Heber C. Kimball · 1852 October General Conference · 1852-10-09
Published in Journal of Discourses, Volume 1, pp. 160-162 (delivered October 9, 1852). BYU ContentDM precise page link recorded; text below is taken from the Historical General Conferences transcript of JD 1:160-162, cross-checked against the surrounding Deseret News minutes. Pitman shorthand report by George D. Watt; the speaker did not review this text before publication. Full text reproduced; not abridged.
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Digital transcript used to source the text below; matches the JD 1:160-162 citation, embedded in the Deseret News minutes of the temple-materials business.
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Carruth CR 100 912 inventory item cr-100-912-0441. Scholarly re-transcription of George D. Watt's original Pitman shorthand report, catalogued at the Church History Library. Papers of George D. Watt MS 4534 box 1 folder 9 images 18-23. Sermon in Journal of Discourses 1:160-162; in CR 100 317 box 1 folder 46, pp. 14-18. Transcribed from George D. Watt's shorthand record by LaJean Purcell Carruth 17 May 2013. Recorded as a separate witness per docs/ingestion.md's Carruth policy; the printed Journal of Discourses 1:160-162 text stays preferred until this transcription is reviewed against it.
Proofread against the source text.
Proofread against the IA scan witness; confirmed clean, no changes needed.
Collated word-by-word against the original scan.
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