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Show i Church Department THE DESERET NEWS, S; TtraflAY, N61TRMBER THE RECORDS OF rfPTTT7 I i By Archibald F. Bennett Sri: lift- - i (Sorivinry and l.lhriirlnn. (loiirnlonlcal SmlWy of I'tali.) A F1IVV j wag In the nlgbUCago Hrnllh homa In Palmyra, N. y , In ttio upper room known as thu lied room of Joseph Uio Prophet Jt wn rich in hallowed mem-orl- anti womloruuint, tho momentous vent whlih orcurreil hero ovor our ago. For In this vicinity. Hi If not In thla very room, was where the Angel Moroni promised the hoy Joseph that Klljsh tho Prophet should be sent to earth, to bearing with him tho power "plant in tho hearts of the children the promise made to tho fathom," and to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers. 1 wonder If on that Heptember night, even though tha message was given, tho boy could oven a faintly have foreseen the alguNI-cs m e of that prediction. Two days later I blood In tho rKJrtlond Temple, gaslng In reverential awe at tha beautiful reserved pulpit originally for pi entiling officers adho Mol-Iredok Priesthood Hereon stood tho savior of mankind, updw tho brint-uorof this very HI. eves were as a flnmo ofpulpit. fire, the hair of his head was white like tho pure miw,. his countenance shone above tho brlghtnese of the sun, and hla volcf wua as the sound of the rushing of great wa'. t i as he declared tu Joseph ami Ollvn 'vea, the hearts of thousands and tons of thousan Is shill .greatly rejolco In conse- inenco of the blessings which shall be poured out... And the' falno of this houno shall spread tp foreign lands and this is the of the Messing which shallbeginning ho pourel out upon tho ht.ul of my people ho Arrun ter-rac- c. k Ktit Othor Then did h Intioduoic other hf'ftvonly ppHsongcts A jByoat and irtotloua prrsonaffQ nl'Panrcl nono othor than Elijah tho Tiophct, hcuo coming? had born produtol. 2ci Inline the time had now fully In tj comt. ho committed thotr haiuU the kiye of "turning tho tivnrts of tho father to the chll-lr- ti and tho children tq the fa- thM.H 3e 4 v ,lu 11 ; tv 9 , & . . - , (j 1 I i Uii T . , duration through twenty state, many people, had en evidences of what that comportends. In every are to be found lament whose interest In the past, or, rather whose Interest people of the forefathers has Influenced them- - to spend lavishly time and skill, and money to find and preservo'and J make a cceasi bl the records of the progenitors bf alt of us. I Jim IJhrnry of (kmgresa The nntlop is setting th paCr, In the Immense Congressional ut lYlshlnrtoq, U C , the nuptsfinli ndmit rotfe thn reading rooms Mr M A. Itolurts, V ij,. formid me they had 4 750,00 pieces of reeling matter Of these 209 SW s ' r it " ! ' itt .tv, V . fity, ff r lid - , V ,, , it ' 1 meeting mission munity devotees a .meious ln.-d- h past-v-thel- r -- A bole 030 wet on American hlatoryt including tho history and biography and gnnehlogy f parsons and families, and tho history and records of town. Counties, states nnd the nation Of other litan Ameri ran eountrbh there were 281.301) similar records. Throngs In the lmpien-general leading room and othem permitted ktirfet aueesa to the stacks bring these volumes Into constant u , National Itd-oriNot from the of Congteaa Is tle department of com hioroe btil!dltg, whore are st present housed the consul records taken n a MsMoj)-wkl- e scale every ten years since 179(1, It would bo extremely difficult for Individuals t are three or the so large libraries containing esccUent gene. jectlwja wlildi were visited by Mr, Bennett on his reernt tour, i ,h" I V'' fp ,Jbpy f Ckmgw. Washingtom . O. Crater to cspltol In w lik It are housed the valuable land records Of Virginia. Bower Is the Ksscx Iustltation In Salmn, Mawu, which has ptr excrltrnt gonealogial collcctkin and valuable ntanimeript records. Sdjjgk-a- t of being recorded one one or another of thoe census reports. Th'so entkmctallons are bound up yj states and bounties. are now In ail advanced stale Many of dilapidation, ahd effbrts to preserve the before tt Is tnoTut are to fragment be, weli'oiniid. The new archives building being butlt to house government record Is nearing completion, and It is anticipated that In it tn census records wilt bo praserv ed in. Safety and of easy access. The wkr records of soldiers Wal of the t'nt(cd Htate are to foujml In the manlttons building th war department at Itth hnd UoSstltuUdn avchue. In the old fvc-fdivision ale Med recdrdsi of sellers prior such as manuscript Swords St company muster roll)', suppliss officially Issued, slid Ofb r books of the various Organ d Names of soldiers ars ; units. copied pn separate slips and these itj , Jr i NJi 011 vj; i ; fa l- ; l f w It had recently been prl.M-le- e to vlAlt other of groat m had stood hutorie interest I plat's thonuht bef)io the birthplace of Llmoln In Kentucky; I hnkl moved thron yiith ihioujrh the many room of the, bom- - of nt WanhlnKton nnd Itoberi hi. Mourn Vernon nnd ArMnkton. Jo tho hall of the Capitol ait Washington I stood before tho statues ,, i fag of many mighty lender of Ithk past and recalled tho historic (fra mas enacted there, ! had dpm. honor to tho memory of the brave and great and good at Indeprn demo Hail fn ai Hunker Hill ahd Philadelphia, Corieord and Hex. Intrton. Everywhere f found men striving by costly sculpture anti painting, lofty pillar and mptaorb al hall Jo teach the (present gfin oration the Importance of past events and past leaders by empha-slslng the mighty consequences that have followed After, , But among all the shrines 4a ored to th patriot because of (he great movements which hag b.( ginning there, what one ootild compate Ip Importance with the temple In the mile Ohio village of If inland ho I that day as I stood .beforereflected the beautiful terraced pwtplf, For her had be. gun tho fulfillment of that greatest of modern miraclesthe turn. In of (he hearts of the children to their fathers. It was Interesting speculate how many even of these very statues and and memorials had come portraits as a result of Biyah' mission. direct yet this was only one et the minor Consequences. Ki Itlence f tmtlwred Reconts Jn a tour of nearly five weeks e, JrljEZi I fh f I f Cuming an I was fresh from a vlnlt to twenty of the IniKiwt amt ' best equipped HbraHipi In Ameri. it Is not Strangs that I was loil to contemplate In fascination 24, 1M( i : t ds lodll, ls-s- arejarranged alphabetically s accord-In- to state. War servto records may be obtained by writing to the if.flb11' gknora war department, Of C. In hla office Washington, friuta I.eOOj to .800 clerk are d, leo, of Ill hows that 11, OdU pieces mall In one dayi 1,791,411 y'r5,o''md for jibe yean with KM) personal oal and 44JKI0 itelephotis calls. No evil? ova of Interest In the past dy-lhare, hfr. Mcicalfa, m tha pectloh. showed me 30 leltere on ' this morning ha- - had received 'Monday Haturday night. formerly taught school in Ogden, and was ivory friendly and hriltful. Thpr wlrre, he said, eatl- A report of T. ry J11 !1 l j the Am two aoetKis visit ed by Mr. Bennett, ronnocti-- with Jim jmbmlunj of Mljah tho Prophet In alia la8 INsponaatlau, as tie. wrlbed m Ills article. At the top S ylfwepli Nnilth'd bedroom at the low) li Kmlth Memorial farm at I'almyra, and bottom Is the ter. pulplta of Ui KirUand Jem. J i i i ill ' - j t i. w tpated to be 3,78 401 personal ree-orpreserved .dlgw n to the Phil- -. Ilplne Insurrection About 150. OS cd these of Hevoliltlonary soldiers, 181,000 of veterapfnof. llil. al record might however ralat tp the asm person, Another great record Source Is fbund in tha navy, building, tern, porarlly, This la tha veterana Including tha pension records of all pensioners of rare ldus war and applicants for pan alons. Mrs. Finch was well ocquatnt-e with the (ieneaiogicat Hociety of Ltah, for we have frequently written them for data. Feraonal visttora make application by nsm. . lng tha soldier who is supposed to have been pensioned' and Iba attendant looks for hi name in hla ' where it Is filed alphabetical, lyl 1 be service Is prompt, court, bus willing, I called for tho nm andf ny nd 4 William Bell, of Tennessee. In n moment I had before ma a folder with hla original application,- - his Signatures, and oven a peg from hi own family Bible, written In bla Oifn hand, giving the birth, mar. rings and death records of his family. Miss Finch thought thla on ofl the most lucky find ah had ds ( Bev-er- great-grandfat- h. State Record of tha atataa are fully abreast of the federal government In their cafe of public and In the state libraries arrecord, won. dorful sources fpr genealogical In the atat library at Nashville, Tennessee la on of tha largest genealogical libraries In thg south, Record of early Tennessee In the laqa grants ar archives section preserved of the Soldiers Memorial building, The Virginia state library has performed a most valuable service making pho. ' tostat copies of allbyextant Virginia parish regtstera. and also of many will and deed books. These are in tha archive division of (Continued on Pag Eight) Many i I r, |