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(3/18/00)
"Even if you are in a hurry, stop and shake hands before going on, but
do it right; have the spirit of God within you, and when you greet
them say, "God bless you." I know a good old sister, who is working
for her living; she would not let the Church support her, she is too
proud. She is over 70 years old. She said to me that when an Apostle
took her by the hand and said "God bless you" it was worth more to her
than all the money they could give her." — "Conference Report," April
1899, p. 54
(3/19/00)
"My mother has told me that the last time father took a walk down Main
Street, after he was stricken with paralysis, he returned with
difficulty back to his home, the residence which still stands on the
hill, and he said to her, 'OH, THE TEST, THE TEST, THE TEST, who will
be able to stand?' Mother said, 'What is the test?' He replied, 'I
don't know, but it is only those that know Jesus the Christ that can
stand.'" — "Conference Report", April 1906, p. 77
(3/20/00)
"During the time of my poor health my family were very much concerned.
They wanted me to go through a physical examination. Nothing in the
world frightens me like a scientific examination. I went to the clinic
of the Stanford University, to a young physician of some considerable
renown. I passed through an examination--the X-ray, and all that
stuff. This young doctor did not believe in God, man, or the devil. I
found that out. I told him I was a 'Mormon.' He said, 'You will never
get any better.' I said, 'O, yes, I will. I have a greater physician
than you are.' He said, 'Who is he?' And I said, 'The Lord Jesus
Christ.' He said, 'There's nothing in it.' He was drowned last year,
and I am still alive." — "Conference Report," April 1925, p. 119
(3/21/00)
"I am very proud of my parentage. I do not think any one appreciates
their parentage more than I do. But, I want to say to the Latter-day
Saints, pride in parentage won't save you. If we get salvation, we
must keep the commandments, and serve the Lord. Knowledge pertaining
to the gospel of Jesus Christ does not come through ordination, nor by
appointment, nor by lineage, nor through father and mother, though
they are helpful. But no matter who my father and mother were, or how
devoted and faithful they have been; no matter how much work they have
accomplished, and how much gospel they have preached to the children
of men, I tell you if Heber C. Kimball's children are saved in the
kingdom they must keep the commandments of God, or they won't be
saved." — "Conference Report", April 1913, p. 85
(3/22/00)
"I want to advise this people, if the Lord ever does give you an
inspiration, for heaven's sake write it down and remember it. If
Joseph Smith the prophet had not done that, you would never have had
some things contained in the D&C." — "Conference Report", April
1927, p. 52
(3/23/00)
"Now, brethren, let us repent, if we have got any bitterness in our
hearts toward each other, let us be generous, and forgiving. No man
has any influence or power for good when angry. It is 'amen to the
priesthood and the authority of that man when he uses unrighteous
dominion,' etc. It doesn't matter who he is. When a man has the Holy
Ghost his heart is full of meekness, it is full of love unfeigned. He
loves the souls of the children of men and he realizes how precious
they are in the sight of God." — "Conference Report", April 1909, p.
38
3/30/07
"My brethren and sisters, I believe in this work. I believe in the
Prophet Joseph Smith. I believe in the living oracles. I honor the
dead, but they are dead and performing their work behind the vale. We
have the First Presidency and Council of the Twelve, and they are
united, and with the help of God I want to sustain them. There are
many things that I do not understand, that I cannot comprehend fully.
I cannot see my way out at present; but this is God's work, and, with
the help of the Lord, I want to sustain the Priesthood of God." - J.
Golden Kimball, "Conference Report," October 1910, Afternoon Session.,
p.34
8/1/07
What is in the future? How far can we see ahead of us? Some of us
cannot see the length of our noses, but the prophets have warned us of
the danger that menaces us. We must be prepared and get our feet
planted upon the ground, because we don't know, I don't know, what
test is ahead of us. The gospel of Jesus Christ has had to be preached
with tears and beseechings, sufferings, adversity and persecution from
one generation to another. No generation accepted it because their
belief in material power was so dense that they lost faith in the
spiritual, We have to talk of the temporal. Temporal things have to be
attended to, or we all would starve to death, but we must not place
the temporal before the spiritual, for if we do, you can look out for
disaster and trouble. No man can save the nation, or a people when
they get the temporal first and forget the spiritual." - J. Golden
Kimball, "Conference Report," April 1923, Third Day—Morning Session,
p.127
6/4/08
"Jesus
Christ in his ministry could have built up a kingdom. He could have
built cities, temples, tabernacles, and ivory palaces, had armies and
navies, and forcefully proclaimed himself a king, a ruler. He could have
won the crowds, could have filled his time with appointments with rich
and influential folk, who would have contributed to the establishment of
a temporal kingdom.
"Jesus Christ taught the people
a simpler way. Some of the outstanding wayside ministries of Jesus, some
of the incidents which reveal Christ's methods of teaching, were his
conversation with the woman at the well, his approval of Mary's lavish
outpouring of the precious ointment in expression of her love, the
turning of the water unto wine, the healing of Simon's wife's mother,
the washing of the disciples' feet, the stilling of the storm-tossed
waves.
"Jesus took time to heal the sick and to bless, to talk with
the heart-weary, to comfort the discouraged. His time was largely spent
in kindly "wayside ministries" and it was not counted as wasted time.
"We can hardly think of Jesus Christ as feeling himself
interrupted by the sick and weary who at eventide crowded around the
house where he tarried."
- J. Golden Kimball, "Conference Report," April 1934, Afternoon
Meeting, p.31 - 32
3/24/10
“I sustain
President Grant. When he became President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints I told him I sustained him with my full
faith and confidence; and that is the best I can do. I propose to
stand behind him and his counselors and the Twelve apostles. As I told
an apostle once: ‘If God Almighty puts a child in the Council of the
Twelve, and he will give me enough of his Spirit, I will sustain him.’
I pray the Lord to bless you. Amen.” - Jonathan
Golden Kimball, “Conference Report,” October 1919, Afternoon
Session, p. 205
6/19/10
"Now, then, we have to learn to love our
fathers and mothers, and unless you learn to love your fathers and
mothers and appreciate what they have done for you, then you are not
grateful. If you cannot understated what God has done for you, and you
cannot learn to love God, then you cannot pray to Him. I may be wrong
in stating that you can't pray. You might practice until you can, but
you don't feel satisfied after you have got through praying, and you
don't feel like your prayers have ascended to the Father, because your
prayers are not built on love and gratitude." - J.
Golden Kimball, "Conference Report," April 1913, Overflow Meeting,
p. 87
7/16/15
I remember reading a story. The incident happened during the civil
war, when a large committee of Christian ministers came to Washington
to wait on President Abraham Lincoln. After they had performed their
duties, one of the Christian ministers turned to President Lincoln,
and he said, "I hope the Lord is on our side." That is what all these
nations are hoping, that the Lord is on their side. And President
Lincoln said, "Well, I am not much concerned about the Lord being on
our side," which was quite a shock to those ministers. "I am not
concerned about that, what I am most concerned about is whether we are
on the Lord's side." That is what I want you to be concerned about,
you men who hold the holy priesthood; you want to remember, in this
great rush and hurry, not to be too much taken up with man's business,
but you want to be exercised more about "our Father's business.” - Jonathan
Golden Kimball, "Conference Report," October 1917, Second Meeting
Outdoors, p. 134
12/16/15
May the Lord bless you. Think of God. How many of us think of God
thirty minutes out of twenty-four hours? There is not one out of five
hundred that actually thinks of God and his Son Jesus Christ thirty
minutes a day. I do; but the first thing I know, my mind wanders off
on something else. My brethren and sisters, God bless you and be with
us and help this people, I pray, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. -
J. Golden Kimball, "Conference Report," April 1926, Afternoon Session,
p.62
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