| Show rL GENEALOGY I I Al All to this dIr depart maul should be ad addressed to 10 Ita I sere r 11 tafv JC Joseph T r Ua Jr rare ar of nl HI n arises Nit Lake 11 City nah WOR I is tI the O conclusion o of Re Recorder corder D 1 M McAllisters Rd b be begun gun an In last It weeks ti lasts of the Now I 1 must dOW t the remaining time to remarks on that portion ot of the sub alluded t to II in pro t the adr address tf of t the P First lct Presidency II in relation to tn gena lo logy and a tl the Ilet In Int fact that is Ia what I 1 am expected to t tbt eap ar urge mostly I upon your our attention Fn First l let me up say that the word or I the Ork nO n which a lt of of the stock ancestors a th atol In lineage or pedigree ot of any ny pern person or family tl J mor more specially the Iho theOld Ol Old ma makes genealogy ver very and Important The fo for tt that I is It wu was me a sacred r duty duly upon them b by the word ot of the Lord In the fret verse rs o of the ln first L chapter of the Bk Book or Numbers we Ind find the statement that God cm com commanded Mo Mors to ma make a genealogical mc record of III all the tho children of raeL There w was evidently a ret great and d Dl vine p I In the preservation of 01 thu those genealogical tab tables which wc we re regard Id gard W a such tiresome reading In the uc Holy Scriptures In the second e nd chap chapter ter of Esra E verses 01 1 anI and 1 12 Uler Utere I Ia Is Isa a a statement showing I it wu was th the Lords Lr will that thO those whose hO genealogy alo could would be debarred from not b be found f holding the priesthood The divine wisdom of f this rul require requirement ment 19 apparent In the tat fact that the t genealogical records ket kept by Jewish who were It set apart for lor ta that duty dut furnish unimpeachable chabe evidence through aU all time even een to this d day of the descent of a all mand mankind fr from l h ther Ada Adam The Th mo most important ex example e ample of Jewish Jeh II genealogy I is that fur fished b by the Evangelist Luke Lk who traces th the In lineage of Mary Mry the mother o of JUI Jesus and of Jol Joseph His Ria reputed father In a an unbroken chain bk back to AdAm The absolute blut correctness of that at great genealogical tale table cannot b be refuted ft Infinite wisdom Is Ia further manifest In th the pf proof furnished b by no cal l records concerning the tremendous tremendously ly Jy Im important fat fact of the exl nce ot of God Jewish reON genealogies p pew served through all a age clearly clarl peeve that therl there lived un upon this eh earth ran m who succeeded e each other I as prophets of G iod mn men who ha had personal cm com with Him KIm and who C comment rated that know knowledge led to 10 one another rind and tl to their posterity Aam Adorn ad and E Eve td told their children Md and man many genera generations e elona lona of descendants tor Clor Adam IYe lived over 1100 ya r that lh th they had wa walked and nd talked wih with their Heavenly F Father r rf f face to face eeD even as mortals mol Wk walk and tl talk Ik together The genealogical records show that this knowledge and lid th the priesthood Wa was transmuted b by Fa Father a ther Adam direct IJ t Seth ln linos thUn C an D MaUel Jared Jao Enoch Eh Meu Methuselah lh lah and Lamech Lh w was th the father of Noa to whom he ia made known the vital tact tt the kown t of O God which he 1 had br bard dit direct from the lp lips of Aa Adam N h received the sane an testimony mon else Ia dt t rt from O Geri Hi r and f from J lula Cn Jure Jared a and M Me w We len learn trout Jewish sand ea eaI a I d by a td profane histories that Noh Noah w was a able of to transmit hI ht personal knowledge Deity by word of mouth t to his hla de den Ham Jam la c ad I Eber I peleg df lieu Penig l a Tr Torah and Nehu TI These were al all Iv IvIna liv lug Ina before Noahs death was th the father and was u the brother ot of Abaham Abraham an and Abr Abraham W was ac wIth them Arphaxad alah Eb r R and Mr Thus Tu Abraham In additon addition to his lala knowledge of 01 Dl Deity had bad t the testimony pa Of reliable who wrt were o con contemporary temporary with him a and wo who b had re reo their knowledge from their p pro Ive ad and II hi sore om IC Instances dl di direct pet From 0 God GodIt It rm would b be intensely II Interesting t If I the to tine permitted to follow u 1 1 of the groat men of the brow race o from te I lia Isaac and Jab Jacob dow down through the twelve tribe of oC Israel proves IrVN t the of lrI these genealogies or 01 the Je Jews there o tor foro w we have a item for tor faith In I the h of Go God baa because of the Ow Idan t h this certain wy way f tle rather t to en enas In Ina a as well I I as from Jehovah Himself HIlf through ro tb the ae aeI ages I have hae boon informed tha that a 1 lady of the Hebrew rae race I in tb this ell city Mel a genealogical record bowing ual line Abraham AbrahamA D of nf ln descent t front t the I A year r or t two n ago I an n traveler bun acquainted wih with 4 In who Ia gave hIm sath factory pr f of their descent Int fn th mother of 01 John Ih the who ho wa a a In of mthr mother of JelU JeSUS the phase phe of t the important Jr tub sub It lort of genealogy to 10 w whisk In conla conole Jt slut 1 I del drain to tn caU your yr etal It at att connects it with t I U that I the greatest l t that 0 God ha has laid u upon 0 the of the dead T The wr very ln Bret Ie step we IN havo to take lor towards the ro of 01 this grad la t dt duty is II the compilation of genealogy eneal We must be ba t able to Pt prop properly erly r identity eh each of the tb individuals to whom behalf temple ordinances are Ir whO oncel b performed otherwise these thO wi will be ba of 01 no value alue 1 to l the dead In verse I 1 1 1 see 1 lM t of th the a and Cove Con pant nat 11 we find tl the following n An And as ale the ur O on the t ert earth In relation Ialo to your da dead which are tl truly I cut So also a are the r records IC n haven 1 r Olt a The rord record of each eh individual meet b be beso so truly made out that th there will iU b be beno 1 no doub doubt u to 10 who wl will r receive the benefit or of each h ordinance performed MI pe 18 their and that It tM of th the genealogical 11 required for temple w work Tl This special information al should It the fl full me o of the In Indi Individual vidal vidual date and place of br de dale of and relationship pae of the living 1 heir to the de dead Individual te Many time In the early e given sven M to t Prophet Jt Smith the Lord re e me II other prophets In olden times nal namely that A marvelous work la about out to torm come forth among the children of rm tob aD te men In n no particular hu has t this rear work be been manifest more tb than thanin In lb the orlD coming of lUJa who gave t b Joseph th the keys key by which t ha M beets of the have been tu turned to t the children end and t the hart o of t the Children to tl the fa fathers r Th This J of Cf the l Prophet Elijah b has not been limited a In InIta its Ita ele to th the lt Wil Paints Place wo he be came a tv to Kirtland Temple April I a lK t there has bD been a marvel me ow OUI awakening of Interest in 10 the sub subject of genealogy aon among t the people ppl of oC oCal Jt al all civilised non nations Thouc Thousands o of 1 in individual hav have b been aroused ru to t 1 Ity In the mat matter of compiling rne geneal 01 ogles and ad and tb they have 9 or mailed lae 11 societies ud and enlisted th the In Inot In ot of t to assist It In this th st great movement Millions lon of Ioe money b has been spent and lid thousand o of bk books have been published on the ab jert and countless numb numbers of old re 1 have have been gathered there together and nd carefully preserved In various arlou plead places ad and countries coutee for lor the of aid aiding ad Inc ing t the people In Tet Then 8 are great genealogical In Inthe Inthe the United Stal grate England and Gr Grm let m meaty end and immerse Ib libraries ot of gee bk books In Ne New Yok York o Moa London and nd Berlin In t fact nearly 11 every lb library In all n civilised countries t has now collections of gene bk books which are being ad added f to con constantly Wb When n Ih these Individual 8 so cU Ad and government representatives are ar asked why h th they are taking u i intense Inte interest in tl the t subject spend pd In tug 1 so muc much time and 1 moan for lor lh the accomplishment of this Juf they are re at a lass lo to g give a satisfactory answer It I Is a an 1111 Impulse tat that b has allf affected Um them Id and the they no have felt comple compelled t to at act diligently In this direction with but little thought of the lb why dr dealt tho they dd did It except tt that the they hod ha T The Ie of t this great move movement ment t should be ba apparent to Ie a all Latter 4 day In Paints It Ii I evident that the ot of the Lord t lass b been operating on Ih thu minds of men and energies have I Id o mn an Ur eal I been b directed to te the accumulation of f genealogical information M that HI saint may be furnished with this that thatis LI is 1 a essential t to enable th then to fulli full the Ual gusted responsibility tb that lie He Heh h has upon th them And now my mv tr dear brethren and alster Ie I submit to your 1 this alem solemn view of f four our duty In this connection It I is that the Lr Lord will be displeased with 11 Hi pl people It we taI faU to avail ourselves If of this tb remarkable abundance or of e Information He h has caused to tobe I Ib b be accumulated T The of the Curch Church luly fully alive t ti the sacred r obit devolving ta the Lord t upon Jn peo pi plc In I regard to temple wo work fo for thin th salvation ot of the d dead have hav ed a Io society t to aid t th saints In a tb the information tho lb y v yn n need to enable them to 10 that meat o work One volume of works ar are al already 1 voul o ready la n the library of this Ie and the number I being added I to L as rapidly us mo moans can b be obtained for forth th that purpose PUI T The society Iet agents t I In tw the United tat Great tit BIt win lain lIMY Ad and Ican to l out genealogies In tr Ilse countries tt toe member of the so who b de desire and d p pay for lor surf u service The Th cr clerks fm o b by lh the render M to t tea mm mom Yen Is VOU various ether 0 w way Ich such al a compiling 06 d I family see J for r temple work I In 11 these things mI her of f 11 Ih I ahll it ni red put tau t or of I Lr It to t bw 1 Ilent III lied |
