Years when this word’s usage moved sharply against the decade around it.
1850
▲ Sharper emphasis2169 per million words
1865
▲ Sharper emphasis3201 per million words
1887
▼ Softer emphasis209 per million words
1955
▲ Sharper emphasis1628 per million words
1992
▲ Sharper emphasis819 per million words
2015
▲ Sharper emphasis1128 per million words
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The Spoken Word
Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.
1853·Orson Hyde·Apostle
I have delivered the sermon I wanted to preach. I told the President I wished to preach a sermon of about twenty minutes long, and I believe I am at an end of it, inside of the time. I bequeath these remarks to you in the name of Jesus my master, with the best feelings of a heart devoted to your good. Amen.
Sanctification—Economy—Apostates—The Wolves and the Sheep — jod
1857·George A. Smith·Apostle
A short time after this, the Elders of Israel preached in our neighbourhood the doctrines of repentance and baptism for the remission of sins, precisely as preached by the Apostle Peter and by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. These doctrines I was pleased to hear. I believed them and received them in my heart.
Joseph Smith’s Family—Details of George A. Smith’s Own Experience, etc. — jod
1971·Boyd K. Packer·Apostle
Such a proposition generates atheism. When I think of an atheist, I believe with Sister Carol Lynn Pearson in what she wrote in her verse dedicated to the atheist:
The Only True and Living Church — cojc
1973·Howard W. Hunter·Apostle
“We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
“This Is My Gospel” — cojc
1983·Marvin J. Ashton·Apostle
“However, it was nevertheless a fact that I had beheld a vision. I have thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense before King Agrippa, and related … when he saw a light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who believed him; some said he was dishonest, others said he was mad; … But all this did not destroy the reality of his vision. He had seen a vision, he knew he had. …
“The Word Is Commitment” — cojc
1985·Bruce R. McConkie·Apostle
We know that in some way, incomprehensible to us, his suffering satisfied the demands of justice, ransomed penitent souls from the pains and penalties of sin, and made mercy available to those who believe in his holy name.
The Purifying Power of Gethsemane — cojc
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