George Q. Cannon · 1875 October General Conference · 1875-10-08
Published in Journal of Discourses, Volume 18, pp. 103-108. Reported by David W. Evans in Pitman shorthand; the speaker did not review this text before publication. Text transcribed from the printed JD.
Pitman shorthand by David W. Evans; speaker did not review.
Carruth CR 100 912 inventory item cr-100-912-0434. Scholarly re-transcription of David W. Evans's original Pitman shorthand report, catalogued at the Church History Library. David W. Evans Shorthand Notebooks, BYU Library MSS 6857 box 1 folder 6 part 3 images 10-36. Sermon in Journal of Discourses 18:103. Transcribed by LaJean Purcell Carruth 7 August 2023. Carruth's first footnote dates the sermon 9 October 1875 on the authority of the shorthand notebook and the Deseret News and holds that Journal of Discourses 18:103 misdates it 8 October 1875; the date and session recorded here are left unchanged pending review. Recorded as a separate witness per docs/ingestion.md's Carruth policy; the printed Journal of Discourses 18:103 text stays preferred until this transcription is reviewed against it.
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