On the morning program was a hukilau. Neither shall the sword go through your land. I have listened to over 4500 general conference talks. This talk is AMAZING. Spencer W. Kimball From an address delivered at a Regional Representatives Seminar on Thursday, 4 April 1974. May the Lord continue to bless and prosper the Primary organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, together with all the other organizations who are doing comparable work. 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 world has been cliniced, and the complex diseases have been cataloged. 31:13 Men golf and boat and hunt and fish rather than to solemnize the Sabbath. We read of Enoch who was called when but a lad. (Matthew 24:21-22.) Yet there was no evidence of rain and flood. (Matthew 24:21-22.) 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. Will we ever turn wholly to God? It is the parable of the Ten Virgins, a powerful warning to all men. In the parable, oil can be purchased at the market. Your cities will be shambles, your churches in ruins. 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. Now, too late, they were becoming conscious of the tragedy of unpreparedness. 10:12, He that fighteth against Zion shall perish 2 Ne. Indeed, he seeks the misery of all mankind (2Ne. Even so, why else is the record of rejection so complete? What is wrong is wrong, and trends do not make something right which is at variance with the laws of God. Spencer W. Kimball | BYU Speeches 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. 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. 29-34 (Click here for a link to read the PDF version in the Conference Archives). The cause is not lost. Because we are not vicious enough to be confined in penitentiaries, we rationalize that we are pretty good people; that we are not doing so badly. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. We read the headlines. The first area presidents outside of the United States and Canada were also set apart. Various excuses have been used over the centuries to dismiss these divine messengers. You can be a much needed force for love and truth and righteousness on this planet. The brethren are not out of touch nor asleep. (Revelation 21:3-5, 7. "Noah heeded God's command to build an arkthat they might be saved from the flood waters. I have heard President JosephF. Smith and all who have followed him up to now. 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 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. I am prepared to live or die and need not fear.