John Longden · 1955 April General Conference · 1955-04-04
Officially published Conference Report; proofread against IA scan conferencereport1955a (leaves 57-59, printed pp. 57-59). CHL catalog record for April 1955 could not be verified this session (client-rendered SPA; Chrome extension unreachable this session); IA retained as top-level source per docs/review.md. Discourse appears on pp. 57-59. Title is supplied (Conference Report discourses of this era were untitled).
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Heavyweight pass: CHL catalog record for April 1955 could not be verified this session (client-rendered SPA, Chrome extension unreachable); IA scan conferencereport1955a kept as retained top-level source per docs/review.md. Page-by-page collation against the scan (leaves 57-59, printed pp. 57-59) shows the prior ingestion had mislabeled this discourse: the opening paragraph it contained ('and no power to tempt those children...') was actually the tail end of Elder Mark E. Petersen's preceding address (now merged into id: 1955-04-petersen-isnt-it-thrilling-brothers-and-sisters-to). Elder John Longden's own, separate discourse ('My dear brothers and sisters, I am humbly grateful...') begins after President McKay's introduction later on leaf 57 and runs through leaf 59 to its own close; replaced the body in full with this genuine discourse, transcribed and reflowed verbatim from the scan. Third Day (Monday, April 4, 1955) morning session, second speaker, following Elder Mark E. Petersen and preceding Elder Levi Edgar Young. Set exact date, calling, session, and talk_order.
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