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Sterling W. Sill

16 speeches between 1953 and 1978, mostly as Seventy. 33,399 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
16
1953–1978
Words
33,399
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.9
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
36
2.3 per speech
Callings
Seventy
also Quorum of the Twelve
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19531978

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.

  • born 58
  • shakespeare 24
  • ideas 41
  • roman 19
  • telestial 14
  • somebody 19
  • sylvia 11
  • athenian 10
  • last hour 9
  • famine 11
  • greatest 41
  • recession 8

Scriptures cited most

  • Matthew11
  • Doctrine and Covenants3
  • Deuteronomy3
  • Luke3
  • Moroni2
  • John2
  • Exodus1
  • Jeremiah1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 10
  • Quorum of the Twelve 5

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

Every speech

  1. 13 Apr 1953The Miracle of PersonalityForumaudio only
  2. 15 Mar 1955An Inside JobAssistant to the Twelve · Devotionalaudio only
  3. 15 Aug 1957Our Guiding CompassAssistant to the Twelve · Commencementaudio only
  4. 20 Jan 1960The Great ExperienceAssistant to the Twelve · Devotionalaudio only
  5. 3 Oct 1960A Formula for Laying up TreasuresAssistant to the Twelve · Devotionalaudio only
  6. 14 Jun 1961Creative Leadership in a Changing WorldAssistant to the Twelve · Devotionalaudio only
  7. 21 Feb 1962Your Hall of FameAssistant to the Twelve · Devotionalaudio only
  8. 24 Oct 1962VisionsAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  9. 9 Nov 1965Personal Proposal: D&C Section 4Assistant to the Twelve · Devotionalaudio only
  10. 1 Jan 1966God in Our LivesAssistant to the Twelve · Devotionalaudio only
  11. 6 May 1973ResurrectionAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve · Devotional5,581 w16 refs
  12. 29 Jan 1974Your Four Great DaysAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,119 w7 refs
  13. 7 Jan 1975The Time for New Year’s ResolutionsAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional5,239 w3 refs
  14. 11 Nov 1975ThanksgivingAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional3,944 w1 ref
  15. 1 May 1977Bottles and BooksFirst Quorum of the Seventy · Devotional5,929 w3 refs
  16. 24 Sep 1978MotivationsEmeritus Member of the Seventy · Devotional7,422 w6 refs
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