TrendZion

An almanac of prophetic emphasis  —  MDCCCXXVIII to MMXXVI

Angel

Moments of emphasis shift

Years when this word’s usage moved sharply against the decade around it.

  • 1839
    ▲  Sharper emphasis2489 per million words
  • 1866
    ▲  Sharper emphasis1319 per million words
  • 1894
    ▲  Sharper emphasis1241 per million words
  • 1945
    ▼  Softer emphasis73 per million words
  • 1964
    ▲  Sharper emphasis370 per million words
  • 1980
    ▲  Sharper emphasis534 per million words

The Spoken Word

Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.

  1. 1841·Joseph Smith·Prophet
    days attend to just men Spirit of of angels— the reaping of angels— false spirits.— of just men made perfect— Angels .— death —
  2. 1871·John Taylor·Apostle
    There is nothing faltering in the knees of a man of God, you can't. make him quail. God is his friend, and angels and all good men are his friends. He is living for time and eternity, and all is right with him, living or dying.
  3. 1923·Reed Smoot·Apostle
    standing and enlightenment, will never believe that the Angel Moroni appeared to the Prophet Joseph Smith, and that he did deliver the golden plates to him, just as the Prophet testified.
  4. 1942·Harold B. Lee·Apostle
    These testimonies we bear in all soberness, before God and men, aware that we are answerable to God for the truthfulness thereof. We admonish all men to give ear to these testimonies and to bring their lives into harmony with the gospel of Christ, that on the day "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him," they may Stand with those on His right hand, to whom He will say, "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world." (Matt. 25:31, 34)
  5. 1949·Stephen L Richards·Apostle
    I have felt that power. I have seen its effects. I know that the Prophet Joseph Smith received it from angelic ministers, and I know that it has been transmitted to you and to me to be used in the blessing of God's children and the establishment of his work. I will try to honor that priesthood. Will you, my brethren?
  6. 1970·Hugh B. Brown·Apostle
    And again from Matthew: "For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works." (Matt. 16:27.)