The entry
Invite
Peak emphasis
2025
Total mentions
12,523
Years observed
1830 – 2026
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Moments of emphasis shift
Years when this word’s usage moved sharply against the decade around it.
- 1858
▲ Sharper emphasis213 per million words
- 1887
▲ Sharper emphasis209 per million words
- 1920
▼ Softer emphasis32 per million words
- 1973
▲ Sharper emphasis472 per million words
- 1976
▲ Sharper emphasis592 per million words
- 1998
▲ Sharper emphasis1014 per million words
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The Spoken Word
Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.
1954·LeGrand Richards·Apostle
Each of us should be ready and willing to answer such a call. We ought to be ready to go and give all we can to bring these people to a knowledge of the truth that they might share with us the joy that is ours.
1961·Richard L. Evans·Apostle
May I plead with you one other thing? That you share the gospel and these great gifts that God has given. Call it referral, call it sharing the gospel, or whatever you will — that which we have, which others have helped to give us, we have an earnest obligation to share. Will you young men, wherever you are, point your lives towards missions, and you parents help them so to point? There is an old proverb which says, "When you drink of the water, don't forget the spring from which it flows."
1979·N. Eldon Tanner·Apostle
What I would like to share with you today are my observations about the constant and fundamental principles which, if followed, will bring financial security and peace of mind under any economic circumstances.
1984·Joseph B. Wirthlin·Apostle
Then the bishop, using the power of suggestion and in a friendly voice, said, “I should very much appreciate having a visit with you for a few moments this evening in my office.” The brother couldn’t refuse so warmhearted an invitation, and a meeting took place.
1998·Thomas S. Monson·Apostle
Let me share with you a modern-day miracle which occurred a year or so ago at Murray High School near Salt Lake City, where every person was a winner, and not a loser was to be found.
2006·David A. Bednar·Apostle
Invitation number 1. I invite you to learn about and apply the Savior’s teachings about interactions and episodes that can be construed as offensive.