The entry
Father
Peak emphasis
1849
Total mentions
56,402
Years observed
1823 – 2026
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Moments of emphasis shift
Years when this word’s usage moved sharply against the decade around it.
- 1849
▲ Sharper emphasis3912 per million words
- 1892
▼ Softer emphasis375 per million words
- 1918
▲ Sharper emphasis4793 per million words
- 1961
▼ Softer emphasis1687 per million words
- 1967
▲ Sharper emphasis2653 per million words
- 2008
▲ Sharper emphasis3010 per million words
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The Spoken Word
Passages drawn from the sermons and published works that carry this theme forward.
1853·Orson Pratt·Apostle
le were begotten by the Holy Ghost, then He would have called him His Father ; but, instead of doing so, the Holy Ghost himself was subject unto Jesus ; and He had power to send him as His minister after he returned to his Father.
1938·George Albert Smith·Apostle
Six months ago I was deprived of the opportunity of being here with you. I had been called, with President Rufus K. Hardy of the First Council of Seventy, to visit the missions in the South Seas and to divide with our brothers and sisters down there, and with those who are not members of the Church, some of the glorious truths that our Heavenly Father has given to us.
1949·Harold B. Lee·Apostle
There were those who seemingly, as evidenced bv their conduct, think of this principle of free agency as a matter of license to do what they please to do. But again Father Lehi explains this matter to his son:
1961·Delbert L. Stapley·Apostle
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
1972·Joseph Fielding Smith·Prophet
What a glorious thing it is to have the saving truths of the everlasting gospel, to be members of “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth” ([D&C 1:30](https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1972/04/a-prophets-blessing?lang=eng/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/1?lang=eng&id=p30#p30)), to be on the path leading to eternal life in our Father’s kingdom!
1976·Bruce R. McConkie·Apostle
During that Pentecostal period when there was such an outpouring of divine grace in Kirtland, Joseph Smith saw “the celestial kingdom of God, and the glory thereof.” He “saw the transcendent beauty of the gate through which the heirs of that kingdom will enter, which was like unto circling flames of fire; also the blazing throne of God, whereon was seated the Father and the Son.” ( Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 107.)
