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David A. Smith

37 talks between 1919 and 1939, mostly as Presiding Bishopric. 66,172 words in the transcripts.

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Talks
37
1919–1939
Words
66,172
in the transcripts
Reading grade
13.3
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
23
0.6 per talk
Callings
Presiding Bishopric
also Other
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record

Talks by year

19191939

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.

  • quetzalcoatl 12
  • service 88
  • mission field 35
  • spiritual food 10
  • work 222
  • pire 11
  • lesser priesthood 16
  • labor 64
  • pub 9
  • prescott 8
  • siq 7
  • sincerely pray 9

Scriptures cited most

  • John5
  • Isaiah2
  • Exodus2
  • Proverbs2
  • James2
  • Deuteronomy1
  • Moses1
  • 1 Nephi1

Callings when speaking

  • Presiding Bishopric 34
  • Other 3

As given in the bylines: Of the Presiding Bishopric · First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Of the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · President of the Canadian Mission

Every talk

  1. Jun 1919UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Session864 w0 refs
  2. Oct 1919UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · Third Day2,471 w0 refs
  3. Apr 1920UntitledElder · Third Day, Closing Session653 w0 refs
  4. Oct 1920UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · Third Day, Second Overflow Meeting1,143 w0 refs
  5. Apr 1921UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Fourth Day1,281 w0 refs
  6. Oct 1921UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · Second Day1,468 w0 refs
  7. Oct 1921UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Second Overflow Meeting1,561 w1 ref
  8. Apr 1922UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Closing Session1,411 w0 refs
  9. Oct 1922UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · Third Day2,716 w0 refs
  10. Apr 1923UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Second Overflow Meeting1,523 w0 refs
  11. Oct 1923UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Morning Session1,997 w0 refs
  12. Apr 1924UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · First Day1,579 w0 refs
  13. Oct 1924UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · Second Day, Morning Session1,822 w0 refs
  14. Apr 1925UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Second Overflow Meeting825 w0 refs
  15. Oct 1925UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric of the Church · First Day, Third Overflow Meeting986 w0 refs
  16. Apr 1926UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Morning Session2,455 w6 refs
  17. Oct 1926UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Session3,072 w0 refs
  18. Apr 1927UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Fourth Day, Morning Meeting1,955 w1 ref
  19. Oct 1927UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Morning Meeting3,272 w0 refs
  20. Oct 1928UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,369 w0 refs
  21. Apr 1930UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Afternoon Meeting2,404 w0 refs
  22. Oct 1930UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric After one hundred years, and then what? · Second Day, Morning Meeting2,598 w0 refs
  23. Apr 1931UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Morning Meeting3,646 w2 refs
  24. Oct 1931UntitledFirst Counselor in the "Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,400 w0 refs
  25. Apr 1932UntitledOf the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting1,218 w0 refs
  26. Apr 1933UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Meeting2,538 w2 refs
  27. Oct 1933UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Afternoon Meeting3,719 w3 refs
  28. Apr 1934UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Morning Meeting2,157 w4 refs
  29. Oct 1934UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,687 w0 refs
  30. Apr 1935UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Afternoon Meeting1,643 w0 refs
  31. Oct 1935UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Afternoon Meeting2,284 w0 refs
  32. Apr 1936UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting1,924 w3 refs
  33. Oct 1936UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,377 w1 ref
  34. Oct 1937UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting505 w0 refs
  35. Apr 1938UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Afternoon Meeting1,036 w0 refs
  36. Oct 1938UntitledPresident of the Canadian Mission · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting604 w0 refs
  37. Apr 1939UntitledPresident of the Canadian Mission · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,009 w0 refs
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