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Nicholas G. Smith

12 talks between 1921 and 1945, mostly as a speaker outside the general leadership. 15,503 words in the transcripts.

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Talks
12
1921–1945
Words
15,503
in the transcripts
Reading grade
11.3
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
10
0.8 per talk
Callings
Other
also Seventy, Quorum of the Twelve
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Talks by year

19211945

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.

  • northwest 8
  • tithing record 5
  • south africa 7
  • haymore 5
  • sabbath 20
  • copy 10
  • district president 5
  • homer 5
  • alaska 5
  • mission 43
  • hundred 25
  • exhibit 6

Scriptures cited most

  • 1 Kings2
  • Matthew2
  • Exodus2
  • Joseph Smith—History1
  • 2 Kings1
  • Jeremiah1
  • Doctrine and Covenants1

Callings when speaking

  • Other 6
  • Seventy 4
  • Quorum of the Twelve 2

As given in the bylines: Elder · President of the California Mission · Late President of the South African Mission · Former President of the South African Mission

Every talk

  1. Oct 1921UntitledLate President of the South African Mission · Second Day, Afternoon Session1,424 w0 refs
  2. Oct 1921UntitledFormer President of the South African Mission · Third Day, Second Overflow Meeting1,833 w0 refs
  3. Apr 1935UntitledPresident of the California Mission · Third Day, Afternoon Session789 w0 refs
  4. Oct 1935UntitledPresident of the California Mission · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,163 w0 refs
  5. Apr 1936UntitledPresident of the California Mission · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting766 w0 refs
  6. Oct 1937UntitledFormer President of the California Mission · Second Day, Morning Meeting668 w0 refs
  7. Apr 1941UntitledAssistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting794 w0 refs
  8. Oct 1941UntitledAssistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles and President of the Northwestern States Mission · Second Day, Morning Meeting1,534 w0 refs
  9. Apr 1944UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Priesthood1,688 w1 ref
  10. Oct 1944UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Friday Morning2,170 w3 refs
  11. Apr 1945UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Saturday Morning1,521 w3 refs
  12. Oct 1945UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Saturday Morning1,153 w3 refs
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