I was thrilled to hear all the Brethren speak. He learned from diligent and faithful parents to work hard on the farm and in school and to love the gospel. The Savior said, "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself" (John 7:17). In multiple scriptures the Lord has indicated that he will perform his work through those whom the world regards as weak and despised. For they have warned that if the inhabitants of this land are ever brought down into captivity and enslaved, it shall be because of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land (see 2 Ne. But it can be only through a great repentance and transformation. Honest toil in subduing sagebrush, taming deserts, channeling rivers, helps to take the wildness out of mans environment but also out of him. Even in the true Church numerous of its people fail to attend their meetings, to tithe their incomes, to have their regular prayers, to keep all the commandments. (D&C 45:56-58.). (Matthew 13:47-48.) 59-61). I can transform my own life till it is perfected and then influence others when thus transformed. With no warning, no last-minute preparation is possible. As we approach the general conference with its priesthood session, we will be no less loving or direct with the brethren, for our counsel will be similar. Six days shalt thou labour Ex. Language is like music; we rejoice in beauty, range, and quality in both, and we are demeaned by the repetition of a few sour notes. When President Snow called a girl back from the dead: An incredible account of the spirit world, The Pillar of Light That Saved Joseph Smiths Body After He Fell From Carthage Jail, The Strange, Strange Power of A Three-Day Fast, The Great Calling of the Priesthood: Coming Clean From the Blood and Sins of this Generation. God is all powerful. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. In the parable, oil can be purchased at the market. We were in Hamilton, New Zealand, for a large conference with the Saints. The precipitous walls on the high hills of Jerusalem deflected for a time the arrows and spears of enemies, the catapults and firebrands. But real as these challenges are, all of you need to drink in deeply the gospel truths about the eternal nature of your individual identity and the uniqueness of your personality. This I know, for the Lord has so declared it through the ages, and I know he lives and is all powerful. 1:9, It shall be free from all nations under heaven., There shall be no enemies come into this land., It shall be free from bondage Ether 2:12, There shall be no kings upon the land 2 Ne. The newspapers carry glaring headlines, politicians wrangle, students and authorities harangue. Its symptoms are manifested in every corner of the globe. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Ex. I beg of you to listen and act, in the name of Jesus Christ. On the morning program was a hukilau. Instead of responding to Pauls message, some saw his bodily presence as weak and regarded his speech as contemptible. The prophets have always been free from the evil of their times, free to be divine auditors who will still call fraud, fraud; embezzlement, embezzlement; and adultery, adultery. We have confidence in you. A relatively few people attend their church services, pay their tithing, serve their fellow men. 1:7, The prophet exclaims again with fervor: And now we . The grandson of early Latter-day Saint apostle Heber C. Kimball, Kimball was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.He spent most of his early life in Thatcher, Arizona, where his . But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Meanwhile, one does not need to be married or a mother in order to keep the first and second great commandmentsthose of loving God and our fellowmenon which Jesus said hang all the law and all the prophets. With no further adieu, from the General Conference Archives here is Spencer W. Kimballs full Oct. 1961 address (minus the first paragraph that was simply a greeting): Our world is in turmoil. With bulging eyes and gasping mouths they struggled. Has there ever been an era when so many nations, large and small, have been involved in wars? This is my personal read it later solution. Flirtations, rationalized to be innocent ones, are the root of numerous of the divorces and other ills. 25:9 And modern prophets are warning frequently, constantly. But this talk, by Spencer W. Kimball, was different. Other rebellious people were destroyed in the convulsions of the earth in the meridian of time, and they who were more righteous were saved. Your poweryour supremacyyour pride in superioritywill be broken. I should like first to pay special tribute to the divinely inspired Primary organization of the Church. Some women, because of circumstances beyond their control, must work. ROGER K YOUNG EVENTS FOR THE COMING YEAR? He desires the happiness and well being of all his children. The disdain for work among some today may merely signal the return of harshness and wildnessperhaps not to our landscape but to some people. A Sabbath show or a game or a race replaces solemn worship. The day of the marriage feast approaches. BYU Speeches ? The radios whine. Has the rot of age and flabbiness set in? Jesus was also met with the question, Is not this the carpenters son? (Matt. If race tracks were closed on the Sabbath, if gambling ceased, drinking eliminated, work and play confined to week days; if stores were closed and all people went to their sanctuaries truly to worship even as best they know; if taverns never opened, and transgressors all repented, and broken homes were mended, and children were trained in uprightness; if families all knelt in prayer night and morning, if tithes were paid and integrity and worship reigned in the lives of men, the era of total peace would be ushered in. We understand further that as families are raised, the talents God has given you and blessed you with can often be put to effective use in additional service to mankind. Yet even when the hardening is swift, it can also be subtle. We think of Russia and China, of Africa and VietNam, of the Near East and Ireland. These excuses for rejection of the prophets are poor excuses. Spencer W. Kimball - "Preparedness - the Ten Virgins" . Spencer Woolley Kimball was born March 28, 1895, in Salt Lake City. Spencer W. Kimball As the grandson of Heber C. Kimball and the son of a mission and stake president, Spencer W. Kimball grew up learning of and meeting prophets and apostles. One cannot read about the prophet Ether, warning the city by day and hiding by night in a cave, without marveling at his capacity to go each day once again into that hostile city. Feeling a special love and concern for those in the lands of the Book of Mormon, President Kimball conducted several area conferences in South America. He predicted earthquakes and other terrestrial disturbances and we think of earthquakes and landslides in California, Chile and Greece, Japan and Alaska, and unprecedented floods in the United States. Decadence is very demanding and dogmatic, and it is no friend of liberty. Among the real heroines in the world who will come into the Church are women who are more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish. They needed all their oil for themselves; they could not save the foolish. Can they not see that, pushed by pleasure, they will become more and more distant from joy? This ugly deviation is found among youth and married people. . LDS doctrinal teachings about the atonement, repentance, and the plan of salvation. Your strength will be spent in vain as you plow and plant and cultivate. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. We have equality as recipients of Gods perfected love for each of us. This saintly soul realizes there is one thing left undone to make him a totally honest man. When we know these truths, my sisters and associates in this divine cause, it should help us greatly as we all experience much less than perfect love and perfect justice in the world. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight (see Lev. (Matthew 24:21-22.) In 1972, he underwent open-heart surgerya practice pioneered and performed by President Russell M. Nelson. The Miracle of Forgiveness is a book written by Spencer W. Kimball while he was a member of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Changes can come best if we take one item at a time.https. Before closing I should like to just addthe four testimonies of these young, new leaders of the Church were very, very inspiring. Let us begin with a few examples. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. I have heard many amazing sermons, calls to repentance, prophetic warning, and string testimonies. Just because something is in our midst does not mean that we have been in the midst of it. We are led by revelation. Let others selfishly pursue false values, but God has given to you the tremendous tasks of nurturing families, friends, and neighbors, just as men are to provide. April 1966 General Conference, Ezra Taft Benson: Our God-given Rights October 1968 General Conference. Immortality is a reality. Thou shalt have no other gods before me Ex. Seek excellence in all your righteous endeavors, and in all aspects of your lives. Certainly, the fig tree is shooting forth its leaves and the summer is nigh and the signs of the times presage the harvest with its separation of the righteous and unrighteous. From whom else could you learn of our Father in Heavens glorious plan of happiness? We have the general warning that comes from these world conditions, but we have no precise timetable. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Sometimes to be tested and proved requires that we be temporarily deprivedbut righteous women and men will one day receive allthink of it, sistersall that our Father has! They learn to cast all their cares upon the Lord. The trouble with using obscurity as a test of validity is that God has so often chosen to bring forth his work out of obscurity. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. The edible ones were saved and the catch was brought to the fire for the feast. The law of the harvest has not been repealed. He has even said it would be so. And then he gave the parable of the fish and the net: Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 - November 5, 1985) was an American business, civic, and religious leader who was the twelfth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). President Kimball commissioned extensive study of the scriptures in regard to the matter, and after hearing from Elder Bruce R. McConkie that there was nothing in the scriptures to necessitate the restriction, he made it a matter of fervent and exhaustive prayer in the temple. Christianity did not go from Rome to Galilee; it was the other way around. The pioneers thought it would be soon and watched for signs; our grandparents watched for the sprouting of the fig tree; our parents watched for the reddening of the sky; and we ourselves have heard all our lives that the Second Coming is near. Education for Eternity Please follow the counsel you have been given in the past and maintain your personal journals. Apparently, the bridegroom had tarried for reasons that were sufficient and good. One of his grandfathers was Heber C. Kimball, a counselor to Mormon pioneer . God will fight our battles if we honor him and serve him with all our hearts, might, mind, and strength. I'm grateful He let me choose Him. They hastened to make up for lost time. (Matthew 24:21-22.) He lives. . He served diligently despite various severe health problems. Your dead bodies will be piled upon the materialistic things you sought so hard to accumulate and save. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. The trees will be without fruit and the fields without verdure. We knew that we were taming the Arizona desert. 10:12, He that fighteth against Zion shall perish 2 Ne. Time had passed, and he had not come. . He also toured the Middle East and dedicated the Orson Hyde Memorial Garden on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. One major plot of the book involves a character named Brigham . Those who keep a book of remembrance are more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance in their daily lives. In 1957, he had to have some of his vocal cords removed due to throat cancer. The householder said: Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. We wonder how often hearers first rejected the prophets because they despised them, and finally despised the prophets even more because they had rejected them. And learning this the bridegroom will relent. Because of World War I, he served in the Central States Mission instead. The Lord has given us this parable as a special warning. I have listened to over 4500 general conference talks. Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now. 1:7, And there shall be none to molest them 2 Ne. The gospel, which is the only concern of the Church, was devised by the Lord for men and women alike (Improvement Era, Mar. Deeds of kindness, payment of offerings and tithes, chaste thoughts and actions, marriage in the covenant for eternitythese, too, contribute importantly to the oil with which we can at midnight refuel our exhausted lamps. Bombs are detonated. Spencer W. Kimball : biography March 28, 1895 - November 5, 1985 As World War II neared its conclusion, Kimball and other LDS church leaders constantly responded to the needs of the friends and families of LDS war casualties. But while there are various excuses for rejection, theres a certain cause for this sad record. How special it is for Latter-day Saint women to be given the lofty assignments they have been given by our Father in Heaven, especially those of you who have been privileged to be born in this part of this last dispensation. (Luke 12:19-20.) One stroke of his omnipotent hand could make powerless all nations who oppose and save a world even in its death throes. O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared . Ye shall dwell in your land safely and none shall make you afraid. Each began as an appetite that needed to be checked but which went unchecked. On October 7, 1943, both Benson and Spencer W. Kimball (1895-1985) became members of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, filling two vacancies created by the deaths of apostles that summer. We read of Enoch who was called when but a lad. In 1914, he graduated from the Gila Academy with highest honors. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Ve, inc. 1 some special things here that are left undone by other institutions. They had been taught. Their examples helped him gain a testimony of their callings as ministers of Jesus Christ. Because Kimball was the older of the two, he was given seniority over Benson in the Quorum. (See Jacob 1:19). What is the illness? (Acts 1:7.) . Even if the plot of soil you cultivate, plant, and harvest is a small one, it brings human nature closer to nature as was the case in the beginning with our first parents. Others of the sisters are experiencing the anguish that often goes with aging. These are eternal differenceswith women being given many tremendous responsibilities of motherhood and sisterhood and men being given the tremendous responsibilities of fatherhood and the priesthoodbut the man is not without the woman nor the woman without the man in the Lord (see 1Cor. Fasting, family prayer, home teaching, control of bodily appetites, preaching the gospel, studying the scriptureseach act of dedication and obedience is a drop added to our store. No greater recognition can come to you in this world than to be known as a woman of God. Your heaven shall be as iron and your earth as brass. Instead of disciplining ourselves, we yield to urges and carnal desires. Where else can you be given the necessary explanations and assurances about the nature of life? We can transform, but will we? Where it is permitted, though, which is most of the world, we should listen to the counsel of the Brethren and to the Lord." (President Spencer W. Kimball) We call upon priesthood bearers to store sufficient so that you and your family can weather the vicissitudes of life. He has a prophet on the earth today who receives his revelations. Your enemies will be astonished at the barrenness, sterility, desolation of the land they had been told was so choice, so beautiful, so fruitful. He gave us another parable to try to make clear the importance of being always prepared. It cannot remember its previous illnesses nor the cure which was applied. Notes 1. So long had it been since they began expecting him that they were rationalizing that he would never appear. There is one principle, a modern prophet said, (that we should) understand:that is of blessings and cursings. Let us assume the counsel given applies to us, to me. I marvel at the empathy of these men in all ages, because even prophets have no immunity from thorns in the flesh. They are chosen from among the people, not transported from another planet, dramatic as that would be! There has been denial because the prophet came from an obscure place. The apostles of the ancient days were also impatient to know when these events would transpire. The prophets have always been free from the evil of their times, free to be divine auditors who will still call fraud, fraud; embezzlement, embezzlement; and adultery, adultery. You are accountable for those things which long ago were expected of you just as are those we sustain as prophets and apostles! War clouds gather, fear heightens; tenseness increases, yet there need be no fear and worry and sleepless nights. Indeed, he seeks the misery of all mankind (2Ne. When the world is full of tribulation and help is needed, but it seems the time must be past and hope is vain, then Christ will come. Now as we conclude this general conference, let us all give heed to what was said to us. For example, the Presiding Bishopric was given stewardship over the temporal affairs of the Church so that the Quorum of the Twelve could focus on spiritual needs. At midnight! "Noah heeded God's command to build an arkthat they might be saved from the flood waters. He loves. Strength is not in concrete and re-enforcing steel. Whenever I reflect and ponder upon the glorious truths of the gospel, and that is often, I wonder if we even begin to appreciate the implications of these glorious truths. Unfortunately for me, I am in the hospital here in Salt Lake City and will not be present with you in person, but I will be with you in spirit. Even though the eternal roles of men and women differ, as we indicated to you a year ago, this leaves much to be done by way of parallel personal developmentfor both men and women. The late Elder JohnA. Widtsoe wrote: The place of woman in the Church is to walk beside the man, not in front of him nor behind him. At midnight, the vital cry was made, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him." SISTER NELSON AND POSSIBLY DROPPING A HINT ON THE SAVIORS ACTIVITIES?. I am confident there is not one within the sound of my voice who has not had his or her life influenced for good by the teachings of the devoted officers and teachers of this Primary organization. This past month I have received hundreds and hundreds of birthday cards. It is only the "when" that is unknown. I was invited to participate. The practice is pleasing unto the carnal mind. Famine will stalk rudely through your doors and the ogre cannibalism will rob you of your children and your remaining virtues. They had cheated themselves. Various excuses have been used over the centuries to dismiss these divine messengers. While corridors are threatened and concessions are made, we live riotously and divorce and marry in cycles like the seasons. They were sealed the following year in the Salt Lake Temple. May God bless you so that all the previous blessings promised to you will become a reality in this life and in the world to come. He later became the church's president . It is the parable of the Ten Virgins, a powerful warning to all men. 29-34 (Click here for a link to read the PDF version in the Conference Archives). . So often the prophets have been rejected because they first rejected the wrong ways of their own society. Of such the Lord said: And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Would he ever come? Old man rationalization is with us. Many have found it too difficult and they slumber without due preparation. The political physicians through the ages have rejected suggested remedies as unprofessional since they came from lowly prophets. Decadence which grew in the soil of tolerance and permissiveness soon seeks to drive out all of these. You will pay tribute and bondage and fetters shall bind you (see Lev. They are houses, lands, bank accounts, leisure. I know he is Gods recognized prophet. Yet this common sin and idolatry run hand in hand. Yet today we worship the gods of wood and stone and metal. Todays prophet stands in the same position between God and the people as did Isaiah, Samuel, and even Moses who gave to the world the ten commandments. Of course, a one-sided disarmament could be madness if worldliness and materialism continued, but a serious turn of the masses could forestall all military conquests, all tragedies of conflict. Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world (in whom there is often such an inner sense of spirituality) will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. Jesus Christ our Lord is under no obligation to save this world. Who, for instance, a scant twenty years ago would have foreseen the massive use of abortion in society today, like all the diseased doctrines of the devil. Their examples helped him gain a testimony of their callings as ministers of Jesus Christ. We read of those who have yielded to the fashion of the time and lived together without being legally married and wonder why such people do not realize that there can be no finding of their identity nor any real sense of belonging while they trample underfoot the commandments of God. His mind is wandering. Copyright 2023 My Life By Gogo Goff | Trellis Framework by Mediavine, Doctrine of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, Ezra Taft Benson: A Time of Crisis in America April 1968 General Conference, Eldred G. Smith: Can you endure to the end for two hours? . Even the foolish ones trimmed their lamps, but their oil was used up and they had none to refill the lamps. If we need a reminder of harsh realities and the dangers of duty which prophets face, Jonah gives us a glimpse in relation to his call to the exceeding great city of Nineveh, which took three days just to walk through, its size was so intimidating. These real heroines have true humility, which places a higher value on integrity than on visibility. As the net load came closer to the shore, it was fuller and heavier and the unruly waves covered us many times. Will we ever turn wholly to God? By President Spencer W. Kimball From an address delivered to the Young Presidents organization, Sun Valley, Idaho, 15 January 1977 Spencer W. Kimball, "Jesus: The Perfect Leader," Ensign, Aug. 1979, 5 There are far more things to be said about the Lord Jesus Christ's remarkable leadership than We have the general warning that comes from these world conditions, but we have no precise timetable. They see evil in their enemies, but none in themselves. O that men would listen! The boats had spread the nets far out, and now we began to pull in the nets. 20:14 italics added). The Great Wall of China with its 1,500 miles of unbreakable walls, with its twenty-five feet high impregnableness, with its innumerable watchman towers, was breached by the treachery of men. In our day the routing is from Palmyra to Paris, not the reverse. And ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. Be assured, too, that all faithful sisters, who, through no fault of their own, do not have the privilege during their second estate of being sealed to a worthy man, will have that blessing in eternity. No wonder the adversary strives, even now, to prevent this from happening! At his first address as prophet of the Church, in April Conference of 1974, President Kimball's talk became the watch cry of his presidency". No wonder the response to the prophets has not always been one of indifference. Yet ever-increasing hours of leisure provide ever increasing opportunities for Sabbath breaking and commandment ignoring, and strikes and lobbying go on to increase damaging leisure and decrease work hours further. Today is another day, but history repeats itself. Ponder upon these great truths, especially in those moments when (in the stillness of such anxiety as you may experience as an individual) you might otherwise wonder and be perplexed. The Miracle of Forgiveness. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. As both the wheat and the tares grew up in the same field together, the question was asked of the landowner, "Shall we go and gather up the tares?" No light had we; for that we do repent; Finally, my dear sisters, may I suggest to you something that has not been said before or at least in quite this way. Absolute Truth Spencer W. Kimball President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints September 6, 1977 Audio 0:00/40:53 Speed 41:49 Full Video God's existence is a reality. if they will but serve the God of this land who is Jesus Christ Ether 2:12 There is only one way. 13:55.) And he that sat upon the throne said. That night the Lord saved Jerusalem from Sennacherib and his 185,000 troops who did not live the night through to attack 2 Kgs. Edward L. and Andrew Kimball's 1977 biography, Spencer W. Kimball, is a candid and intimate portrait of the life of the twelfth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read this chapter in its entirety at truthwillprevail.xyz . Early in his childhood, Spencer W. Kimball suffered the pain that comes with the death of loved ones. Why should there be spiritual blindness in the day of brightest material vision? When Spencer was twenty-nine, his father passed away and Spencer was called to the stake presidency that his father had served in for three decades. The wise had to go, else the bridegroom would have gone unwelcomed. How can one share faith or testimony? I suspect that many people have let their insurance lapse. The taverns are full, the beaches crowded, the grandstands packed, man servants, and maid servants hired to duty, the ski lifts busy, canyon picnic tables loaded. (See Alma 4:19.) 45:1. . The responsibility was each for himself. His young faith and dedicated family were great sources of strength when Spencers mother, Olive, passed away, Spencer being only eleven years old. 19:35-37 Three hundred soldiers and God and Gideon routed the powerful army of the Midianites Judg. This is substantially better than the average, but we are chagrined that there should be any divorce following a temple . Other biographies written by the sons of Church Presidents preceded . The initiated who knew fish and were able to judge picked the worthless ones and cast them back into the sea. They suffered the fulfillment of every dire prophecy. Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness 1 likes Like "We would all be well advised to avoid the motivation to the evil thought. We bow down to the god of mammon, the god of luxuries, the god of dissipation. While bombs are detonated and tested, and fallout settles on the already sick world, we continue in idolatry and adultery. We wonder why those of coarse and profane conversation, even if they refuse obedience to Gods will, are so stunted mentally that they let their capacity to communicate grow more and more narrow. My beloved brethren and sisters, this is a momentous time.
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