“President Harold B. Lee was a rare spiritual giant, raised up for a time that demanded stalwart leadership and courage,” writes President Ezra Taft Benson. “He was called of God to his high and holy calling as prophet, seer, and revelator and without doubt was ‘ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council of heaven before this world was.’”
Here fifty-two witnesses from many walks of life recount their experiences with Harold B. Lee. Each account adds depth, color, and perspective to the portrait of greatness of this outstanding servant of God. “His wisdom was brilliant, his understanding of doctrine immense, and his commitment absolute,” testifies Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone.
When he prayed, recalls Bishop C. Dennis Smith, “we almost felt as though he were conversing with someone who was in the room with us; I knew it was someone with whom he spoke often and intimately.” In a blessing to a young woman, he pronounced: “Diana Bird, at the time of the accident, the Lord saw fit to place his finger down upon your life and save it, for you have not yet completed what you’ve been sent to earth to do.”
President Harold B. Lee dedicated his life to leading souls in their upward strivings. Speaking at general conference when sustained as Church President, he said: “The only true record that will ever be made of my service in my new calling will be the record that I may have written in the hearts and lives of those with whom I have served and labored, within and without the Church.” He Change My Life reflects that true record of service, devotion, commitment, and love—Christlike qualities that touched lives and forever changed them.
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