20:9 italics added). Seek excellence in all your righteous endeavors, and in all aspects of your lives. They had heard of his coming for so long, so many times, that the statement seemingly became meaningless to them. 59-61). But a controlling majority of the people of this world have relegated them to the past. Concerning Jerusalem the Lord said: I will defend this city 2 Kgs. Divorce, ever on the increase, jumping from one divorce for thirty-six weddings in Civil War days now has reached somewhere near one to four. It is so hard to wait and be prepared always. Regardless of your particular circumstances, as you become more and more familiar with the truths of the scriptures, you will be more and more effective in keeping the second great commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself. The Miracle of Forgiveness. 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 Miracle of Forgiveness Quotes by Spencer W. Kimball - Goodreads The Samoan and Hawaiian Saints were gathered together in a grand celebration. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Time had passed, and he had not come. 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. Paul wrote: For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. It is not only worth waiting for; it is worth living for! Notes 1. 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. 26:4-6,8, The land will be barren, (perhaps radioactive or dry from drought.). Spencer W. Kimball warnings | LDS Intelligent Living (1 Thessalonians 5:2, 6-7.) 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. Chapter 2: Tragedy or Destiny? - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter His mind is wandering. I believe that the Ten Virgins represent the people of the Church of Jesus Christ and not the rank and file of the world. 5:1-31 When the protectors sleep and the leaders are incapacitated with banqueting and drunkenness and immorality, an invading enemy can turn a river from its course and enter through a river bed Isa. In the Church there is full equality between man and woman. Each began as an appetite that needed to be checked but which went unchecked. The trouble with rejection because of personal familiarity with the prophets is that the prophets are always somebodys son or somebodys neighbor. Scriptures are read little, and the holy day becomes a holiday. We read the headlines. 4 Miraculous Stories from President Nelson's Life - LDS Living 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. 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! But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Man being what he is with tendencies such as he has, results can be prognosticated with some degree of accuracy. 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. Yet there was no evidence of rain and flood. He goes through an immense personal struggle and emerges victorious. No wonder we who bear the plan of salvation feel a special urgency in sharing the gospel, because we love our own neighbor. He is a white-haired saint whose life has been dealt harshly with by law and justice but who was inspired by a "bishop" to be better. Prophets have a way of jarring the carnal mind. The precipitous walls on the high hills of Jerusalem deflected for a time the arrows and spears of enemies, the catapults and firebrands. Later, Kimball became Mormonism's twelfth president. With bulging eyes and gasping mouths they struggled. But we cannot allow ourselves to slumber. They merely procrastinated, not knowing when the bridegroom would come. 26:14-43. Some of you have not yet had the great privilege of marriage. President Kimball: "The Last Drop in the Chalice" - BYU Speeches In Tennyson's poem "Guinevere," the queen, repenting her infidelity, recognizes that the harm she has caused cannot be undone: They had four children who recall that their home was one of support, encouragement, and appreciation between family members. It is only the "when" that is unknown. 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. In our day the routing is from Palmyra to Paris, not the reverse. O that we had repented before this great and terrible day, and then would our brethren have been spared . Wearing some old overalls, I waded with them into the sea. 45:1. Will we ever turn wholly to God? That is half as many divorces as marriages. The cares of the world, the honors of the world, and looking beyond the mark are all determined by a persuasive few who presume to speak for all. He passed away in 1985 in Salt Lake City. 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. I should like first to pay special tribute to the divinely inspired Primary organization of the Church. . 31:13 Men golf and boat and hunt and fish rather than to solemnize the Sabbath. 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. PDF Jesus The Perfect Leader - Brigham Young University-Idaho They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 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. We do reap what we sow. The day of the marriage feast approaches. President Spencer W. Kimball spoke frequently at Brigham Young University, encouraging students and faculty to strengthen their testimonies, increase their moral fiber, and rededicate themselves to the principles of education and service. The Role of Righteous Women - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Still others of you now know the uncertainty of being young as you ponder your place in the eternal scheme of things. I will fight your battles, says the Lord God Omnipotent D&C 105:14 He never fails his promises. "Be Ye Therefore Perfect" | Spencer W. Kimball - YouTube 44:27-28 Isa. 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. People are destroyed by their own acts. I'll never forget an experience that Sister Nelson and I had about three decades ago with President Spencer W. Kimball and his beloved Camilla. He could not do the one last thing that Jesus asked: Sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor. (Luke 18:22.) I'm grateful He let me choose Him. (See Moses 6.) And the fulness of his wrath cometh upon them when they are ripened in iniquity Ether 2:9. Too late, too late! God, Family, Country: Our Three Great Loyalties - Goodreads 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. 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. 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). I marvel at the empathy of these men in all ages, because even prophets have no immunity from thorns in the flesh. 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. 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. What is the illness? (Matthew 24:21-22.) 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. 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. 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. 1:26.). Jesus was also met with the question, Is not this the carpenters son? (Matt. The gospel, which is the only concern of the Church, was devised by the Lord for men and women alike (Improvement Era, Mar. At only age nineteen, just before he was called to serve in the Swiss-Austrian mission, he was ordained as a general authority seventy. I beg of you to listen and act, in the name of Jesus Christ. How can one see the slackening of traditional moral standards and not notice the decline in decency? He desires the happiness and well being of all his children. So long had it been since they began expecting him that they were rationalizing that he would never appear. 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. 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. It has had shorter periods of good health, but longer ones of ailing. There were 364 temple marriages, and of the temple marriages about 10 percent were dissolved by divorce. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Ex. Peace be with you. Let us begin with a few examples. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. They are chosen from among the people, not transported from another planet, dramatic as that would be! We read of Enoch who was called when but a lad. 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. We love you sisters. (See Jonah 3:3.) they cried, and all together we pulled and strained. In an ancient situation somewhat comparable to our own, there was a great destruction, and when the quiet came, those who were spared were wailing: . The Kimball family moved and Spencer grew up there. (See Alma 4:19.) 1:7, And there shall be none to molest them 2 Ne. While he was president, he dedicated twenty-one temples, including the Washington, D.C. Temple. 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. (Helaman 13:38.) For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. (Matthew 13:47-48.) (See Jacob 1:19). 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. The holy prophets have not only refused to follow erroneous human trends, but have pointed out these errors. In God is protection, safety, peace. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. 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. I suspect that many people who five years ago had a rich larder, a full pantry, and a year's supply of basic necessities have let their stock dwindle. 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. But even then wickedness did not lessen, men did not learn lessons. It must not be passed over. 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. Changes can come best if we take one item at a time.https. 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. Instead of disciplining ourselves, we yield to urges and carnal desires. 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. Bombs are detonated. May I stress again the value of reading the addresses given at our general conferences in the Ensign magazine. And ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. The responsibility was each for himself. That is sure. 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. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. That night the Lord saved Jerusalem from Sennacherib and his 185,000 troops who did not live the night through to attack 2 Kgs. A Sabbath show or a game or a race replaces solemn worship. We understand that. We can transform, but will we? The following year also brought an important development: the King James Version of the Bible was released with an inclusion of LDS study aids. He later became the church's president . But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. While corridors are threatened and concessions are made, we live riotously and divorce and marry in cycles like the seasons. Provo, Utah 84602, The Second Century of Brigham Young University. They are too kind to be so cruel. 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? 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. They see evil in their enemies, but none in themselves. Remember, too, as we focus on the glories and importance of family life here, that all of us belong to the eternal family of our Father in Heaven. LDS doctrinal teachings about the atonement, repentance, and the plan of salvation. 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. Yet this common sin and idolatry run hand in hand. 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 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). Many have found it too difficult and they slumber without due preparation. When he was three years old, his father accepted a call to preside over a stake in Thatcher, Arizona. Your heaven shall be as iron and your earth as brass. There will be faintness of heart and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase you into flight and you will fall when none pursueth. Spencer Woolley Kimball was born March 28, 1895, in Salt Lake City. Some of you have lost your husbands through death, others through divorce. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Even the foolish ones trimmed their lamps, but their oil was used up and they had none to refill the lamps. It was the most monumental and celebrated revelation in the Church in its time. Numerous billions we spend on liquor and tobacco. 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 disdain for work among some today may merely signal the return of harshness and wildnessperhaps not to our landscape but to some people. Absolute Truth - Spencer W. Kimball - BYU Speeches He served in the Quorum of the Twelve for thirty years and became the president of the Church in 1973. No traffic will jam your desolate highways. They ignored the prophets. What a bleak prediction! Terror is substituted for reason. The Maginot Line in France, these forts thought to be so strong and impassable, were violated as though they were not there. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. Read this chapter in its entirety at truthwillprevail.xyz . 10:12, He that fighteth against Zion shall perish 2 Ne. He gave us the parable of the farmer who sowed good seed in his ground but whose enemy planted tares in the field. Why must men rely on fortifications and armaments when the God of heaven yearns to bless them? Thou shalt have no other gods before me Ex. (Hebrews 10:35-37.) 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. Granaries and barns will bulge in seed time and harvest. Others of the sisters are experiencing the anguish that often goes with aging. How can one share faith or testimony? 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. From whom else could you learn of our Father in Heavens glorious plan of happiness? Even so, why else is the record of rejection so complete? 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. "Rationalizing is the bringing of ideals down to the level of one's conduct. 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. 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. Can they not see the gross selfishness that will lead finally to deep loneliness? Jesus Christ our Lord is under no obligation to save this world. One major plot of the book involves a character named Brigham . It is because of their love and integrity that they cannot modify the Lords message merely to make people feel comfortable. Decadence is very demanding and dogmatic, and it is no friend of liberty. One of his grandfathers was Heber C. Kimball, a counselor to Mormon pioneer . They are houses, lands, bank accounts, leisure. Now, too late, they were becoming conscious of the tragedy of unpreparedness. 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. PDF The Second Century of Brigham Young University 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. 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. Free love and indiscretions and deviations of every nature are common in our day. The cause is not lost. 2:27). For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 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. Many of them have been handmade by the Primary children of the Church. I ask you: What value is a car without an engine, a cup without water, a table without food, a lamp without oil? The boats had spread the nets far out, and now we began to pull in the nets. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 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 served diligently despite various severe health problems. Yet These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in Mt. This past month I have received hundreds and hundreds of birthday cards. Your poweryour supremacyyour pride in superioritywill be broken. (1 Thessalonians 5:2-4.) He has said, I will fight your battles D&C 105:14 But his commitment is on condition of our faithfulness. 20:7 italics added). That book, which went up through President Kimball's first year as president, set the standard at the time for Latter-day Saint biography. Lengthen Your Stride - BYU Studies You will be better mothers and wives, both in this life and in eternity, if you sharpen the skills you have been given and use the talents with which God has blessed you. We have the general warning that comes from these world conditions, but we have no precise timetable. 9:13. It is so easy for leisure to turn into laziness. 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. The people have ignored him, disbelieved him, failed to follow him. 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. Why should there be spiritual blindness in the day of brightest material vision? 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. What Prophets Have Said About Extraterrestrial Beings While armies are marshaled and march and drill and officers teach men how to kill, we continue to drink and carouse as usual. Because of World War I, he served in the Central States Mission instead. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (Matthew 13:49.) Spencer W. Kimball From an address delivered at a Regional Representatives Seminar on Thursday, 4 April 1974. Do not, however, make the mistake of being drawn off into secondary tasks which will cause the neglect of your eternal assignments such as giving birth to and rearing the spirit children of our Father in Heaven. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.8. Protection is not in walls nor mountains nor cliffs, yet foolish men still lean on the arm of flesh., The walls of Babylon were too high to be scaled, too thick to be broken, too strong to be crumbled, but not too deep to be undermined when the human element failed Dan. (Matthew 24:43-44.) The knowledge we gain must push us to act, leading us to God and revelation from him. You can be a much needed force for love and truth and righteousness on this planet. (Luke 12:19-20.) 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.
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