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Royden G. Derrick
6 talks between 1977 and 1989, mostly as Seventy. 11,579 words in the transcripts.
Talks
6
1977–1989
Words
11,579
in the transcripts
Reading grade
11.2
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
94
15.7 per talk
Callings
Seventy
6 talks
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Talks by year
19771989
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.
- royal family 9
- matt italics 8
- beatitudes 7
- reward 18
- ancient america 7
- integrity 18
- drama 8
- italics added 10
- savior 37
- progenitors 6
- scenes 7
- step 12
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants35
- Matthew25
- John7
- 3 Nephi6
- Joseph Smith—History4
- 2 Nephi2
- Moses2
- Daniel2
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 6
As given in the bylines: Of the First Quorum of the Seventy · Of the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy
Every talk
- Apr 1977The Beatitudes and Our PerfectionOf the First Quorum of the Seventy · Sunday Morning Session2,011 w21 refs
- Apr 1979The Heritage of Royal FamiliesOf the First Quorum of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,858 w10 refs
- Apr 1981Moral Values and RewardsOf the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon Session1,845 w13 refs
- Apr 1983Valiance in the Drama of LifeOf the Presidency of the First Quorum of the Seventy · Saturday Afternoon Session1,896 w15 refs
- Oct 1984“By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them”Of the First Quorum of the Seventy · Sunday Morning Session2,171 w14 refs
- Apr 1989The Way to PerfectionOf the First Quorum of the Seventy · Sunday Afternoon Session1,798 w21 refs