Spencer W. Kimball once wrote, "What mother looking down with tenderness upon her chubby infant does not envision her child as the President of the Church or the leader of her nation? As he is nestled in her arms, she sees him as a statesman, a leader, a prophet." Of this statement, Elder Boyd K. Packer wrote, quote, "The Lord managed the humble beginnings of Spencer W. Kimball. He was not just preparing a businessman, nor a civic leader, nor a speaker, nor a poet, nor a musician, nor a teacher-- though he would be all of these. He was preparing a father, a patriarch for his family, an apostle and prophet, and a President for His Church," end quote. Even Andrew Kimball, Spencer's father and son of Apostle Heber C. Kimball, stated of Spencer-- I have dedicated him to be one of the mouthpieces of the Lord, the Lord willing. You will see him someday as a great leader. I have dedicated him to the service of God, and he will become a mighty man in the Church.