[91] At the Sunday afternoon session of the church's April 1982 general conference, Kimball unexpectedly took the pulpit to deliver a short closing message, which proved to be his final public address: My beloved brothers and sisters, this is a great experience for me. Kimball later served as first counselor to Brigham Young in the church's First Presidency from 1847 until his death in 1868. [53], In early 1950, when he was 55, Kimball, who had never smoked or used tobacco, began experiencing persistent hoarseness and after a physical examination, he underwent a biopsy of a white spot in his throat. McKay stated that he believed Kimball could still serve as an apostle even if he underwent a complete laryngectomy and advised him to go forward with the procedure. The man was considered to be humble, witty, loving, faithful, full of energy and committed to the Lord. He examines the traditional and proposed scriptural basis for the policy, its origin and implementation, and the chain of events that led his father, President Spencer W. Kimball, to seek revelation regarding changing the policy. Term ended by removal of apostleship; was later excommunicated. From there, they visited Paris, Monte Carlo, Genoa, Rome, Pompeii, Florence, Venice, Vienna, the Swiss Alps, Belgium, the Netherlands, and London. Your comments and suggestions about this book would be appreciated. Quoted in Kimball & Kimball (1977), p. 181. In all my sermons, my objective is to get people doing things, the good things, and the right things. He’d read an article in the paper about her and decided then and there that he would marry her some day. E-mail: cur-development@ldschurch.org. Later, Kimball became Mormonism’s twelfth president. [45], Beginning in 1932, Kimball began suffering from boils and infectious sores, which plagued him until the advent of antibacterial medicines such as sulfonamides and penicillin during World War II. Elder Neal A. Maxwell on God's help in our challen... Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin on safety through careful... Elder Quentin L. Cook on defending family time as ... Elder Richard G. Scott on the Savior's support in ... Elder Neil L. Andersen on being solidly grounded i... President Boyd K. Packer on personal prayer and re... Elder Marvin J. Ashton on the blessings of plainness. They traveled on a week-long passage on an ocean liner to Le Havre. [50] After receiving a priesthood blessing from church president George Albert Smith, Kimball spent two months on bed rest followed by two weeks resting on the Navajo Nation. A month later, Spencer’s parents sensed that five-year-old Fannie, who had been suffering for several weeks, would soon pass away. [62] Kimball was ordained church president on December 30, 1973, the day after Lee's funeral,[63] choosing N. Eldon Tanner and Marion G. Romney as his first and second counselors. [33], In May 1945, shortly after becoming church president, George Albert Smith instructed Kimball, "I want you to look after the Indians—they are neglected. Now I would like my doctor to present his views." [81] In July 1974, Belle S. Spafford, the general president of the Relief Society, the LDS Church's women's organization and one of the oldest and largest women's organizations in the world, gave a public talk in New York City in which she expressed her view that the amendment's objectives would be better achieved through legislation, not the constitutional amendment, which she feared was too broad and vague. [42] Kimball subsequently repeated his warning at a BYU campus devotional, stating that there were "too many Pharisees among the white [students and faculty]... too many Levites who pull their robes about them and pass by with disdain. [80] The announcement was formally approved by the church at the October 1978 general conference and is included in the LDS Church's edition of the Doctrine and Covenants as Official Declaration 2. Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle ( Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1972. He began suffering from bouts of confusion and difficulty speaking. ), pp.95-106 The daily newspaper screamed the headlines: “Plane Crash Kills 43. Overcoming severe health problems, he became Church President on December 30, 1973, at the age of 78. He arranged a meeting between his physicians, cardiologist Ernest L. Wilkinson and cardiothoracic surgeon Russell M. Nelson (a future LDS Church president), and the church's First Presidency. He served an LDS missionfrom 1914 to 1916, then wor… However, on December 26, 1973, Harold B. Lee, who was four years younger than Kimball and had previously been in much better health, unexpectedly died, leaving Kimball as the most senior apostle and thus the presumptive new church president. He spent most of his early life in Thatcher, Arizona, where his father, Andrew Kimball, farmed and served as the area's stake president. LDS apostle Boyd K. Packer recalled shortly afterward discovering Kimball sitting alone in the church president's office quietly weeping, and Kimball saying to him: "I am such a little man for such a big responsibility! Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was an American business, civic, and religious leader, and was the twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). All of the testing has not robbed him of his sense of humor. The Spencer W. Kimball Tower, also known as the Kimball Tower or KMBL (formerly SWKT / ˈ s w ɪ k ɪ t /), is a 12-story building that houses classrooms and administrative offices on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo, Utah. Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985), 12th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Spencer L. Kimball, American lawyer and legal academic; son of Spencer W. Kimball; Spencer Kimball (computer programmer), American computer programmer; great-grandson of Spencer W. Kimball This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. Mar 22, 2020 - Explore Lynne Dray's board "Spencer W Kimball", followed by 806 people on Pinterest. That book, which went up through President Kimball’s first year as president, set the standard at the time for Latter-day Saint biography. [55] Kimball's physician sent him to New York City to meet with Dr. Hayes Martin (1892–1977), an expert on cancers of the head and neck. Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah. They went by train to Chicago and then to Montreal, where their oldest son, Spencer L., was serving as an LDS missionary. He was ordained an apostle by Grant and added to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Salt Lake Temple on October 7, 1943. "[74], On June 1, 1978, following the monthly meeting of general authorities in the Salt Lake Temple, Kimball asked his counselors and the ten members of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles then present[b] to remain behind for a special meeting. Kimball was born on March 28, 1895, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, to Andrew Kimball and Olive Woolley.

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