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S. Dilworth Young

42 talks between 1945 and 1978, mostly as Seventy. 64,006 words in the transcripts.

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Talks
42
1945–1978
Words
64,006
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.3
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
174
4.1 per talk
Callings
Seventy
42 talks
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Talks by year

19451978

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.

  • quorum 76
  • seventies 51
  • whispering 22
  • boy 78
  • group leader 11
  • samuel 27
  • ward 68
  • seventy 41
  • scoutmaster 10
  • witness 79
  • didn't 21
  • president mckay 26

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants29
  • Matthew20
  • Isaiah16
  • John10
  • Luke9
  • Joseph Smith—History9
  • Moses7
  • Abraham6

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 42

As given in the bylines: Elder · Of the First Council of the Seventy · President · Of the First Quorum of the Seventy

Every talk

  1. Apr 1945UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,162 w1 ref
  2. Apr 1946UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Priesthood2,820 w1 ref
  3. Apr 1947UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Friday Afternoon1,286 w2 refs
  4. Apr 1948"Without Purse or Scrip"First Council of the Seventy · Monday Afternoon2,159 w1 ref
  5. Apr 1949Report from New EnglandFirst Council of the Seventy · Monday Afternoon2,459 w3 refs
  6. Apr 1952To Obey Is Better than SacrificeFirst Council of the Seventy · Friday Afternoon1,183 w1 ref
  7. Oct 1953Fulfil Your ResponsibilitiesFirst Council of the Seventy · Friday Morning1,104 w2 refs
  8. Apr 1954Be Engaged in a Good CauseFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon1,635 w2 refs
  9. Oct 1954Responsibilities of TeachersFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning1,669 w2 refs
  10. Apr 1955Joys of ChildhoodFirst Council of the Seventy · Wednesday Morning1,678 w2 refs
  11. Oct 1955A Testimony for the ChildrenFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning1,828 w1 ref
  12. Apr 1956UntitledFirst Council of the Seventy · Priesthood1,167 w2 refs
  13. Oct 1956Teach by ExampleFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,992 w2 refs
  14. Apr 1957The First VisionFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon1,218 w2 refs
  15. Oct 1958"Teach Your Children"First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon884 w2 refs
  16. Apr 1959Heed the Whisperings of the SpiritFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning1,382 w2 refs
  17. Oct 1959Concern for Our ChildrenFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning1,149 w2 refs
  18. Apr 1960Responsibility to Teach the GospelFirst Council of the Seventy · Monday Afternoon896 w2 refs
  19. Apr 1961Young People Away from HomeFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,964 w1 ref
  20. Oct 1961When the Spirit SpeaksFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon569 w3 refs
  21. Apr 1962Parents Are Responsible for Their ChildrenFirst Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon1,844 w3 refs
  22. Apr 1963"Ye Have Heard My Voice"First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon541 w2 refs
  23. Apr 1965The Book of Mormon: Its Own Silent WitnessFirst Council of the Seventy · Monday Morning1,232 w4 refs
  24. Oct 1966Obedience—the First Law of HeavenFirst Council of the Seventy · Friday Afternoon1,317 w5 refs
  25. Apr 1967The Principle of ObedienceFirst Council of the Seventy · Thursday Afternoon1,260 w6 refs
  26. Apr 1968The Seventies as MissionariesFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,132 w3 refs
  27. Oct 1968The Work of the SeventyFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon2,004 w3 refs
  28. Apr 1969A Wayfaring Man Need Not ErrFirst Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon1,748 w5 refs
  29. Oct 1969The Work of the SeventyFirst Council of the Seventy · Friday Afternoon1,409 w2 refs
  30. Apr 1970Applying the Missionary ProgramFirst Council of the Seventy · Priesthood1,745 w2 refs
  31. Apr 1971“When Thou Art Converted”Of the First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,507 w4 refs
  32. Oct 1971“By Love, Serve One Another”Of the First Council of the Seventy · Friday Afternoon Session1,598 w7 refs
  33. Apr 1972Missionary Training Begins EarlyOf the First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,848 w2 refs
  34. Oct 1972“Having Been Born of Goodly Parents”Of the First Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon Session1,487 w2 refs
  35. Apr 1973When I Read, I Am ThereOf the First Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon Session2,018 w14 refs
  36. Oct 1973The Witnesses of ChristOf the First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Morning Session1,961 w12 refs
  37. Apr 1974That the Scriptures Might Be FulfilledOf the First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session2,021 w38 refs
  38. Oct 1974“For Thy Servant Heareth”Of the First Council of the Seventy · Sunday Morning Session1,911 w6 refs
  39. Apr 1975Scouters: Lead Them to a MissionOf the First Council of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon Session1,456 w2 refs
  40. Apr 1976The Still Small VoiceOf the First Council of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,509 w7 refs
  41. Oct 1976“I Have Gained”Of the First Quorum of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon Session1,004 w0 refs
  42. Oct 1978“He Hath Showed Thee, O Man, What Is Good”Emeritus Member of the First Quorum of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon Session1,250 w9 refs
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