Melvin J. Ballard

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Melvin J. Ballard

Melvin J. Ballard is described in biographical records as an American Mormon leader (1873–1939). The selections gathered here touch on sacrament, creation, exaltation. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.

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“We must come to the sacrament table hungry.”

— Melvin J. Ballard

Biography at a glance

Profile: American Mormon leader
Life: 1873–1939
Quotes in this collection: 2

Life and work

Biographical records connect Melvin J. Ballard with Brigham Young College. This collection includes 2 quotations credited to Melvin J. Ballard. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.

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Quotes by Melvin J. Ballard

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“We must come to the sacrament table hungry.”

— Melvin J. Ballard

“In other words, that Jesus Christ, under the direction of His Father, was the organizer and builder of this world; that out of the elements that existed in space, He, the great Master, compounded, produced and materialized this substantial world upon which you and I live; that we are indebted to Him, and to our Father in heaven, for this life that we are enjoying, the bodies that we have, the beautiful world that we inhabit. We sometimes wonder where our heaven will be, that is, the people of the world wonder. We Latter-day Saints have no reason to doubt where our heaven will be, for the Lord has made known to us, that this splendid world that has been provided for us will ultimately be redeemed, having obeyed the laws of its being, and become celestialized, the home of celestial beings; so that if we shall ever come into heaven, or heavenly conditions, it will be, ultimately, upon this redeemed world. Jesus Christ has been the organizer and the builder of it, possessed with power to do all that.”

Conference Report, April 1914

— Melvin J. Ballard