My beloved brethren and sisters, this is a momentous time. They are bombs and ships and armaments. He learned from diligent and faithful parents to work hard on the farm and in school and to love the gospel. He is undeviating in his purposes and is clever and relentless in his pursuit of them. 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. Spencer W. Kimball at College - Brigham Young University 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. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. The way to become perfect is to change your lifeto substitute the good for the evil in every case. 59-61). 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. We think of Russia and China, of Africa and VietNam, of the Near East and Ireland. Some women, because of circumstances beyond their control, must work. From that humble beginning has grown a worldwide organization that has touched the lives of millions of people. 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. 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. And your people will be scattered among the nations as slaves and bondsmen. 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. There will be rationing and a scarcity of food and hunger sore. Education for Eternity The time of the reapers is near at hand. The boats had spread the nets far out, and now we began to pull in the nets. Will we ever turn wholly to God? For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Terror is substituted for reason. 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! The Second Century of Brigham Young University | BYU Speeches In our lives the oil of preparedness is accumulated drop by drop in righteous living. Can they not see that, pushed by pleasure, they will become more and more distant from joy? Correspondence, Spencer W. Kimball to Andrew Kimball, July 14, 1976. Become scholars of the scripturesnot to put others down, but to lift them up!
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