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Harold B. Lee

President of the Church

“The greatest miracles I see today,” expressed President Lee, “are not necessarily the healing of sick bodies, but the greatest miracles I see are the healing of sick souls, those who are sick in soul and spirit and are downhearted and distraught. … We are reaching out to all such, because they are precious in the sight of the Lord, and we want no one to feel that they are forgotten” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1973, 178; or Ensign, July 1973, 123).

“I know that there are powers divine that reach out when all other help is not available” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1973, 179).

“Take time for family home evening. Draw your children around about you. Teach them, guide them, and guard them. There was never a time when we needed so much the strength and the solidarity of the home” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1973, 130; or Ensign, July 1973, 98).

To the Saints in Mexico and Central America, he told a sacred experience following his call as President of the Church: “On the early morning thereafter with my wife I kneeled in humble prayer, and suddenly it seemed as though my mind and heart went out to over three million people in all the world. I seemed to have a love for every one of them no matter where they lived nor what their color was, whether they were rich or poor, whether they were humble or great, or educated or not. Suddenly I felt as though they all belonged to me, as though they were all my own brothers and sisters” (in Conference Report, Mexico and Central America Area Conference 1972, 151).

1899: Born on 28 March to Samuel Marion Lee and Louisa Emeline Bingham Lee in Clifton, Idaho

1907: Age 8, baptized on Sunday, 9 June, in Bybee Pond, an old lime kiln

1920-1922: Ages 21-23, serves a mission to the western United States

1923: Age 24, marries Fern Lucinda Tanner on 14 November; she dies in 1962

1935: Age 36, called to organize a Churchwide program to help the needy

1941: Age 42, ordained an Apostle on 10 April by President Heber J. Grant

1963: Age 64, marries Freda Joan Jensen on 17 June; she dies in 1981

1970: Age 70, called as a counselor to President Joseph Fielding Smith

1972: Age 73, sustained as President of the Church on 6 October, with N. Eldon Tanner and Marion G. Romney as counselors

1973: Age 74, dies on 26 December in Salt Lake City after nearly a year and a half as President of the Church

Summary

Harold B. Lee, 11th President of the Church, had a great love for the members of the Church. He told the Saints to hold family home evening, teach their children, and protect them from the temptations of our world.

Spencer W. Kimball

President of the Church

Because of surgery on his vocal cords, President Kimball had a quiet voice, but his life spoke loudly of good works. He inspired Church members worldwide: “Put your shoulders to the wheel, lengthen your stride, heighten your reach, increase your devotion” (The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, ed. Edward L. Kimball [1982], 564). He was an example of action. On his desk was a plaque with the motto “Do It.”

“The Lord will not translate one’s good hopes and desires and intentions into works,” he wrote. “Each of us must do that for himself” (The Miracle of Forgiveness [1969], 8).

On Sabbath worship, he instructed: “We do not go to Sabbath meetings to be entertained or even solely to be instructed. We go to worship the Lord. If the service is a failure to you, you must have failed. No one can worship for you; you must do your own waiting upon the Lord” (”The Sabbath—A Delight,” Ensign, Jan. 1978, 45).

Under his direction, temple work expanded rapidly worldwide. The Church dedicated temples in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States (five locations), South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan, Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa, and Japan. New temples were announced for Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, South Korea, and the United States (three locations).

1895: Born on 28 March in Salt Lake City to Andrew Kimball and Olive Woolley Kimball

1903: Age 8, baptized on his birthday by his father in the hog-scalding tub that the family also used as a bathtub

1906: Age 11, his mother dies

1914-1916: Ages 19-21, called to serve in the Swiss-Austrian Mission, but because of World War I he is reassigned to the central United States

1917: Age 22, marries Camilla Eyring on 16 November; she dies in 1987

1943: Age 48, ordained an Apostle on 7 October by President Heber J. Grant

1946: Age 51, receives an assignment from President George Albert Smith to work with the American Indians

1964-1967: Ages 69-72, supervises missionary work in South America; begins missionary work among the Indians of the Andes

1974: Age 79, sustained as President of the Church on 6 April (having been ordained on 30 December 1973), with N. Eldon Tanner and Marion G. Romney as counselors

1978: Age 83, receives a revelation to extend the priesthood to all worthy male members

1979: Age 84, new edition of the Bible published

1981: Age 86, new edition of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price published

1985: Age 90, dies on 5 November in Salt Lake City after nearly 12 years as President of the Church

Summary

Spencer W. Kimball, 12th President of the Church, told the members of the Church, “Lengthen your stride.” His life was an example of good works and action. On his desk was a plaque with the motto “Do It.” Under his direction, temples were built in many areas of the world.

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