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Show Church Department THE CHRISTMAS NEWS, SA' TURD AY, DECEMB1 15, 1954, j t and .ninety-tw- o poles apd Sassafras stump B a degress hundred and seventy-pithreS-fourth- - 1 e NEALOG i i ' Franch APFTJCATION FOR CKRTin CATKS FOR THK THUU YEAR OOIKSK Od Friday, November SO, tooi !Soot colt, and cupboard and one to possess during her natural It la also my will that my have on curtain bed, bedstead lesion of wee taught In the classroom of the Genealogioal eodety. One hundred end sixty leeeone here been given in ell the laet four years, covering the Testa: The Way to Perfection, eOur Lineage, Method of Oenea-loile- tl Rcaeerch, end Church Bert lee on Genealogical Committees. Certlficeteo ere leeued to those who complete the forty aaelftnmemta of eny one of the throe teat named It1 course. Those who hevo attended at leeet twenty-fiv- e of the claaaea Of the courae: Church service on Genealogical committees, end have, with the roqulrementa Of the forty aaaUrnmeata, may nowf hand In their field hooka to the Instructor. Archibald F. Bennett, for exam- inatlon prior to being awarded eer- - J tlflcatea aa qualified genealogical committeemen. Those attending leae than twenty-fiv- e tlmee, and those who have taken the extenaion course through the Deseret News, should submit their field books to ' the instructor of their own ward gencalogloal class for approval, whose recommendation will be forwarded through the ward representative to the stake representative. as for any other genealogical certificate. The books need not be sent to anyone other 'than the ward class Instructor. Some field hooks of this third year course are already In, and give evidence of a high type of work being dona ed eom-jTIl- J . By Archibald a-- breakfasted and msde the acquaintance of a Judge who gave us Interesting sidelights of earlier days. Wa found the eounty olerk In his offlca .and ho gave already us a hearty welcome and free to the records For ovor tea years I had longed for this privilege. and here was Vny dream ohms ' true! We know what wo wars and went immediately to seeking, work. There were about tan volumes of , wills with a name Index In eooh.' 1 looked In VVol. 1 for the trill of my Second William Bennett, a Revolutionary soldier from Virginia. It was not in Vol. 1. But on ths second of Vol. 1 I found it. dated 1121. page He mentioned his throe sons, hla Wife, his daughters .and hla property.! Aa I copied It, verbatim 1 seemed transported ln thought back to tba accnca over 100 yeara ago When Tennessee was the frontier, and 1loncor mint ba And Ho divided hla eaten-vc plantation and negro ala ires among hla wife and ten married children. "It la my will that my wife Inn-- the house and the plantation with the appurtenances, One negro women namod Bucking, and a boy by the name of Bob. Ana good gentle home, ono cow and ao-ce- ss r, atout-henrt- el ; ths-ssm- r Two-Mnu- le e I I ! I -- he Advent By J. M. (Todays -f !. essage o in. back home in Tennessee Q Afrat-grand- n p. Bennett UR last account spoke of the wealth of genealogical data preserved In the records of the county courthouse of Kcntiicky. The very next day a real opportunity came to make personal application of tho knowledge we had gained of these sources. My lived la Sumner county, Tennessee; so also did the grandparents of Mrs. Kirk-haOur reoords of these ancestor were far from oomplete, and here at least we were within about 140 miles of where might bo reposing the detailed aocount of their families. In order to iqse no time, after an evening genealogical meeting with the Salnta in Louisville, President James M. Kirk ham and I took tho I train for Tenn.. .the oounty neat of Uellatln, Sumner eounty. We arrived at t:40 the next morning and found the town already astir. By EM wo had desk Ufa wife and furniture. One of the executors was hla eon. Rlohard Bennett,1 roy great-gran- d father. We found hie original mar- -. a bundle with rlsge bond, filed othem for the eame year. His brlds was Polly (Mary) Bell. They later reared a family and moved to Illinois Here tho father died. , Boon after tho mother and half her family Joined the Church, and leaving the other half of her children lo Illinois, moved westward aerttas. Ahe Plains, burying two daughters by tho way. Today this good woman has several hundred descendants; dispersed from California to Arkansas and from Canada to Honduras And this marriage bond was h beginning. j My good fortune continued. Hers was the will, also. of Catherine Bennett; wire of William. and the fourth of Pocahontas through whom a multitude trace their Indian descent. We found the wills of both the father and mother, of Mary and Aifrad Bell. Utah In the deed books were pioneers located the plantations when they bought they first earns to Tennessee In 1I0. The tion or the boundaries wasdescripamus-In- g, land boundImagine buying ed aa fllowe: Beginning at an ash and dogwood at ths mouth of the lane . J , thence one hundred Genealogical Snapshots o Americas Strangest eta. j At times these dee Is! have as nfuch gene logical to ut a wills. I Iknewi that Elisha Be touti, son of the William mentioned apove, moved to somewhere In IK "ifuicky, but 1 never could learn in wrist county By Dr. he setUOd. He had' e&vava been tbe "lost tribe" of the rgnilly. But JT. Kirkham til Orel llook 10 I re id where he had Sold his Inheritance jin TennesMother smith adds later; Josee; at which time hd gwaa deernb seph hsj been so hurried with his led as Ifilleha Bennett of the State secular a f (si re thsit he could not of Kentucky and Couni y Sot Butler. .Now I knew where t go to trace proceed with his spiritual concerns him further. so tost as was necessary for tbs Meanhwlla Pres Klrl tdun had alspeedy completion ( the works so found much of Interest, includwas diesdven-tase alee there, another deeds of his wife's ing under which he labored, bis at her, and the marring 4 license of wife had so much hr her time tak-- 1 her' grandparents ini en up with the care el her bourn The' county dark was perfldtly wIBing that the could- - write tor him but a for him) to carry this liy-- f document small portion or tge time. On aoto a sway count ot these embsrrnsenteats, Jophotographsriacroae the Street and have a copy r(ade. seph called upon the Lord three iws examined record! 'and wrote dsye prior to tho Isirivel of SamWith al our might fori five hours uel and Olirer to send him a scribe socordln to tba premise ef the en and, found what we n elded most. . Thors remained gel; anrd he was Informed that much of value, but should bo forthcoming In a wl had to oatch the return train. 1 te days Sumner county wai first settled "Tbs wife of Martin Harris at. a down families fa !lTT..Ths F to tempted ember run Joseph Smith oounty. was formed In 17M. and the about getting montoy under (also records are Intact from shat early pretensions from her husband. A date In the office of the Genealogwas . Id." trial j ical society of Utah I frequently Mother Bmlth - rielstee the tol- hear of families who ancestors 1 lowing: lived Ini 8umner. and whose Infor-- 1 ' The matrtstralej then forbade mation regarding them a meager. the Introduction or gay mors witThey should taka courage. If they nesses untU Martin Harris should flad only a tenth as muob data on bo sworn. Martin being called upon, their Unas as I did on mlne. they testified with boldness, decision and wilt he well! repaid for a search enersiy to a few clippie facta When madein these oounty records Ono he aroeo he raisedi his hand to can get some of this Information , hearen nn said, T ban swear that by writing to tho oouhtyi clerk, as Smith never one Joseph has got our lessens explain,' I had written, dollar from me by Sereuasioa since but never received a feply. There Ood made) me. i did once, ef my however ,a very real advantage Is own free Will and Accord, put fifIn.! being able to search these rec-- I ty dollsrn Into bisT hand, in the ords In person, to see with your-- t r fresonce 0( many witnesses, for the own eyes and find maSy Items purpose oft the wotk ot tho . which another might jovgglook, Lord. Th la, doing I can pointedly prove; I and can tell you, furthermore, that I have never Seen In . Smith n disposition to takeJoseph any man's money without giving him a reasonable! compensation for tho same In return. Audios to ths plateg which he professes to have, men, U you da not believe gentleIt, but Sjodahl continue tq resist uie truth. It will one b mesne day of ths Sermon) damning your .soula ' j - i Book fhV. cou-agco- an elm one poles to one and uh ; west ' . Regarding Joseph Smiths gs-J- g for a moment the bewil iering hurry-ikurWaterloo, the following Ig ot tie world, and open hejtrls and minds to the message of the Approaching 'Joseph and Ollvep cot out with- -, season. out delay, leaving Emma to take charge ot Affairs during her Hear again the herald Angels singing,' absence. On arriving at Songs that onee o'er B thlehem twera ringing, Wsterloe, the home At David Whlt-me- r, At the coming of the I'rinfto tof; Peace; Joseph received the record according to oromUe. The next day Let all enmity, all strifu, now cease. he and Oliver resumed the work f translation which they continuTho Apostle, Whom Jeeut loved, ataiea Uie moesage of tin i Advenl- ed. without further! Interruption -thus HM nmll tho whole work wan aocom-- To this end wag the.Son of manifested that be miehl destroy . pllshod. f soon os the Book of Mormon Aa the works of the devil, (I John 3:8) woo translated, Joseph dispatched Tba works of the adversary are tuch as avarice, fattehood, hatred. n messenger to Mr. Smith at Palmyra. bearing Intelligence of tho " murder, and all sin; oppression, gitknets, death, poverty1 t completion of tho work and a vita. !! . I! that Mi. Bmlth and myself All these, our Lord came to destroy, -- Avarice ha destroys gome Immediately to Waterloo." by Martin , Harris went she giving man aocess to eternal riches; falsehood, by revealing the truth; . Mather Smith details of hatred, by establishing the law of 'brotherly love; sickness! by the how the three gives witnesses were nhown thd plates: "In.a few minauthority to heal, and death by Lhei divine gift of eternal lire. utes after Mile, OliMartin. Joseph, and Tyranny oppression be destro jt by Introducing freedom and ver. and David to n grove n short distancerepaired equality; poverty, by the prsctlog of mutual held, and the social train the house where thev oommsnood ealUna upevils, by giving to earth the heavei ly law of the Golden Rule. Ho on the ford and continued in oame to save big people from gin mm all Ha urn out supplication until he perconsequences j J This groat work is not yet comi deled. It is, going on J through mitted nn angel to come down from hla presence end declare to them new divino Impetus) Inour own day, And He shall corn again, to that all Iwhlah Joseph had testifinish it Paul,- - the. Apostle, writes: fied of oonoeralng the plates, wee 'Christ also, having been 6nce ottered to bear the sink of many, (To (Be Continued) shkll appear a second time, apart irom sin, to them that, wait for, him, unto salvation.? (Heb. 0:28.) This Is tba condition of tha world So that ths verj Object of his fret coming to the esrUrwlil be today. They have turned from the Lord of IHoata, they have despised fulfilled Jn his second advent It A then that aa a result of his his law, (they have turned ante1 Inatonement omplelei victory over the powers of death and bell will iquity. Re has spoken mto them. Ha If would would, listen, dibe manifested. It is then that tha pi itt of salvation will be Completed, rect them In they rlghteoSaneaa And In among the living ahd tho dead, He-- shall appear a second time, apart truth. Ha weuld give onto them hia Judgment, hla stathties, hie guidfrom sin," that la, glorified "to th sm that wait for him" to those ance, and lead them in paths ot whq are prepared to receive him unto salvation." truth, but they will no; Elder JosIn the, 34th section, Doctrine ai d Covenants, a yevelaiio given eph Fielding Smith,. gf tho Connell ot Ike Twelve. November 1830, onO of the greet apostle of our Lord ln jou t-e n received ssloa of preparing the way of dispensation! (he pedal NOTICE ' tho Lord for his second coming." Information de "For bohold, verily, verily I say unto you, that tho lime is soon Intg Ueorgtna X. Jensen who In at hand, when I shell come in a eh aid with bower and grog I glory. .1(11 had work performed la tho Balt .Lake temple tor And it shall ,bo a great day at the time of my coming, fori all nnlions Res ln southern Sktute, Sweden, r shall tremblo.r Anyone who known her addretm Ounnag This is the megsttgo of tin Churofi of Josus Christ of latter-da- y please eommunioate with Kasmueon, 1(1 south Tret Saints to the world today. Logan. Utah. ORGET ry bus-ban- ds I gJ ( 1 1 I- ! h re-gu- j " r 5 V t j ly i .11 f 'MW . '1 i i |
