Leonard J. Arrington reports that Harold B. Lee fasted and prayed intently for guidance about the priesthood ban.

Date
1998
Type
Book
Source
Leonard J. Arrington
LDS
Hearsay
Unsourced
Secondary
Reference

Leonard J. Arrington, Adventures of a Church Historian (Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1998), 180

Scribe/Publisher
University of Illinois Press
People
Harold B. Lee, Leonard J. Arrington
Audience
General Public
Transcription

Harold B. Lee, shortly before his death, spent three days and nights fasting in the upper room of the temple, praying earnestly to the Lord for guidance on this matter, but the only answer he received was "not yet."

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