Melvin Joseph Ballard
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In July 1896,
Melvin J. Ballard was called to serve a special mission to teach the gospel.
What made this mission special was the size of his mission boundaries. Where
was he called?
a.
To the larger cities of Europe
b.
To the larger cities of the United
States
c.
To the larger cities of Australia
d.
To the larger cities of Canada
Yesterday’s
answer:
D Because of his prophesying during a
missionary blessing
From
the life of Andrew L. Lamoreaux: The
St. Louis “Luminary,” a periodical published in the interest or the Church at
St. Louis, Mo., at that time, spoke very highly of the faithfulness and
integrity of Elder Lamoreaux, who was held in great esteem by all who knew him.
The following is quoted from a letter written to George A. Smith by Erastus
Snow in Salt Lake City Sept. 3, 1865: “I have just learned from the family of
the late Andrew L. Lamoreaux that Joseph Smith, during his tour to Washington
in 1839, stopped with them in Dayton, Ohio, and before leaving laid his hands
on Elder Lamoreaux and blessed him, and prophesied upon his head, that he would
go on a mission to France, learn another tongue and do much good, but that he
would not live to return to his family, as he would fall by the way as a
martyr. The Prophet wept, as he blessed him and told him these things, adding
that it was pressed upon him and he could not refrain from giving utterance to
it. Elder Lamoreaux talked with his family about it when he left them in 1852,
and endeavored to persuade them that this was not the time and mission upon
which he should fall, but to believe that he would at this time be permitted to
return again. When the “Luminary” brought the tidings of his death, they exclaimed,
‘Surely, Brother Joseph was a Prophet, for all his words have come to pass.’
Thinking this an incident that should not be lost, I have penned it from the mouth
of his eldest daughter and submit it to you and would add that his excessive labor
and toil in providing of the company under his charge during the hot weather in
June, in the unhealthy climate of St. Louis, predisposed him to that terrible
scourge that laid him low, and thus he fell a sacrifice for his brethren.”
Andrew
Jensen, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, (Salt Lake City: Western Epics, 1971),
3: 666-667.
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