| Show VICARIOUS WORK FOR TUE DEAD tio tho or C or 01 xii lit the Snit sn t I I II t tile I 10 lJJ OI of 1 0 1100 1000 Iy by t ELDER ANTHON H LUND of for the th be BOIn 1 I In i tho Scorch fat Ol Should 01 0 the the Work O of Classes KeeP verY r theY n I II t I nIl mUn tRY I I that Ihal our th that he e I 1111 PY of the thc thel I nM Y a l et tt I J jh b hI rp to thoUght I HeW Ik III thu thus rl ri U the 1011 LOt II s art re that jo Ull II ough of his II f e eI I I 1 arC ar kl 1 lall tt r to tc toI I n ye rc tot for the f I I tr but tt It w flOt 1101 R RI Ie the he ant and andI he h two I a year lIr or Q ht find this I death we lai tC In Ih the I nel 18 of the th earl eTY the I r In tn In VI giver I In n that HI HII Shine gney I d Jo ph and ad glories we weI W different I Ing the claN cIa that had hadI ha haz II l but bUI I JUI lId 1 the Uw Oo after atter death I z I ti It In pIlton 1 Lord Jord lave Ca 1 the that dRY da day 11 tb I I ati at that alva alvar II t for fr t y 1 there Ii an 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thIn I V evolved u the T p r I t I 1 I Iho were thee WM wat II h I r C e thet Iber theta lb f I 1 n tO 10 and grad grada J at Indicated 11 a 3 wire wre wirer tel tor U jq a the thc people r explaIned are lot The ThC Theu Tr r ot oti o oI u C liT b tilt the I i the ot of tb the eW eWI w I Paul allude to the or orI for the dead I bate bue batea I I 4 terI funeral in 11 England II a H Iy 1 to 10 hear belT th them t r 1 I t me of the I 1 I I V I t hall hail the do hl 11 ve veI rl I f r h lead dead It if the dead rice Wh a aC r Ibe they then bap C l ti dea ad the meaning of tile 11 er erae Paul Pul under unde r I bellve th the I this principle clearly h ke ai 81 an n argument lumen t In f t r on What h at would tn In baptized for the theal h harj I al ro roe e not That was Th Saints I no doubt I p rr I In those b days ys nJ In the Church after fro 1 dl s 9 were m made against 1 cf f h Ing baptised for the ther r F eten fn ear eart after up P I w hen om of f their h Ir prInces I to t Christianity horl 1 n I the they ak for hat t ordinance II f r I Ir Ib f 1 r forefathers t y had a any e from fin t f the th e Saints Sal n t tIno or ora I 1 n Ino b but such an or orf ft a I In Rue RUI RUIt f lle Iel Peter r un the thee t r rf fr th e le tead and andr andL r F it and d I believe i 1 1 the n In Nuz L Aft t he ch had been n out I t his ho home homet me at Nazareth u t I 1 urn n t to 0 rca 1 from th the thee r I 13 l the tt custom al m in n their syna Bynn e r a II ben I It wac II h handed to r rr 1 fro the he Gist CIt chapter chapler of 1 he I lI was I In I IJ j I at 1 at atc l least east they J c I i Is Ih tho u came and a when I Iti t I 1 sa f fI I pi id be rig I 1 won tJ ti n i e 11 h d ti when 11 lie al cas Casion Ion In and I thought f j trl that t lie alluded I Ia fr the dead I wish to a tn v IU ael from this chapter hI S I rIt t the 10 Lord rd God II Ia upon J 1 l tt e 10 has haa anointed goot tIl gl unto the t 1 rae me to bind un the thet ther rt I Iroc lalm liberty to 10 t r and h of the there thet I t Le that ea are re bound t tI I t q I al ath Ih acceptable C fl ble yeas ear or t th of of tJ ti cur rt r at 1111 that at mourn I which If I tr Am ong other thIn things He t I Up u waa as to liberate L lad and t to 0 their prison S 5 i ft 1 lie dl did M a n in n the th flesh so soI U I t F hava any I If but JUt we weI f III hat lie II e it II itC I that lie lier C rn t r II r 1 h hen en he her YI that l r g forth 0 of the d i pI puma lion ent t un A doo doop oon 11 lie e led lie brou gt to p lat L III IIII it Wh I Wl th there ere Ill I I t the th an n JAh I r th the L y td 4 hi hiI him m I g mf 1 b bInK but butt ut 1 InK C cI ll I their I II II r t I I fl nt ar 1111 I p nd zil 1111 WU I h be had hadI what It ItI I I C Mi 1 I Ii ha n for Cor th the thear 1 h 1 t ns ne n 1 I e I r II th att here era will still nl at ar 1 1 fr r I them there thare therel lor rt Tet 1 oUI ut t to lott who pl r rt W was I II a l 01 time t to tot 0 ore MV w opened op I t I s 1 Q 11 lip upon the I ne lt Y f repenting l l oem m I In 1 thu life Ilfe e We that there want au all men to by every ever everon everyone which must bo be obeyed IS a 11 lav who enter the tho kingdom dom ot of on one Nicodemus clod laid It down to said aid that no mon man can oun enter when lIe of hooven he II the water and of the tile the born of hn have millions that ve The Thc without having obeyed obed away PlUIs this ordinance Ir if the they shall enter ente kingdOm ot of heaven must be boil orn the ahll of the spirit end and QI as this of water wilter spirit God cannot be done Ilone In the t world provided that that ordinance mIl inu has be performed for them here upon the flu earth We cannot avoid obedience to t this law and still be permitted to 10 the kingdom or of God Here flare IJ Ii the mercy and grace of God manifested un unto to Ills children In that lie Ill lutz hns means wherebY they the can tIn the blessings even after they have departe tram from this life You who hare entered the Temples ot of Clod and performed or for tor your dead dad know what u a glorious work OrIC It is II You have Ilae labored for your and andou you ou have ben been blessed In doing so 0 for tor your our have en strength strengthened ened and you have tell felt that you were In III ilie presence of departed and that you OU were ere bringing unto them The rho reanon why I dwell on tIde sub lub jeet this morning I Ia because many ol of the Saints Saint who are Imbued with a love for their relatives and who would like to enter the Temples anti and tb work fur for them cannot do so 0 because the they have not their Now my breth brethren ren and siete W we wa wat you yuu to be dill gent gont In your our for genealogies For this Is a dAY In vh ch the hearts of the children are tul tUI ned unto th the fathers An AM soon loon I as the Jo Joseph seph this doctrine before the world anti ond tile the arose of p for tor the the of the people eoPle were turned that wa The Lord lArd worked on the hearts ot of men gao sen societies sprang up ever eVery men Inert bl began Rn to search earch for the the names of their forefathers and ane many works work have been published on this subject Thone who Iut forth thep efforts had no Idea of salvation al vallon for t the h dead but bul the work of these devoted men has hall come to 10 the Saints III as a very If great greal blessing We want to gather ather up alt all we can CIUI itt In this regard Many llIn of the lain Sainta IS are arc not acquainted perhaPs wi h the fact that we ve have ri genealogical society lit In our We hae lume four hundred volumes Oil on genealogies and we want to g get more We e would like to get all that Is Ig published hell both bolh bothIn In Rutland and In this country that can be of Any aid to the Saints and andU U II the same pame spirit works upon the hearts barts of men In Germany German 1 sad and other countries we want to gather the information collected there rhe me are working now In those thoe countries In this In Denmark and Norway It will II be n a task to gather glee on account or of the change that for former mer y took place In names the children being called after the first name of the rather father This changes the surname from one generation to another like It Will WillIn In olden times In the we rend read of oC Simon Bar mEans Jonason It Is hard luerd to 10 trace the lie lIam names of families In those thole Yet iet there are arf several eli are In Denmark where we can obtain genealogy antI and liS as the opportunity openS In SwedEn Sveden And 1101 WI we wAnt to have brethren there to work In thin tine We have agents In Germany and so co that our German and Swiss brethren can call b be helped In getting names of f their relatives The same acme ma may be said laid concerninG Now l The society Is II trying to open Oln communication with nil tl the countries from where the Saints have come No Now It costs a 11 little to Sl get work of kind done donI and ye we would like lice our brethren who Are interested In genealogy to become memo mem bere len of the society Iet It requires Only a small entrance tee nail you ou will get gat thaI hat bark back In pAying less for tor your our names In having the chance to Visit the library search the books that are on hand All Mi that h I paid In will to go toward Increasing our library of gen Works I 1 hope that this mat matter mater ter er will be remembered b by the Saints It Cf you ou write to the Genealogical Sod Soci et t at the historians office you ou can all 1111 the Information we can give gle on and ye we will help you ou to get et more I Want to say a fet words In regard to 0 records record We V advise our missionaries to 0 keep diaries tin their mIssions and to toot jot ot down the events of their lives These b p and by will vill be ver very precious Many Man Manof of f our brethren from the arly decades of f the Church hAve kept records We like to 10 get hold ot of these day At the office so that It r there is III MIlY new matter or anythIng that bat might gIve n a sidelight upon events known we may obtain the to In We have hAe men at the uh as AI Andrew Jenson and others who are tre wIll well Acquainted with the events of our mr Church history and who can soon oon rather out of daybooks things that hat art are not known and that will b be II a help leip to us We would not uk k who have pos possession slon ot I lr fathers records to 10 give cle hem to 10 the office hut but It If they would end them to us we WC would gather from them what would be bc of URe In our ChuNh his history tor There may he be some who eho would like to have thom them deposIted deposit ell ellIn In 0 the historians and we be e glad to take them mark them and theta Fatal afI We Are a 1 that make flake hie history tor ever every tin day but we want his hi history lory b by ourselves When ou rf read d hIstory yo find nd many n a char arter ncr that thaI is 18 described to you far dif dlf frent rent tram train tile reality because its history has hall been Written by enemy Man Many of the nets that have sprung prun up since the days of the tho Apos II hue have been n to 10 us III B a Bet aVery Very et ill hie b because aue their histories Were written by their enemies We Ve do not want coming generations to rend our history In a 0 different light from the real ral truth Ifor Defore I alt It down there Is another mIller matter that I would like to lay before our brethren It is II time lime for schoOl During the summer months our relIgion cia classes have hAV not been belli maintained ox eX In a 1 tw few nIeces Now that the hili ha commenced we 11 hope that the and teachers of rell relIgIon lon classes clune will see Ie to It that the classes are again started and that rl re Interest Is II taken In this good work worl We have just Issued n a new lion tion of outlines explaining the relIgion cia class movement arid the procedure and arty any ot of our su superintendents or can oan obtain this by writing to Maeer We W hope that thul this work will not nol IS Jut but that w we will nil all see ate the necessity of giving our children that kind of education that they cnn can cannot not nol obtain In our district schools find and that we cannot cannet give at al home because e ewe we have bave not the time This relIgion elope movement hll b been ln established In order that our children may be traIned rell religiously IS as well its 1111 tn mentally and physically and I trust WI We will not cl It Ma Ia God bless u broth breth brethren rca ren and sisters ma may our conference be bea a feast Indeed unto all present IY is my prayer pryer In the of Amen Arnen Arnena a |
