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Oscar A. Kirkham

18 talks between 1920 and 1957, mostly as Seventy. 19,323 words in the transcripts.

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Talks
18
1920–1957
Words
19,323
in the transcripts
Reading grade
8.9
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
34
1.9 per talk
Callings
Seventy
also BYU faculty
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Talks by year

19201957

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.

  • kirkham 11
  • boy 46
  • humbly 29
  • lovely 16
  • high privilege 6
  • youth 34
  • saint 23
  • yes 30
  • sabbath 20
  • pray 44
  • glorious 25
  • standard works 6

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants6
  • Psalms5
  • Alma3
  • John2
  • Isaiah2
  • 3 John2
  • Exodus2
  • Hebrews1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 17
  • BYU faculty 1

As given in the bylines: Elder · Executive Director of the Y. M.M. I. A

Every talk

  1. Apr 1920UntitledExecutive Director of the Y. M.M. I. A · First Day, Afternoon Session1,342 w0 refs
  2. Oct 1942UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon880 w1 ref
  3. Apr 1943UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Monday Evening868 w1 ref
  4. Oct 1943UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Morning795 w1 ref
  5. Apr 1947UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning1,063 w2 refs
  6. Apr 1948"Be What You Say"First Council of the Seventy · Monday Afternoon1,042 w1 ref
  7. Oct 1949Look Up at the SpiresFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,542 w2 refs
  8. Apr 1950"Except the Lord Build the House"First Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon1,409 w1 ref
  9. Oct 1950Stand up and Be Counted with the LordFirst Council of the Seventy · Friday Afternoon1,280 w3 refs
  10. Oct 1951Three Great WordsFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,100 w1 ref
  11. Apr 1952Now Is the Day of Our SalvationFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning892 w6 refs
  12. Oct 1952"To My Son—Seek Ye the Lord"First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,267 w2 refs
  13. Apr 1953"He Went About Doing Good"First Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning1,217 w2 refs
  14. Oct 1954As We Labor We Are BlessedFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Morning1,216 w1 ref
  15. Apr 1955No Greater JoyFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon664 w1 ref
  16. Apr 1956"Walk in Truth"First Council of the Seventy · Friday Morning1,140 w6 refs
  17. Oct 1956"Six Days May Work Be Done"First Council of the Seventy · Friday Afternoon933 w2 refs
  18. Apr 1957On Missions and MarriageFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon673 w1 ref
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