Eldred G. Smith · 1954 April General Conference · 1954-04-05
Officially published Conference Report; proofread against IA scan conferencereport1954a (leaves 86-88, printed pp. 86-88). CHL/official-Church verification not completed this session (client-rendered SPA catalog not reachable by available tools); IA retained as top-level source per docs/review.md.
No witness list recorded beyond the primary source.
Proofread against the source text.
Proofread against the official/CHL/JSP source plus scan/OCR witness; merged two false paragraph breaks at column-wrap points (Matt. 5:48 citation; closing 'Amen.').
Collated word-by-word against the original scan.
Heavyweight pass: CHL catalog record for April 1954 could not be verified this session (client-rendered SPA, no browser tool access); IA scan conferencereport1954a kept as retained top-level source per docs/review.md. Page-by-page collation against the scan (leaves 86-88, printed pp. 86-88) confirms this is Elder Eldred G. Smith's (Patriarch to the Church) address in the Third Day Afternoon Meeting (fifth session), Monday, April 5, 1954, immediately following Elder Richard L. Evans and preceding Elder Bruce R. McConkie per President McKay's introduction. Set talk_order 2, exact date, calling, and session. Corrected calling_at_time from 'Presiding Patriarch' to the printed title 'Patriarch to the Church'. Two paragraph-break fixes noted above; body otherwise matches scan verbatim.
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