But we cannot allow ourselves to slumber. If, in the short term, we are sometimes dealt with insensitively and thoughtlessly by others, by imperfect men and women, it may still cause us pain, but such pain and disappointment are not the whole of life. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Let us assume the counsel given applies to us, to me. It is only the "when" that is unknown. (See Jonah 3:3.) The Second Century of Brigham Young University | BYU Speeches There has been denial because the prophet came from an obscure place. With bulging eyes and gasping mouths they struggled. (Matthew 24:27.) Spencer W. Kimball was President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints when this devotional address was given at Brigham Young University on 10 October 1975. Our national and international authorities should know that men have . May I stress again the value of reading the addresses given at our general conferences in the Ensign magazine. . The trees will be without fruit and the fields without verdure. Illegitimate births are said to reach as high as one in ten, yet promiscuity far exceeds illegitimacy. "My brethren, I wonder if we are . ? . If persistently resisted it will "get the message" and stay away." Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness 1 likes Like "What message may I take from you to the young people in Zion?" He oversaw reorganization of the structure of the Church to accommodate extensive growth and globalization. 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. Few live up to the truth they know. That faith in Christ is a choice we can make. Your poweryour supremacyyour pride in superioritywill be broken. 2:27). He promised to the children of Israel: The land shall yield her increase and trees their fruit. The cares of the world are so many and so entangling, even very good people are diverted from following the truth because they care too much for the things of the world, such as the young man who had kept all the commandments from his youth up. Where else can you learn who you really are? Let us begin with a few examples. He also stayed involved in the growth of his community through civic and volunteer organizations. They had been taught. And your people will be scattered among the nations as slaves and bondsmen. Each must obtain that kind of oil for himself. It is the parable of the Ten Virgins, a powerful warning to all men. The holy prophets have not only refused to follow erroneous human trends, but have pointed out these errors. There were 832 marriages in a single month, and there were 414 divorces. It has had shorter periods of good health, but longer ones of ailing. The foolish virgins were not averse to buying oil. The man said to himself: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. (1 Thessalonians 5:2, 6-7.) They needed all their oil for themselves; they could not save the foolish. Their examples helped him gain a testimony of their callings as ministers of Jesus Christ. War clouds gather, fear heightens; tenseness increases, yet there need be no fear and worry and sleepless nights. That infallible cure is simply righteousness, obedience, Godliness, honor, and integrity. There is no greater and more glorious set of promises given to women than those which come through the gospel and the Church of Jesus Christ. I plead with men everywhere to Come, listen to a prophets voice and hear the word of God from our living prophet who sits with us here today. No wonder the response to the prophets has not always been one of indifference. Their examples helped him gain a testimony of their callings as ministers of Jesus Christ. Would he ever come? He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. We bow down to the god of mammon, the god of luxuries, the god of dissipation. He describes himself as a lad whom the people despised and who was slow of speech; yet he did his duty in love and compassion with stunning success. The Lord and David slew Goliath 1 Sam. Why should there be spiritual blindness in the day of brightest material vision? We knew that we were taming the Arizona desert. (Matthew 13:47-48.) For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Let us harken to those we sustain as prophets and seers, as well as the other brethren as if our eternal life depended upon it, because it does! The scriptures and the prophets have taught us clearly that God, who is perfect in his attribute of justice, is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34). The righteous were saved in Enochs day and the wicked were drowned in the flood. if they will but serve the God of this land who is Jesus Christ Ether 2:12 There is only one way. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Can they not see the gross selfishness that will lead finally to deep loneliness? The lamps then make patterns of joy on the hillside, and the procession moves on toward the house of banqueting, and those without lamps or oil are left in darkness. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. From that humble beginning has grown a worldwide organization that has touched the lives of millions of people. 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. No greater recognition can come to you in this world than to be known as a woman of God. I was not a General Authority at that time. 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. Because sin is such sadness, the righteous do not stress an attitude of I told you sobecause the righteous, in their love, truly wish they had been more effective in communication and in testifying so that there could be less misery and more happiness in the world. Spencer W. Kimball Quotes (Author of The Miracle of Forgiveness) (page Notes 1. ye cannot enter now. It cannot remember its previous illnesses nor the cure which was applied. The Lord said to them: O all ye that are spared because ye were more righteous than they [the slain ones], will ye not now return unto me, and repent of your sins, and be converted, that I may heal you? 3 Ne. In multiple scriptures the Lord has indicated that he will perform his work through those whom the world regards as weak and despised. No light had we; for that we do repent; And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. . and dark the night and chill! You need, more and more, to feel the perfect love which our Father in Heaven has for you and to sense the value he places upon you as an individual. While armies are marshaled and march and drill and officers teach men how to kill, we continue to drink and carouse as usual. Spencer W. Kimball - Interesting stories about famous people When he was eight years old, his sister Mary died shortly after her birth. The physicians have had summit consultations, and temporary salve has been rubbed on afflicted parts, but it has only postponed the fatal day and never cured it. It is not only worth waiting for; it is worth living for! 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. (Matthew 24:21-22.) We have the general warning that comes from these world conditions, but we have no precise timetable. They are bombs and ships and armaments. It is aging toward senility. "Noah heeded God's command to build an arkthat they might be saved from the flood waters. Thou shalt not steal Ex. Neither shall the sword go through your land. It is so hard to wait and be prepared always. For many years, this book has been widely read by the membership and even recommended at general conferences. In the parable, oil can be purchased at the market. Why must men rely on fortifications and armaments when the God of heaven yearns to bless them? They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.8. They are found among men in high places, in hut and mansion. His was not a long-distance leadership. We can daily drive by a museum or an art gallery but know nothing of what is inside. And because it is from the conference archives (IE, not on the Churchs website or apps, but still official church doctrine/publication) I figured I would share it with you today. The day of the marriage feast approaches. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 10:11, I will fortify this land against all other nations 2 Ne. They merely procrastinated, not knowing when the bridegroom would come. He passed away in 1985 in Salt Lake City. We read of the increased portion of our children who are being reared by a single parent and wonder again about what will come when the law of the harvest operates. Honest toil in subduing sagebrush, taming deserts, channeling rivers, helps to take the wildness out of mans environment but also out of him. When I heard each one of them say, I have put everything I own or ever have owned upon the altar; its there for the Lord or his servants to identify and to call upon, that pleased me because we know there is still faith in the Church, in Zion, among the youth, and among the young people who are growing up in this church. 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 served diligently despite various severe health problems. 26:4-6,8, The land will be barren, (perhaps radioactive or dry from drought.). Has there ever been an era when so many nations, large and small, have been involved in wars? With no warning, no last-minute preparation is possible. 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! God is all powerful. Those who were so busy being indignant with David missed the purity in Davids indignation at Goliath, for the giant was defying the armies of the living God. It is so easy for leisure to turn into laziness. The trouble with rejecting the prophets because they lack prestige is that Paul, who knew something of rejection, forewarned us when he said, speaking of the work of God, For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. (1Cor. But even then wickedness did not lessen, men did not learn lessons. They ignored the prophets. We wish you to pursue and to achieve that education, therefore, which will fit you for eternity as well as for full service in mortality. Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness 1 likes Like "We would all be well advised to avoid the motivation to the evil thought. 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. Remember, in the world before we came here, faithful women were given certain assignments while faithful men were foreordained to certain priesthood tasks. Spencer W. Kimball: Prophet, Seer and Revelator - LDS Blogs 7:1-25 The thirteen colonies gained a permanent victory over superior forces, and America was born. He gave us another parable to try to make clear the importance of being always prepared. He has on numerous occasions outlined the cure for all international as well as local ills. But while there are various excuses for rejection, theres a certain cause for this sad record. As a boy I saw how all, young and old, worked and worked hard. 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. 2:20 It has a tragic and bloody past, but a glorious and peaceful future if its inhabitants really learn to serve their God. It is a choice land, choice above all other lands 1 Ne. And at that day, when I shall come in my glory, shall the parable be fulfilled which I spake concerning the ten virgins. Like. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. Jesus was also met with the question, Is not this the carpenters son? (Matt. But a controlling majority of the people of this world have relegated them to the past. 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 are greatly heartened by your presence not only tonight but in this portion of this dispensation wherein your talents and spiritual strength are so desperately needed. He could not do the one last thing that Jesus asked: Sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor. (Luke 18:22.) Your strength will be spent in vain as you plow and plant and cultivate. Hundreds of thousands of us today are in this position. There will be rationing and a scarcity of food and hunger sore. How can one share attitudes or chastity, or the experience of a mission? The cause is not lost. (Published as Spencer W. Kimball, "'When the World Will Be Converted,'" Ensign, October 1974, 3-14.) Teach Me All That I Must Knowor Do? - Latter-day Saint Insights But had I been wiser then, I would have realized that we were taming ourselves, too. Prophets have a way of jarring the carnal mind. 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. 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. 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. The responsibility was each for himself. . It was never baptized by fire, for that is still to come. 44:27-28 Isa. While he was president, he dedicated twenty-one temples, including the Washington, D.C. Temple. The writer of Hebrews warns: Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. Mountains of arms and ammunitions will not guarantee safety, for enemies can also build fortifications and missiles and bomb shelters. I will fight your battles, says the Lord God Omnipotent D&C 105:14 He never fails his promises. You are accountable for those things which long ago were expected of you just as are those we sustain as prophets and apostles! They had heard of his coming for so long, so many times, that the statement seemingly became meaningless to them. But to what extent have we repented? The Maginot Line in France, these forts thought to be so strong and impassable, were violated as though they were not there. As one jars loose and begins to roll down hill, still another breaks loose, whether it is an increase in homosexuality, corruption, drugs, or abortion. Time had passed, and he had not come. In Tennyson's poem "Guinevere," the queen, repenting her infidelity, recognizes that the harm she has caused cannot be undone: It is just a hundred years ago that Bishop Hess, with the approval of the First Presidency, called Aurelia Spencer Rogers to organize the first Primary in Farmington, Utah. These excuses for rejection of the prophets are poor excuses. (Matthew 24:29-31, 36. ) Before closing I should like to just addthe four testimonies of these young, new leaders of the Church were very, very inspiring. Still others of you now know the uncertainty of being young as you ponder your place in the eternal scheme of things. 20:9 italics added). It was unlike any other talk Ive ever listened to. For those who heed the warning and make their preparations, for those found at midnight with the oil of righteousness in their lamps, for those with patience, long-suffering, and full dedication, the promise is that they shall sit down at the banquet with their Lord. I do not remember ever feeling that these men pulled any punches or that their counsel went unheeded. And the earth shall be given unto them for an inheritance; and they shall multiply and wax strong, and their children shall grow up without sin unto salvation. and to hear all the other brethren who have given of their rich lives? A Sabbath show or a game or a race replaces solemn worship. 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. How can one witness so many of those who ought to be good examples becoming bad examples and not cry out? The ways of the world will not prevail, for the ways of God will triumph. What can I do? asks the fearful one. And there are many among us who are not ready for the great and glorious event. Partly due to his work in Brazil and other South American countries, he was led to question the Churchs policy of restricting priesthood and temple blessings from those of African descent, a practice which had begun during the time of Brigham Young. It is because of their love and integrity that they cannot modify the Lords message merely to make people feel comfortable. The apostles of the ancient days were also impatient to know when these events would transpire. Instead of disciplining ourselves, we yield to urges and carnal desires. The edible ones were saved and the catch was brought to the fire for the feast. Correspondence, Spencer W. Kimball to Andrew Kimball, July 14, 1976. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Rushing for their lamps to light their way through the blackness, half of them found them empty. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there by any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Let us assume the counsel given applies to us, to me. Spencer Woolley Kimball was born March 28, 1895, in Salt Lake City. Ve, inc. 1 some special things here that are left undone by other institutions. It must not be passed over. . For instance, we read that war, pestilence, plagues, famine, etc., will be visited upon the inhabitants of the earth, but if distress through the judgments of God comes upon this people, it will be because the majority have turned away from the Lord., The worlds living prophet has warned and pleaded that the people return to God, who has said again: I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise D&C 82:10. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. 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. Too often the holy prophets are wrongly perceived as harsh and as anxious to make a record in order to say, I told you so. Those prophets I have known are the most loving of men. The book spent 102 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Christianity did not go from Rome to Galilee; it was the other way around. 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. 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. "There will be no general - Awaken to Our Awful Situation - Facebook I can transform my own life till it is perfected and then influence others when thus transformed. We read of sections of this land where abortions outnumber live births, of how illegitimate births outnumber legitimate, and we wonder how long the judgments of God can be stayed. LDS doctrinal teachings about the atonement, repentance, and the plan of salvation. It seems that rather than fast and pray, we prefer to gorge ourselves at the banquet tables and drink cocktails. In addition to those basic and vital skills which go with homemaking, there are other skills which can be appropriately cultivated and which will increase your effectiveness in the home, in the Church, and in the community. 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 . This was not selfishness or unkindness. In 1917, he married Camilla Eyring, who had moved to the Gila Valley to teach. Spencer W. Kimball reports that David O. McKay had said "that in his view homosexuality was worse than heterosexual immorality; that it is a filthy and unnatural habit." (20) 1959- Advise and Consent published. 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. Immortality is a reality. . Paul wrote: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. I will give no protection against enemies. "Heave ho!" They see evil in their enemies, but none in themselves. He gave the parable of the rich young fool who, in the feeling of temporal security, razed his inadequate barns and built greater ones in which to store his fruits and goods. Yet even when the hardening is swift, it can also be subtle. not have been buried 3 Ne. The dignity and self-esteem that honest work produces are essential to happiness. In 1957, he had to have some of his vocal cords removed due to throat cancer. No greater status can be conferred upon you than being a daughter of God who experiences true sisterhood, wifehood, and motherhood, or other tasks which influence lives for good. These realities will not go away simply because we have different opinions about them. Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now. When he was three years old, his father accepted a call to preside over a stake in Thatcher, Arizona.

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