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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
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