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Thomas E. McKay

19 talks between 1912 and 1955, mostly as Seventy. 31,811 words in the transcripts.

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Talks
19
1912–1955
Words
31,811
in the transcripts
Reading grade
11.4
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
31
1.6 per talk
Callings
Seventy
also Other, Quorum of the Twelve
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Talks by year

19121955

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.

  • mission 135
  • swiss 24
  • switzerland 27
  • district 27
  • especially 49
  • servicemen 15
  • lily 11
  • there's love 11
  • french 18
  • twig 10
  • hawthorn 9
  • ambulance 8

Scriptures cited most

  • Matthew13
  • Articles of Faith6
  • 2 Nephi3
  • John2
  • Daniel2
  • Luke2
  • Doctrine and Covenants1
  • 1 Timothy1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 13
  • Other 4
  • Quorum of the Twelve 2

As given in the bylines: Elder · Assistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles · Late President of Swiss and German Mission · President of the Ogden Stake

Every talk

  1. Apr 1912UntitledLate President of Swiss and German Mission · Second Day1,908 w0 refs
  2. Apr 1926UntitledPresident of the Ogden Stake · First Day, Second Overflow Meeting1,180 w0 refs
  3. Apr 1940UntitledFormer President of the Swiss Mission · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,818 w0 refs
  4. Oct 1940UntitledElder · Third Day, Morning Meeting942 w0 refs
  5. Apr 1941UntitledAssistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles · Third Day, Afternoon Meeting787 w0 refs
  6. Oct 1941UntitledAssistant to the Council of the Twelve Apostles · First Day, Afternoon Meeting1,648 w0 refs
  7. Oct 1943UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Saturday Afternoon1,912 w1 ref
  8. Apr 1944UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Friday Morning1,730 w2 refs
  9. Oct 1945UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Saturday Afternoon2,646 w2 refs
  10. Apr 1946UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Sunday Morning2,586 w7 refs
  11. Oct 1946UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Friday Morning1,674 w1 ref
  12. Apr 1947UntitledAssistant to the Twelve · Saturday Morning1,858 w2 refs
  13. Oct 1947Men Are That They Might Have JoyAssistant to the Twelve · Sunday Morning1,887 w5 refs
  14. Oct 1948Be Builders, Not WreckersAssistant to the Twelve · Saturday Morning1,772 w1 ref
  15. Apr 1949There Is Power in PrayerAssistant to the Twelve · Sunday Afternoon1,928 w2 refs
  16. Oct 1951AppreciationAssistant to the Twelve · Friday Morning1,617 w1 ref
  17. Apr 1952An Important DecisionAssistant to the Twelve · Friday Morning983 w1 ref
  18. Oct 1954Expressing AppreciationAssistant to the Twelve · Saturday Morning1,323 w5 refs
  19. Oct 1955The Worthy Saints of EuropeAssistant to the Twelve · Friday Afternoon1,612 w1 ref
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