Harold B. Lee Quotes

It is not the function of religion to answer all the questions about God's moral government of the universe, but to give us courage through faith to go on in the face of questions to which we find no answer in our present status.

Harold B. Lee

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  Harold B. Lee
  • God
  • Faith
  • Universe