At only age nineteen, just before he was called to serve in the Swiss-Austrian mission, he was ordained as a general authority seventy. In 1917, he married Camilla Eyring, who had moved to the Gila Valley to teach. This talk is AMAZING. He has a prophet on the earth today who receives his revelations. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 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?" 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. Certainly, there are today false Christs and deceivers in the land such as were spoken of by the Lord from the heights of the Mount of Olives. The writer of Hebrews warns: Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. Our God rules in the heavens. These realities will not go away simply because we have different opinions about them. Defense stockpiles increase. War clouds gather, fear heightens; tenseness increases, yet there need be no fear and worry and sleepless nights. His young faith and dedicated family were great sources of strength when Spencers mother, Olive, passed away, Spencer being only eleven years old. In fact, I will be watching and listening here in my room at the LDS Hospital. This talk is AMAZING. Regardless of who is getting the adversarys special attention at any given time, he seeks to make all people miserable like unto himself (2Ne. The counsel given at our meeting last year is still appropriate. With such innumerable blessings as are available to godly people of this land, how can any sane one continue in his careless patterns of life? In the parable, oil can be purchased at the market. Some of you have lost your husbands through death, others through divorce. 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. He later became the church's president . This America is no ordinary country. 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. Yet on the corner, in public places, on work projects, at banquet tables, there come ringing into our ears the sacred names of Deity without solemnity. 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. Then, finally, it reaches a point when, as one prophet declared, There was no remedy. In such moments the prophets of God speak out even more forcibly, doing as Alma did when he began bearing down in pure testimony against the evils of his time. Paul wrote: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. Six days shalt thou labour Ex. They are too kind to be so cruel. He, too, devoted his life to the service of God and his fellow man and influenced thousands of others to do the same. I'm grateful He let me choose Him. Each began as an appetite that needed to be checked but which went unchecked. Let us assume the counsel given applies to us, to me. Late, late, so late! With no warning, no last-minute preparation is possible. BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 25 Issue 4 Article 14 10-1-1985 Spencer W. Kimball at College Edward L. Kimball Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq It is the humble Primary leaders who through their teaching and personal example instill in the hearts and minds of these wonderful little children, in their sensitive and formative years, love for the Savior, the Church, and for its leaders. They are houses, lands, bank accounts, leisure. LDS doctrinal teachings about the atonement, repentance, and the plan of salvation. How good God has been to us all in blessing us with these answers and assuranceseven though these truths place upon us serious and everlasting obligations. There is no other cure. 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. (1 Thessalonians 5:2-4.) But, on the scale of eternity, the missing of these blessings shall be but a small moment (see D&C 121:7). 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. Seek excellence in all your righteous endeavors, and in all aspects of your lives. They learn to cast all their cares upon the Lord. Finally, my dear sisters, may I suggest to you something that has not been said before or at least in quite this way. His was not a long-distance leadership. Immortality is a reality. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight (see Lev. 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?" They merely procrastinated, not knowing when the bridegroom would come. Education for Eternity So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. 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. 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. 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. 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. In our day the routing is from Palmyra to Paris, not the reverse. We note the increasing coarseness of language and understand how Lot must have felt when he was, according to Peter, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked. (2Pet. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Far from freeing those involved, sin is an admission of surrender to the herd. They are boats, cars, and luxuries. The Redeemer stated further: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. He loves. 218 University Press Building ), Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), The 3 Simple Words My Grandma Brought Me from the Spirit World. The way to become perfect is to change your lifeto substitute the good for the evil in every case. Were there ever times when there were more rumors of wars and threats and intrigues? The spring of the year reminds us, too, of the need to garden so that we can produce some of our own food as well as flowers to beautify our yards and our neighborhoods. Too late, too late, ye cannot enter now. been destroyed from generation to generation according to their iniquities; and never hath any of them been destroyed save it were foretold them by the prophets of the Lord 2 Ne. That is half as many divorces as marriages. But while there are various excuses for rejection, theres a certain cause for this sad record. He gave us another parable to try to make clear the importance of being always prepared. I have heard many amazing sermons, calls to repentance, prophetic warning, and string testimonies. Later, Kimball became Mormonism's twelfth president. But it can be only through a great repentance and transformation. I was thrilled to hear all the Brethren speak. The floods came, the disobedient were drowned. Midnight is so late for those who have procrastinated. It was not simply a call to repentance, but it felt like Spencer W. Kimball was raising a prophetic voice effectively saying "YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED" so as to wash his garments clean from the blood and sins of our generation. . A month later, Spencer's parents sensed that five-year-old Fannie, who had been suffering for several weeks, would soon pass away. 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 (Revelation 21:3-5, 7. (D&C 45:56-58.). But a controlling majority of the people of this world have relegated them to the past. We read of Enoch who was called when but a lad. Strength is not in concrete and re-enforcing steel. Again, you must be wise in the choices that you make, but we do not desire the women of the Church to be uninformed or ineffective. The great powers warn and threaten. and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. It is a choice land, choice above all other lands 1 Ne. 11:11). One stroke of his omnipotent hand could make powerless all nations who oppose and save a world even in its death throes. Apparently, the bridegroom had tarried for reasons that were sufficient and good. These excuses for rejection of the prophets are poor excuses. Everybody expresses opinions, but few approach the real cause or the real cure. The initiated who knew fish and were able to judge picked the worthless ones and cast them back into the sea. 2:20 It has a tragic and bloody past, but a glorious and peaceful future if its inhabitants really learn to serve their God. The trouble with rejection because of personal familiarity with the prophets is that the prophets are always somebodys son or somebodys neighbor. How can one share attitudes or chastity, or the experience of a mission? 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. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. We have the general warning that comes from these world conditions, but we have no precise timetable. He could not do the one last thing that Jesus asked: Sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor. (Luke 18:22.) Throughout my experience in leaving Disney, I pondered and searched this quote from President Spencer W. Kimball: "Security is not born of inexhaustible wealth but of unquenchable faith."1Our true security and peace is born of faith in Jesus Christ. 20:3 italics added). It seems that while remedies have been applied, staph infection has set in, and the patients suffering intensified. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. I ask you: What value is a car without an engine, a cup without water, a table without food, a lamp without oil? Nothing less will do under those conditions. I bear testimony to the divinity also of this great work which is the greatest thing in the world, as was said by one of the Brethren. 19:35-37 Three hundred soldiers and God and Gideon routed the powerful army of the Midianites Judg. O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared . His mind is wandering. How can one see the slackening of traditional moral standards and not notice the decline in decency? He served in the Quorum of the Twelve for thirty years and became the president of the Church in 1973. Simple truths are often rejected in favor of the much less demanding philosophies of men, and this is another cause for the rejection of the prophets. Famine will stalk rudely through your doors and the ogre cannibalism will rob you of your children and your remaining virtues. When they have belatedly sought to fulfill the requirements and finally reach the hall, the door is shut. They see evil in their enemies, but none in themselves. We have equality as recipients of Gods perfected love for each of us. Within those great assurances, however, our roles and assignments differ. Experience is a dear teacher but fools will learn by no other. But we continue on in our godlessness. 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. The disdain for work among some today may merely signal the return of harshness and wildnessperhaps not to our landscape but to some people. 10:11, I will fortify this land against all other nations 2 Ne. Posted by cconover2 | Jul 23, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 |, Spencer W. Kimball "Preparedness the Ten Virgins", http://providentlivingandme.blogspot.com/2011/08/spencer-w-kimball-preparedness-ten.html, The ancients looked forward to the coming of the Lord and asked, "When shall all these things be?" The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led." Spencer W. Kimball tags: inspirational , lds , leadership 180 likes Like 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. The trees will be without fruit and the fields without verdure. Bombs are detonated. On December 30, 1973, Spencer W. Kimball was called and ordained as prophet, seer and revelator and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Numerous billions we spend on liquor and tobacco. The boats had spread the nets far out, and now we began to pull in the nets. The people have ignored him, disbelieved him, failed to follow him. One major plot of the book involves a character named Brigham . But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late, and your destruction is made sure. "Rationalizing is the bringing of ideals down to the level of one's conduct. . Sometimes people let their hearts get so set upon things and the honors of this world that they cannot learn the lessons they most need to learn. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Now as we conclude this general conference, let us all give heed to what was said to us. This ugly deviation is found among youth and married people. 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. "It's not possible that the problems of this world be resolved by the pesimists and sceptics whose horizons are guided by the obvious realities. 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 Maginot Line in France, these forts thought to be so strong and impassable, were violated as though they were not there. They had cheated themselves. 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. You can be a much needed force for love and truth and righteousness on this planet. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. But had I been wiser then, I would have realized that we were taming ourselves, too. I know he is Gods recognized prophet. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Where else can you learn who you really are? Today is another day, but history repeats itself. He served diligently despite various severe health problems. 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. This was not selfishness or unkindness. He lives. Numerous mothers prefer the added luxuries of two incomes to the satisfactions of seeing children grow up in the fear of God Deut. Granaries and barns will bulge in seed time and harvest. and to hear all the other brethren who have given of their rich lives? Ye shall dwell in your land safely and none shall make you afraid. How can one witness so many of those who ought to be good examples becoming bad examples and not cry out? This is not true, for the decision is ourswe may accept or reject, comply or ignore[However,] we cannot avoid the penalties of disobedience to law (Spencer W. Kimball, The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, pp. 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. Their examples helped him gain a testimony of their callings as ministers of Jesus Christ. But both husband and wife are to be parents! Where else can you be given the necessary explanations and assurances about the nature of life? April 1966 General Conference, Ezra Taft Benson: Our God-given Rights October 1968 General Conference. Amen.Spencer W. Kimball,Conference Report, October 1961, pp. This release was followed up in 1981 by a new edition of the triple combination (Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price). The wise had to go, else the bridegroom would have gone unwelcomed. By President Spencer W. Kimball Read by his wife, Sister Camilla Kimball My beloved sisters: I have been looking forward for months to the pleasure of meeting with you dear sisters once again in a worldwide conference of the women of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The ways of the world will not prevail, for the ways of God will triumph. The Lord and David slew Goliath 1 Sam. Do we lose faith, do we lose patience, do we lose hope, do we get weary in waiting, because the day is long and the event delayed? 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. The foolish virgins were not averse to buying oil. And learning this the bridegroom will relent. (See D&C 1:30.) Prophets have a way of jarring the carnal mind. Yet here are bribery, fraud, deceit, theft, padding of expense accounts, tax evasion, installment buying beyond ability to pay, and gambling running into the billions. (Helaman 13:38.) The world has been cliniced, and the complex diseases have been cataloged. . We read the headlines. No wonder the adversary strives, even now, to prevent this from happening! 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. But finally the net was in shallow water and the fish began to jump frantically, trying to escape. . In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. If we are of the masses who are casual, passive, irreligious, irreverent, unholy, immoral, ungodly, then we must repent or suffer D&C 19:4. Spencer W. Kimball - "Preparedness - the Ten Virgins" . He passed away in 1985 in Salt Lake City. "The statement, "As a man thinketh, so is he," could equally well be rendered "As a man thinketh, so does he." If one thinks it long enough he is likely to do it.". Notes 1. 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. It was unlike any other talk Ive ever listened to. Bear in mind, dear sisters, that the eternal blessings which are yours through membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are far, far greater than any other blessings you could possibly receive. . How can one share temple privileges? I was invited to participate. Confidence has been dulled and patience worn thin. (See Moses 6.) Remember, it is as wrong to do things just to be seen of women as it is to do things to be seen of men. BYU Speeches Old man rationalization is with us. Unity. 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. Eventually, sweating and straining and puffing, we pulled the catch up on the sand. With bulging eyes and gasping mouths they struggled. 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. (Matthew 13:49.) . The righteous were saved in Enochs day and the wicked were drowned in the flood. But when the cry sounds, there is no time for preparation. 19:34 when the powerful, invincible Assyrian army camped at the gates. There is one principle, a modern prophet said, (that we should) understand:that is of blessings and cursings. What is wrong is wrong, and trends do not make something right which is at variance with the laws of God. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the Church are seen as distinct and differentin happy waysfrom the women of the world. He has even said it would be so. It is the parable of the Ten Virgins, a powerful warning to all men. Journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity. They suffered the fulfillment of every dire prophecy. We want our homes to be blessed with sister scriptorianswhether you are single or married, young or old, widowed or living in a family. President Kimball was an instrument in the Lords hands to bring about these and other progresses, and through his devoted and loving leadership the lives of countless Saints, then and now, have been blessed. 9:13. Sinai by the hand of Moses Lev. Peace be with you. (See Ether 13.) After all, who has any greater need to treasure up the truths of the gospel (on which they may call in their moments of need) than do women and mothers who do so much nurturing and teaching? With no warning, no last-minute preparation is possible. That faith in Christ is a choice we can make. I beg of you to listen and act, in the name of Jesus Christ. Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? (John 1:46.) In multiple scriptures the Lord has indicated that he will perform his work through those whom the world regards as weak and despised. Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness. Yet there was no evidence of rain and flood. . We understand that. They were not the gentiles or the heathens or the pagans, nor were they necessarily corrupt and reprobate, but they were knowing people who were foolishly unprepared for the vital happenings that were to affect their eternal lives. Those who seem to flout the institution of marriage, and who regard chastity before marriage with fidelity after as old-fashioned, seem determined to establish a new fashion on their own and impose it upon others. 20:8 italics added). He has on numerous occasions outlined the cure for all international as well as local ills. They are bombs and ships and armaments. We have been commanded to follow the signs of the times and that is all the warning we need or will be given, but the membership is asleep. 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. Another prophet said, We call evil good, and good evil Isa. Remember, in the world before we came here, faithful women were given certain assignments while faithful men were foreordained to certain priesthood tasks. (Matthew 24:21-22.) We need men and women who think of things that have never been thought of and who dream of things that have never been dreamed of, and who ask, "Why not?" Heaven will not hear your pleadings nor earth bring forth her harvest. It was the most monumental and celebrated revelation in the Church in its time. And he that sat upon the throne said. 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. For they that are wise and have received the truth, and have taken the Holy Spirit for their guide, and have not been deceivedverily I say unto you, they shall not be hewn down and cast into the fire, but shall abide the day.
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