
15
1898–1927
Words
37,008
in the transcripts
Reading grade
15.5
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
5
0.3 per talk
Callings
Other
also Seventy
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record

Talks by year

18981927

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.

  • missouri 39
  • foreign ministry 10
  • treasurer 15
  • assistant 20
  • destructive forces 9
  • secretary 22
  • doniphan 9
  • civil war 13
  • land 83
  • hyrum smith 17
  • gentile nation 8
  • lawlessness 10

Scriptures cited most

  • Hebrews1
  • John1
  • Matthew1
  • Ecclesiastes1
  • Ether1

Callings when speaking

  • Other 9
  • Seventy 6

As given in the bylines: Elder · Of the First Council of Seventy · Of the First Council of Seventy, and President of the Eastern States Mission · Of the First Council of Seventy and President of the Eastern States

Every talk

  1. Apr 1898UntitledElder · Second Day973 w0 refs
  2. Oct 1901UntitledElder · Third Day1,650 w0 refs
  3. Apr 1902UntitledElder · First Day2,300 w0 refs
  4. Apr 1903UntitledElder2,923 w0 refs
  5. Oct 1903UntitledElder · Third Day5,110 w0 refs
  6. Oct 1904UntitledElder · Third Day, Closing Session2,622 w0 refs
  7. Oct 1907UntitledElder · Third Day, Closing Session4,583 w0 refs
  8. Apr 1912UntitledElder · Second Day, Afternoon Session154 w0 refs
  9. Oct 1917UntitledOf the First Council of Seventy · Third Day, Overflow Meeting3,246 w0 refs
  10. Jun 1919UntitledOf the First Council of Seventy · First Day, Overflow Meeting1,499 w0 refs
  11. Oct 1922UntitledOf the First Council of Seventy, and President of the Eastern States Mission · First Day4,038 w0 refs
  12. Apr 1923UntitledOf the First Council of Seventy and President of the Eastern States · Second Day, Morning Session1,292 w0 refs
  13. Apr 1924UntitledOf the First Council of Seventy and President of the Eastern States Mission · Second Day, Afternoon Session2,270 w2 refs
  14. Apr 1925UntitledOf the First Council of Seventy, and President of the Eastern States Mission · First Day, Afternoon Session1,742 w1 ref
  15. Oct 1927UntitledElder · First Day, Morning Meeting2,606 w2 refs
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