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Matthew Cowley
6 speeches between 1952 and 1953, mostly as Quorum of the Twelve. 4,913 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
6
1952–1953
Words
4,913
in the transcripts
Reading grade
7.5
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
3
0.5 per speech
Callings
Quorum of the Twelve
6 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19521953
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.
- samoa 7
- boy 18
- cowley 7
- fasting 9
- hardy 5
- zealand 7
- psychological 6
- native 8
- i’m 19
- dead 12
- elements 9
- got 15
Scriptures cited most
- Matthew2
- John1
Callings when speaking
- Quorum of the Twelve 6
As given in the bylines: of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Every speech
- 1 Jun 1952Follow the Oracle of GodQuorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
- 18 Feb 1953Miraclesof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,889 w3 refs
- 18 May 1953AchievementQuorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
- 19 Jun 1953Learning to Live Through Better Use of Vocational OpportunitiesQuorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
- 19 Jun 1953Learning to Live SimplyQuorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
- 20 Oct 1953Put Your Hand into the Hand of GodQuorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only