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Show Prophecies of Heber C. Kimball Years Prove that he was Not a False Prophet The recent visit of Mr. Golden Kimball Kim-ball to tlils city, and his exceptionally pleasing remarks at the Logan Tabernacle Taber-nacle In which references were made to the father of all the KlmbalU, Heber C, led Tub Republican to ask for particulars concerning tho prophecies of this renowned Latter-day Latter-day Saint, and tho following Is the re-result: re-result: Salt Lake City, Utah, May 25, 1IKM. Fred Turner, Esq., Logan City, Utah. Dear Brother: ' Agreeable with your wishes 1 send you by letter a few "gpms" from tho words of Heber C. Kimball and some of his prophecies. As a beginning 1 copy a tribute from the pen of President George Q. Cannon. "Heber Chase Kimball was one of the greatest men of this age. He was a man of commanding presence, with eyes so keen as to almost pierce one through, and before which the guilty Involuntarily quailed. He possessed such wonderful control over the passions pas-sions of men, combined with such wisdom wis-dom and diplomacy, that the Prophet Joseph Smith called him "the peace maker." "No man," says Brother Cannon, "Joseph Smith excepted, who has belonged be-longed to the Church in this generation, genera-tion, ever possessed the gift of prophecy proph-ecy to a greatcr'degrcc than Brother Kimball. Although not at all pretentious, preten-tious, he was somewhat celebrated among his acquaintances for his prophetic inspiration. Scores of predictions pre-dictions were made by him and llter- nllv fiiltillPfl." ritoriiKUY. Elder John Nicholson gives a brief outline of a discourse, delivered by the late Heber C. Kimball, In 1807, in the old Tabernacle. This is the prophetic, part of it: "President Kimball opened by stating stat-ing that there were many within hearing hear-ing who had often wished that they had been associated with the Prophet Joseph. 'You imagine,' said he, 'that you would have stood by him when persecution raged and he was assailed by foes within and without. You would have defended him an:) boeri true to him in the midst of every trial. You think you would have been delighted to have shown your Integrity In the days of mobs and traitors. " 'Let me say to you, that many of you will sco tho time when you will have all the trouble, trial and persecution perse-cution that you can stand, and plenty of opportunities to show that you are true to God and his work. This Church has before It many close places through which it will have to pass before tho work of God Is crowned with victory. To meet the dltllcultlcs that are coming, It will be necessary for you to have a knowledge of the truth of this work for yourselves. The difficulties will bo of such a character that the man or woman who does not possess this personal knowledge or witness will fall. If you have not got tho testimony, live right and call upon up-on the Lord and cease not till you obtain ob-tain It. If you do not you will not stand. " 'Remember these sayings, for many of you will live to see them fulfilled. ful-filled. The time will come when no man or woman will be able to endure on borrowed light. Each will have to be guided by the light within himself. If you do not have It how can you stand? Do you believe It? " 'How Is It now? You have the First Presidency, from whom you can get counsel to guide you, and you rely on them. The time will come when they will not bo with you. Why? Because Be-cause they will have to lleo and hide to keep out of the hands of their enemies. You have the Twelve now. You will not always have them, for they too will bo hunted and will have to keep out of tho way of their enemies. ene-mies. You have other men to whom you look for counsel and advice. Many of them will not be amongst you for tho same reason. You will be left to the light within yourselves. If you don't have It you will not stand; therefore seek for the testimony of Jesus and cleave to it, that when the trying time comes you may not stumble stum-ble and fall." Elder Charles W. Stayner relates the following: "President Kimball's hat blew off on Main street one day as he was pursuing pur-suing It one of a party of men with whom he had been conversing on tho corner laughed at him. Stopping in liis chase, he turned around and addressing ad-dressing that person Bald: 'Never mind; your hat will blow off some day, but your head will be in It. 'The man to whom he spoke afterwards apostatized." By Solomon F. Kimball; "I heard father prophecy that a certain cer-tain Elder would lose all his means and die poor because he neglected his spiritual duties to attend to his temporal affairs. I have seen that prophecy fulfilled." Mrs Mamie Hooper Jennings, daughter daugh-ter of the late Captain Hooper relates: re-lates: Brother Kimball gave my father a haH dollar, telling him that as long as he kept It he should never want for money. Father placed faith In the promise, and testified often that he had realized Its truth; he had never wanted for money, In any sum, from that time." The late George Nebckcr said that President Kimball told him, many years ago, that he would live to see the kings and great ones of tho .earth pass by his door. Brother Ncbcker resided In the nineteenth ward. s The railway at that time was not thought of In Utah. But tho Iron horse now rushes along the street Immediately In front of Brother Nebcker's family residence, and he himself lived to see such celebrities as President Grant, the Emperor of Brazil and other royal and great ones literally pass by his door. One of the Elders laboring In the Mantl Temple writes: "In an early day when Picsldcnt Young and party were making the location of a settlement here, President Presi-dent Heber C. Kimball prophecied that the day would come when a Temple Tem-ple would be built on this hill. Some disbelieved and doubted the possibility possibil-ity of even making a settlement here. Brother Kimball said, "Well It will be so, and more than that, the rock will be quarried from that hill to build it with, and somo of the stone from that quarry will be taken to help complete the Salt Lako Temple.1 On July 28th, 1871, two large stones, weighing respectively 5,600 and 5,020 pounds, were taken from Mantl stone quarry, hauled by team to York, the U. C. R. It. terminus then, and shipped ship-ped to Salt Lake City to be used for the tablets in the east and west ends of the Salt Lake City Temple." Hundreds of Latter Day Saints arc yet living that heard President Kimball Kim-ball make the wonderful prophecy that goods would be sold as cheap on the streets of Salt Lake City as they were sold In New York City. After making this prophecy, which was Uttered at a time when the Mormon people were 1,000 miles from civilization, civiliza-tion, and at a time when the people were In need of clothing and the necessities of life, he turned to Prcst. Young, who was sitting on the platform plat-form of the old Bowery In Salt Lake City, and said: "Well, Brother Brig-ham, Brig-ham, I have done It now." "Never mind, Brother Kimball, let It go." It was but a short time after this prophecy was made that the gold excitement ex-citement broke out In California, and large trains of wagons loaded to the bows reached Salt Lako City from the East, but could continue no farther. Many traded for ponies their wagons, oxen, goods, etc., and carried with them only the necessities that could be packed upon animals. The subject of prophecy is concluded conclud-ed by giving the general law found In Deuteronomy, Chapter 18th, verse 22 "When a prophet speaketh In the name of the Lord, If the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that Is the thing which the Lord has not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously; pre-sumptuously; thou shalt not be afraid of him." |