This book is not a history, but rather a compilation of gospel principles as taught by President Harold B. Lee. However, in order to put the teachings in a historical framework, the following list is provided to summarize some of the milestones in his life that have most immediate relationship to his teachings.
1899, March 28: Harold Bingham Lee born to Samuel Marion and Louisa Emeline
Bingham Lee, Clifton, Oneida County, Idaho.
1907, June 9: Baptized by Lester Bybee, Clifton, Idaho (8; numbers in parentheses show Harold B. Lee's age).
1912, fall: Enters the Oneida Stake Academy, Preston, Idaho, with
schoolmate Ezra Taft Benson (13).
1916, summer: Enters Albion State Normal School, Albion, Idaho (17).
1916-17, winter: Teaches at the Silver Star School, near Weston, Idaho (17).
1918-20: Principal of the district school at Oxford, Idaho (18-21).
1920-22: Missionary, Western States Mission, Denver, Colorado (21-23).
1923, summer: Attends the University of Utah. He later finishes his degree by
correspondence courses and extension classes (24).
1923, November 14: Marries Fern Lucinda Tanner in the Salt Lake Temple (24).
1923-28: Principal of the Whittier and Woodrow Wilson Schools, Salt
Lake City (24-29).
1930, October 26: Set apart as president of the Pioneer Stake, 1930-37 (31).
1933, November 7: Elected to the Salt Lake City Commission; serves from
1933-37 (34).
1935, April 20: First Presidency assigns Harold B. Lee to work out a program of
relief for the needy (36).
1936, April 18: Called as managing director of the Church security plan
(later changed to Church welfare program) (37).
1939, April 16: First storehouse on Welfare Square is completed in Salt Lake
City (40).
1941, April 6: Sustained a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (42).
Ordained on April 10, 1941.
1954: Holds servicemen's conferences in Japan, Korea, Okinawa,
Philippines, and Guam (55).
1958, August: Tours South Africa and the Holy Land (59).
1960, March 27: Organizes the first stake in Europe at Manchester, England (60).
1961, September 30: At the direction of the First Presidency, announces plan for
correlating all Church programs (62).
1962, September 24: Death of Fern Lucinda Tanner, wife of Harold B. Lee (63).
1963, June 17: Marries Freda Joan Jensen in the Salt Lake Temple (64).
1965, August 27: Death of Maurine Lee Wilkins, daughter of Harold B. Lee (66).
1970, January 23: Sustained as President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and
First Counselor to President Joseph Fielding Smith (70).
1972, July 2: Death of President Joseph Fielding Smith (73).
1972, July 7: Ordained and set apart as President of the Church (73).
1972, August 25-27: Presides over area general conference in Mexico City (73).
1972, September 20: Organizes the Jerusalem Branch at the Garden Tomb (73).
1972, October 5: Worldwide welfare services program announced (73).
1972, October 6: Sustained as President of the Church in a solemn assembly (73).
1972, December 14: International Mission of the Church organized (73).
1973, March 8: Organizes first stake on Asian mainland at Seoul, Korea (73).
1973, August 24-26: Presides at the area general conference in Munich, Germany (74).
1973, December 26: President Harold B. Lee dies in Salt Lake City (74).
1973, December 31: End-of-year statistics: 3,321,556 members; 630 stakes; 4,580
wards; 108 missions; 17,258 missionaries; 15 temples.