Heber C. Kimball · 1860 October General Conference · 1860-10-06
Published in Journal of Discourses, Volume 8, pp. 247-253, delivered October 6, 1860. BYU ContentDM precise page link recorded; text below is taken from the Historical General Conferences transcript of JD 8:247-253. Pitman shorthand report by John V. Long; 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 8:247-253 citation.
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Heavyweight pass: authoritative source is Journal of Discourses 8:247-253 (BYU ContentDM id/3281, IA page/n256, confirmed against indexes/jod-page-index.json). Fetched historicalgeneralconferences.weebly.com/1860-october.html raw HTML and collated the full body word-for-word against its transcript of JD 8:247-253 — verbatim match, no discrepancies. Confirmed talk boundary: opens at 'We have come together this morning...' immediately after the conference-record synopsis of Kimball's opening remarks and the 'Latter-day Kingdom' header, closes at 'I feel this spirit of improvement...I pray God to bless you all...Amen.' immediately before George A. Smith's synopsis/testimony — no bleed-in. Speaker, calling, session (Saturday Morning, October 6, 1860), and page-anchored IA/BYU witnesses confirmed accurate.
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