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It isn't the Lord who withholds himself from us. It is we who withhold ourselves from him because of our failure to keep his commandments.

Harold B. Lee

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Harold B. Lee
Age: 74 †
Born: 1899
Born: March 28
Died: 1973
Died: December 26
Prophet
Clifton
Idaho
Harold Bingham Lee
Lord
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Withholds
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Commandments
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