[Teachldsseminary] REQUEST Melvin J Ballard Story

[LynBoyer at aol.com]

Hi Terri saw your post request, is this the story you're looking  for?  
_http://james.jlcarroll.net/LDS/evidence/witnesses/Ballard_Melvin_J.html_ 
(http://james.jlcarroll.net/LDS/evidence/witnesses/Ballard_Melvin_J.html) 
 
Apostle Melvin J Ballard's vision of the Son:
Author's Note: There  are several well known reports of individuals who have 
seen the Lord in visions  or dreams. (There is no doubt in my mind but what 
there are many, many more  instances that have not been publicly disclosed, due 
to the sacred nature of the  experience.) Here are some examples of known 
reports: 
 
In the course of a temple meeting of the First Presidency and the  Council of 
the Twelve, January 7, 1919, Melvin J. Ballard related the following:  "I 
remember one testimony, among the many testimonies which I have received. You  
will pardon me for referring to it. Two years ago about this time, I had been on 
 the Fort Peck Reservation for several days with the brethren, solving the  
problems connected with our work among the Lamanites. There was no precedent 
for  us to follow, and we just had to go to the Lord and tell Him our troubles, 
and  get inspiration and help from Him. On this occasion I had sought the 
Lord, under  such circumstances, and that night I received a wonderful 
manifestation and  impression which has never left me. I was carried to this place?into 
this room.  I saw myself here with you. I was told there was another privilege 
that was to  be mine; and I was led into a room where I saw, seated on a 
raised platform, the  most glorious being I have ever conceived of, and was taken 
forward to be  introduced to Him. As I approached He smiled, called my name, 
and stretched out  His hands toward me. If I live to be a million years old I 
shall never forget  that smile. He put His arms around me and kissed me, as He 
took me into His  bosom, and He blessed me until my whole being was thrilled. 
As He finished I  fell at His feet, and there saw the marks of the nails; and 
as I kissed them,  with deep joy swelling through my whole being, I felt that I 
was in heaven  indeed. The feeling that came to my heart then was: Oh if I 
could live worthy,  though it would require four-score years, so that in the end 
when I have  finished I could go into His presence and receive the feeling 
that I then had in  His presence, I would give everything that I am and ever 
hope to be" (Melvin J.  Ballard, Crusader for Righteousness, p. 66; also, Marion 
G. Romney: His Life and  Faith, p. 64, cited in Burton, ed., We Believe, 
Sanctification: Perfection)  

Linda  Boyer
Claremont, CA
I want to live in Theory....everything works in  Theory.



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