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Marvin O. Ashton

12 talks between 1938 and 1946, mostly as Presiding Bishopric. 21,780 words in the transcripts.

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Talks
12
1938–1946
Words
21,780
in the transcripts
Reading grade
8.8
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
8
0.7 per talk
Callings
Presiding Bishopric
12 talks
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Talks by year

19381946

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.

  • let's 19
  • sometimes 53
  • going 70
  • lad 15
  • acid 9
  • mistletoe 9
  • get 67
  • wasn't 11
  • story 33
  • don't 33
  • boys 38
  • think 78

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants2
  • Luke2
  • 2 Nephi1
  • Matthew1
  • Acts1
  • John1

Callings when speaking

  • Presiding Bishopric 12

As given in the bylines: First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Elder · Second Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Bishop

Every talk

  1. Oct 1938UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Morning Meeting1,690 w0 refs
  2. Apr 1939UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Afternoon Meeting1,441 w0 refs
  3. Oct 1939UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Morning Meeting2,182 w0 refs
  4. Apr 1940A Tribute to President MckaySecond Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Morning Meeting129 w0 refs
  5. Oct 1940UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · First Day, Afternoon Meeting3,343 w0 refs
  6. Apr 1941UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Second Day, Morning Meeting1,829 w0 refs
  7. Oct 1941UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting1,097 w0 refs
  8. Apr 1942UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Saturday Evening1,321 w1 ref
  9. Apr 1943UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Sunday Afternoon1,784 w2 refs
  10. Oct 1944UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Priesthood3,157 w2 refs
  11. Apr 1945UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Sunday Afternoon1,429 w1 ref
  12. Apr 1946UntitledFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Saturday Afternoon2,378 w2 refs
Open in the talk databaseLeadership record