“That many millions may be converted by his instrumentality that angels may waft him from place to place and that he may stand unto the coming of our Lord and receive a crown over the kingdom of our Lord, that he be made acquainted with the day when Christ shall come, that he shall be made perfect in faith and that the deaf shall hear, the lame shall walk, the blind shall see, and greater things <​than​> these shall he do, that he shall have boldness of speech before the nations and great power &c.” — Joseph Smith¹

Heber C. Kimball (1801–1868) was a blacksmith, potter, and prominent leader of the Church. He was baptized in 1832 in Mendon, New York, and moved to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1833. He was a member of the Camp of Israel expedition to Missouri in 1834 and ordained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles the next year. In 1837, he presided over the first group of missionaries to Great Britain. He then moved to Far West, Missouri, and helped lead the Saints’ exodus from the state.²

1. Blessing to Heber C. Kimball, 14 February 1835

2. “Kimball, Heber Chase,” josephsmithpapers.org