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Jacob de Jager

2 speeches between 1982 and 1989, mostly as Seventy. 9,560 words in the transcripts.

Speeches
2
1982–1989
Words
9,560
in the transcripts
Reading grade
12.2
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
15
7.5 per speech
Callings
Seventy
2 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19821989

Signature phrases

Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.

  • perfection 49
  • melchizedek 11
  • priesthood 28
  • bottom line 5
  • ordinances 13
  • five year 5
  • perfected 6
  • namely 5
  • narrow path 5
  • escalator 6
  • exaltation 8
  • blessing number 5

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants9
  • Matthew1
  • 3 Nephi1
  • Jacob1
  • Luke1
  • Moroni1
  • 2 Nephi1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 2

As given in the bylines: of the Seventy

Every speech

  1. 19 Jan 1982Count Your Blessingsof the Seventy · Devotional3,707 w2 refs
  2. 5 Feb 1989Perfecting the Saintsof the Seventy · Devotional5,853 w13 refs
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