Antoine R. Ivins

__NOTOC__Antoine Ridgeway Ivins (May 11, 1881–October 18, 1967) was a member of the First Council of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1931 until his death.

Youth and family

Ivins was born in St. George, Utah Territory. Ivins spent some of his younger years in Mexico. Ivins was the son of Anthony W. Ivins, an LDS apostle and counselor in the First Presidency. His mother was Elizabeth Ashby Snow Ivins, the daughter of LDS Apostle Erastus Snow.

Ivins studied law in Mexico City.Balderas, Eduardo. "How the Scriptures Came to By Translated into Spanish". "Ensign", Sep. 1972.] He also studied at the University of Michigan and the University of Utah. Ivins received a degree from the University of Utah. [Introduction to BYU devotional by Ivins in 1963]

In 1912 Ivins married Vilate Ellen Romney. [Jenson, Andrew. "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia" (Salt Lake CIty: Deseret Book Company, 1936) Vol. 4, p. 749]

Church service

From 1921 to 1931 Ivins managed the LDS Church's sugar cane plantation in Laie, Hawai'i. [Introductory notes connected with the University of Utah's Antoine R. Ivins papers collection.]

From 1931 until 1933 Ivins was the president of the Mexican Mission of the LDS Church. He succeeded Rey L. Pratt in this position. [Jenson. "LDS Biographical Encyclopedia", Vol. 4, p. 749] At this time the mission not only had responsibility for all of Mexico, but also for all proselytizing efforts among the Spanish-speaking populations of the Southwest United States. Ivins performed the first translation of the temple Endowment into a language other than English: in cooperation with Eduardo Balderas, he translated the Endowment into Spanish.

During the 1930s, after his return from serving as president of the Mexican Mission, Ivins worked on translating the "Doctrine and Covenants" and the "Pearl of Great Price" into Spanish.

From 1931 until is death Ivins was a member of the First Council of the Seventy. He also served as a member of the General Welfare Advisory Committee of the Church. ["Conference Report", October 1952]

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External links

* [http://gapages.com/ivinsar1.htm Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Antoine R. Ivins]