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Robert L. Simpson

12 speeches between 1964 and 1986, mostly as Seventy. 23,251 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
12
1964–1986
Words
23,251
in the transcripts
Reading grade
11.2
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
31
2.6 per speech
Callings
Seventy
also Quorum of the Twelve
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19641986

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.

  • zealand 22
  • tithing 31
  • wonderful young 15
  • percent increase 12
  • simpson 12
  • game plan 10
  • missionaries 41
  • excommunication 9
  • guinea 8
  • maori 8
  • hundred 23
  • five percent 7

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants8
  • John7
  • Matthew3
  • James2
  • Moses2
  • Isaiah2
  • Luke2
  • 2 Nephi1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 10
  • Quorum of the Twelve 2

As given in the bylines: of the Seventy · Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Every speech

  1. 31 Mar 1964The Powers and Responsibilities of the PriesthoodGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
  2. 2 Aug 1966Beautifully Simple and Simply BeautifulGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
  3. 18 Oct 1966Gifts of the SpiritGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
  4. 13 Aug 1968What Is Your Total Score?General Authority Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
  5. 22 Aug 1973Qualify YourselfGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
  6. 12 Feb 1974Cast Your Burden upon the LordAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,848 w9 refs
  7. 5 Jan 1975Your 1975 Game PlanAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional4,621 w11 refs
  8. 6 Aug 1978To Be a Missionaryof the Seventy · Devotional4,710 w3 refs
  9. 25 Sep 1979“Unto All People”of the Seventy · Devotional3,361 w3 refs
  10. 2 Dec 1979Tithing: A Law of Peace and Securityof the Seventy · Devotional3,792 w3 refs
  11. 1 Oct 1983“Come, Follow Me”General Authority Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
  12. 24 Jun 1986We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophetof the Seventy · Devotional2,890 w2 refs
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