Years when this word’s usage moved sharply against the decade around it.
1849
▼ Softer emphasis140 per million words
1865
▲ Sharper emphasis1294 per million words
1885
▲ Sharper emphasis1321 per million words
1918
▲ Sharper emphasis3595 per million words
1957
▼ Softer emphasis113 per million words
2007
▲ Sharper emphasis373 per million words
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The Spoken Word
Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.
1854·Jedediah M. Grant·Apostle
All who understand the language of this passage, will agree that the Apostle alluded particularly to the Gospel that he had preached to the Galatians and others, and that which was preached by his colleagues, the other Apostles, and by others who were authorized to preach.
The First Principles of the Gospel — jod
1860·Brigham Young·Prophet
What say you, ye Latter-day Saints? Is not this the most glorious thought that ever was revealed to mortal man? Let the Elders of this Church go forth and preach that every person who does not become as they are will have to suffer the wrath of God, and go down to hell to dwell in a lake that burns with brimstone and fire, "where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched," and I would not give the ashes of a rye-straw for all they will do. It is good for nothing: there is no life in it—there is no soul in it.
The Three Glories — jod
1871·Brigham Young·Prophet
The doctrine that we preach is the doctrine of the Bible, it is the doctrine the Lord has revealed for the salvation of the children of God, and when men, who have once obeyed it, deny it, they deny it with their eyes wide open, and knowing that they deny the truth and set at naught the counsels of the Almighty.
The Training of Children — jod
1919·Joseph F. Smith·Prophet
While I was thus engaged, my mind reverted to the writings of the Apostle Peter to the primitive saints scattered abroad throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and other parts of Asia where the gospel had been preached after the crucifixion of the Lord. I opened the Bible and read the third and fourth chapters of the first epistle of Peter, and as I read I was greatly impressed, more than I had ever been before, with the following passages:
Gospel Doctrine — apostle_book
1933·Anthony W. Ivins·Apostle
"I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred and tongue, and people."
President Anthony W. Ivins — April 1933 General Conference [address 3 of 5] [derivation] — conference_report
1941·J. Reuben Clark·Apostle
A very satisfactory report, 22 — Gospel preached by word and ■ example, '22 — The message preached at home and abroad, 23 —
President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.. — April 1941 General Conference [address 13 of 20] [derivation] — conference_report
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The reading room
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