“There are thousands of them, hundreds of thousands and
millions of them in the spirit world who long to receive this gospel and have
been waiting hundreds of years for their deliverance. They are waiting on you.
They are praying that the Lord will awaken your hearts in their interest. They
know where their records are, and I testify to you that the spirit and
influence of your dead will guide those who are interested in finding those records.
If there is anywhere on the earth anything concerning them, you will find it.
That is my promise to you. But you must begin to work. You must begin to
inquire after your dead. And the spirit of your heart turning towards them will
come upon you, and the way will be opened in a marvelous manner, and if there
is a scrap of evidence concerning them upon the earth, you will find it. When
we have done all that we can do ourselves, the Lord will come to our rescue. …
If we have done our best and have searched and have discovered all that is
available, then the day will come when God will open and part the veil, and the
records … will be revealed.”
- Elder Melvin J. Ballard, in Bryant S. Hinckley,
Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin
Joseph Ballard [1949], 230.
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