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Sheldon F. Child

3 talks between 1997 and 2008, mostly as Seventy. 4,000 words in the transcripts.

Talks
3
1997–2008
Words
4,000
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.2
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
21
7.0 per talk
Callings
Seventy
3 talks
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Talks by year

19972008

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.

  • zoram 6
  • storm 12
  • laban 6
  • tithing 12
  • trees 7
  • nephi 10
  • bond 5
  • foundation 9
  • pay 10
  • perish 5
  • enough 10
  • honesty 5

Scriptures cited most

  • 1 Nephi7
  • Alma4
  • Mosiah2
  • Doctrine and Covenants2
  • John2
  • Helaman1
  • Jacob1
  • Omni1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 3

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

Every talk

  1. Apr 1997As Good As Our BondOf the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,411 w12 refs
  2. Oct 2003A Sure FoundationOf the First Quorum of the Seventy · Saturday Morning Session1,513 w7 refs
  3. Apr 2008The Best InvestmentOf the Seventy · Sunday Morning Session1,076 w2 refs
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