TrendZion

An almanac of prophetic emphasis  —  MDCCCXXVIII to MMXXVI

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Moments of emphasis shift

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

  • 1845
    ▲  Sharper emphasis4665 per million words
  • 1885
    ▼  Softer emphasis503 per million words
  • 1887
    ▲  Sharper emphasis1883 per million words
  • 1898
    ▲  Sharper emphasis3696 per million words
  • 1942
    ▲  Sharper emphasis2789 per million words
  • 2011
    ▲  Sharper emphasis1328 per million words

The Spoken Word

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

  1. 1856·Heber C. Kimball·Apostle
    I have learned by experience that there is but one God that pertains to this people, and He is the God that pertains to this earth—the first man. That first man sent his own Son to redeem the world, to redeem his brethren; his life was taken, his blood shed, that our sins might be remitted, That Son called twelve men and ordained them to be Apostles, and when he departed the keys of the kingdom were deposited with three of those twelve, viz.: Peter, James, and John. Peter held the keys pertaining to that Presidency, and he was the head.
  2. 1908·Heber J. Grant·Apostle
    May God bless us, my brethren and sisters in observing the laws of the Lord. My heart is full of gratitude and joy at the testimony of the First Presidency we heard yesterday. I felt that no Latter-day Saint could
  3. 1935·J. Reuben Clark·Apostle
    My brethren and sisters, in common with you I have enjoyed the quiet, the peace, and the hope of this conference. It is my earnest prayer — which I hope shall be fortified by yours — that I may say nothing today which will mar that spirit, but on the contrary will help to build it up.
  4. 1937·Heber J. Grant·Prophet
    to the November number of the Improvement Era. I am particularly grateful to Brother Richard L. Evans for the great amount of work and study and research that he has given, and for the work that he did in asking people to contribute articles for that issue of the Improvement Era.
  5. 1957·Marion G. Romney·Apostle
    To the men of Judea and others dwelling at Jerusalem who, pricked in their hearts by the powerful witness borne by the Apostles that Jesus was the Christ, cried out, ". . . Men and brethren, what shall we do?" Peter answered:
  6. 1963·Howard W. Hunter·Apostle
    The western world was not without its prophets. From the writings of Ether in the Book of Mormon, we read of the appearance of the Lord to the brother of Jared. As this people ceased