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Show ChurcK Jvzrtmkrvtr J ancient record I I cover, we to ourselves; doubt' If they ever aa much t as heard of wills, deeds, court record oc other rellatile source which I am seeking' t tlTf NOEU C. STEVENSON' you had read the New York Titnw fqt Sunday, September 1, 1929, you might have noticed , the following article; CLAISi DESCENT FROM , BENJAMIN f . "Jerusalem, Aacleat WHI The truth of the matter Is the oldest knotk--n - existing w ill that w as ' Palestine (AP) Christiana claiming to be tin di 'reel descendants of Benjamin llve in the ,1 The ort ' i and vlifaAinJ Arukh near hamairh,"aBirisUar readsas City about ten miles to the north of Jerusalem. The . trace the name of theirInhabitants village to fotlowt; "I Bah. devise to my 'wife Rhef-tthe woman of Gesab called Teta. all properdaughter of Sai llushi Haarkhi." ties given to meScpdu, by my brother "Preposterous! says the skdptlc. Ankh-reSh shall give it to how could anyone reasonably and whomsoever she may see fit of her legitimately claim lineage of such children. ' ancient OriglnT A pedigree such as As to my tortib let me be buried these people of Ain Arukh allege In IC with my wife alone. to have, certainly must date prior as to the house built to the time of written records." ' for Moreover, me by my b other Akh-ren- , mv any of us who are Interested wife shall dwel thorelifand sltall In genealogical research are Inclln not be t evicted any person. ed lo take a view similar td the The deputy shall art as skeptic and look upon the Domesof my ion. Done in presguardian Book In made 1086 A. IX aa day ence of the witnesses: Just about the ultimate among "Kemen, Deed rat or ef Columns, ancient documents of genealogical Apu. Doorkeeper of the Temple. When we go back to significance. Sent, aon of Senb, Doorkeeper that time W ith the aid of historical of the Temple. material to contemplate the lives One of the r markable things Of the ancestors we hope to dls- about- this ancieit will almost u, , . j i lack of genealogical details., The genealogist of today finds a of marriage records when he traces a family beyond the middle ages. In fact the word "scarcity, Is a mild word to use to describe this condition. We have a sca-'elt- y tendency1 to think that marriage ceitiflcatcs or contracts in written form originated sometime after the Norman Conquest. One of the earl- - . lest of marriage contracts was dated 400 B. C. or 2339 years ago. This document Is surprisingly complete When compared with some of mod-errecords. Marriage Contract of 400 R. C. In the month of of year 1 of Ring Khabbash,Athyr the lady Set- n i - "THE HILL BILLIES" from! (Translated Spanish) TJERE are tome extracts from the newspaper of San Nicolas, Ar-- 1 geutina, that profusely- - announced the activities tf the mission here j during the last week of October. f October 21, El Norte By ar- rangement with Mr. jU Pierce , Brady, a young North American missionary living among us. The Hill Billy Boys', an Interesting or-- i chestral group made up of ten r young men coming from less populated parts of the United States where the typical music of the cowboy Is played with rare and , melodious sounding instruments. will entertain in (his city on Sat-- 1 i j , urday the 29th. .The same representative ", of ' and the active basketball of the Betgrano Club have arranged after much effort to have perform here the team of North American missionaries who play a game of a new style to-ward which the basketball of this , country Is evolving." October 27, Ek Tribuno; (With first page protograph).. Mr. Frederick . Williams wIU Visit San Nicola.". ' "Frederick S. Williams, presij dent of the 'Argentine Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of tat-ter-daSaints- - under w hose direction the North American mission , aries of sport artd music coroo tq San Nicola, represented by the basketball learn Tmi 'Mormon-and the ore best rat group The ililj Billy Boys The arrangement could not be 8-- i more pleasing, contribiB'tng in thl manner to the belter'acqualntancd of our Americas and pu,Utng in doc bracticq (lie good neighbor trine. Surely this Is the best way to bring te pass the .desire to finite ail Amcrical Octolier 29, El TrllHinn: "Tonight learn of North the will play in Ran NicoAmerican las Tonight in the Betgrano Club ll the team of North American players That make up the Mormons will meet (com of T Also ft team from the unit Ro tf especial interest, In this team ... the training system that they ' use. Although In fact the Mormon es do no) approve of tic use . of alcohol nor tobacco, theed play qra abstain even from using tea oc Coffee, with the .object of getting In belter physical condition. t "Many ol them have played In the international league called M Men, fostered by their organisation in North America, besides having played on various school teams , f I hi MDfrtpt'B - iat03.w Is ) v t i iSptnt In the Church-wid- e campaign now being Conducted against liquor and tobcaco. Aaronic Priesthood leaders and quorum members should be active and give their cooperation wherever possible. President Heber J. Grant has requested that all Priesthood quorums Join In the campaign as members Of Aaronic Priesthood age are these towards whom most cigaret and liquor advertising is directed, Aaronic Priesthood leaders should (Qf, ieUw, ; TETEHARPOKRATES , mittees ! .v . i (Above taken fiom Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith.? Page 131 )- fe,j 3a - In this drive against our flee It to say that never waa such brand of basketball good been seen hoye. when except we were visited a few years Huracan of Rosario. ago by .The 'match was umpired by the coach of the North American team, Mr. Williams, his actions being completely imparit ... tial", ' October 29, El Tribune: 'Tomorrow. .Sunday, at 8 p m. a conn of a cultural character will be held in Conference Halt at 531 Street, under the direction of Mr I,. Pie, ce Brady, president of dhe San Nicola branch of tlie Argentine Mission. Tresent at tins meeting will be several members of the orchestral and sport groups, who are our guests As all know the purely disinterested enj that they seek, with tlie purpoae of doing a cultural wot k and disseminating the customs of certain region of the United States, tlie meeting should be very well at. tended. Na-cl- -- In many other artielqs were printed photographs of ail, the attending missionaries with interestof ttie character, pering s - thi oldest man of the blood 6f Joseph or of Ihe seed of Abraham. Wherever the Church of Christ is established in the earth, there should be a Patprarch for sthe benefit of the posterity af the Saints, as It was with Jacob In 'giving his patriarchal blessing unto his cons, etc. (June 27, 1839) D. 11 Jflystertes Wild, give you line pf .the Keys of the mysterles of the Kingdom. ' It is an eternUjl principle, that has existed with God from 'all eternity: That nia;t who rises up to contlvnm others, finding fault with the Cliurth, siylng that jliey are out of the way, while he himself Is rlghtepus, tljen know assuredly, that that man is in the high roadi to apostasy; pd if he does not repent,, will apostatise, as Cod lives. The principle Is as correct as the one that Jesus put forth in saying that he whoi seeketh a sign Is an adulterous person; and that principle is eternul, undeviatlng, and firm 'as tlie pillars of heaven; for whenever yofr iee a man seeking after a sign, you may set It dowivtbat he Is an ; dulterous man (From "Teachings of Die Prophet Joseph Smith, pagt s 1507 ) I , It seems that there Is Notary. at least one significant about these "rient records: thing written records which ace used In genealogical re aearch are of much more ancient Origin than w generally realise At some future date when the comes for such thing to betime revealed. It Isnt hard to picture a , group of archaelogists In some out of the wayunearthing place, a large collection of records of some of the tribes of ancient Israel. When such a discovery is made and In consideration of the comsome of of the ancient pleteness documents cited herein, it would not be impossible to link the -present with the frfr distant past in one great family history. In considering the great prog, res in this work, the use of microfilm andespecially other methods of modem record keeping, together with the great interest shown by people everywhere, this is surely a preparation to reap the benefit of great discoveries. It can be truly said, we live in ,the golden age of genealogical ... (Revelation EVANGELIST- An Evangelist Is a Patriarch, even a riling. . enemies. T fttuctendous dplay of energy 'Lo Mormones won from Bclgrano Club. The score was 2a to IX Very fqw timet has such brilliant basketball been played In this city,, . Saturday at 10 p.m. It began in Bclgrano Club before a very large crowd Which Insistently applauded tlie goods plays of both teams, . . . A few moments after Lot Mormons came In. applauded Jiy tie the on look- , crowd, they astonished era with the speed of their 'wannOne might ing up prellmnaries. f say that even before the match began It was certain that (lie Yankees wbuld make a finished demonstration of their playing, which happened In fact. In this ifspect aut- - The Spirit of Revelation la In connection with these blessings. pr fit by noticing the first intimation of the spirit of revelation; for nsjlance; when you feel pure Intelligence flowing Into you, it may give you sudden strokes of ideas, so that by noticing it, you may find ft fulfilled the same day or soon; (I. e ) those things Uiat were presented unto your minds by the Spirit of God, will come to pass; and thus by learning the Spirit of God and understanding Into the principle of ' revelation, until .you become C. 3 370,381. onC-Sd- one-thir- d be alert and active In this fight A prominent boy leader ha expressed the opinion that the greatest enemy of the Aaronic Priesthood on the earth today is tobacco, with liquor being a close second. For these reasons as well as for tle reasons given by the General Committee, leaders and memltcrs of Aaronic Priesthood quorums should join ward and stake com- j A person may THE Thou tnakest me wife, thou glvest me two and athy half silver staters as wedding gift, if f divorce thee as husband hating aIHiiovinK enother more than "Mi1 restore to thee t. I grant unto .thee of ail my property acquired during otir marriage. This contract, a duplicate handed to tnee, is hereby acknowledged In the presence of sixteen witnesses, and shall, not be changed without thy consent, either orally or In -- bar-bequ- ' ? daiighter of and Semmlnls, Peteharpok-1has ot Pow an1 Neaoharpok-rates- t . Aaronic Priesthood W?rd Of Yisdom Review October 30. El Norte; The HD. Billy Boys Pertlrmed In Mitre Park, A very large crowd wa present applauding the original inter-prelations of Uve e boys whe show ed great ability In playing theic rare instruments, With them cams members of the North American Basketball team ( long with soma other young stud nts. all from tha Mormon Mission in Argentina, The delegation arrived on the II A0 tralrj being r ceived at the station by the may , Mr. Jusa Eeo Morteo, the president of the Beiges no Club, Mr. !CayeUno Cabaili and a delegation! from the club, and a group of tile Argentine Mission, which is pr! raided over by Frederick 8. Willi ams, who fa' accompanied by hit wife and the secretary of the miaBlon, J. Donat Earl. As soon ai the formalities of the first greetings were over the delegation with those who went to receive it drove through the city end were favorably Impressed. At e noon they were ti to a in the Bdgiiino Club, and in the afternoon they drove through the garden section jtf the city, Puerto Nuevo, and qth(T places." October .31. El Tribune: "In a 3L 4.000 years old. la that R contains more genealogical Information than most of our twentieth century wills. Hah, names hi wife, her father, his brothers. Even the wit nesses disclose some interesting data bmd che occ u pa t Ions followed at that tlmt y Old Court Record The oldest original court record Is really old. It was written on papyrus and Is In the Berlin Museum, dated 2300 B. C. or A portion of It ,4438 years ago. reads as follows; j "The party Sebekotep 'allege that one Usser, now deceased, father of the bther party Thau, made the said Sebekotep to be guardian of his, the said Usaera wife and children, and to that end delivered all his property to the said Sehe-- , Jsotep. to be applied to the use of said Ussers family. V hether oc not the property Increased or decreased. But the x Thau denies that his father party ever made any such f . conveyance. f Here again the amount of Information In a document of such the modern Snciynt times reader. Court surprises records of American Colonist days are noted for nhelr Department , sonality, ami abilities. Wo arg very grateful for tl e attentive courtesies offered bv the mayor of the city, Mr. Jose Ico Morteo, Mr. Cayetano Ci alii, presCarident of tlie Bclgrano Club, los del Form? the active subcom-missinof tl;e Bolgrano Club, and Mr Cation Bordet, 1 , PIERCE BRADY. (Ti anslnbst from the Spanish j. Ir n 1, arts o( men. repentance most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be corwcltnis of Of fa the none Carlyle. Give work rather than aim to the poor. The former drive out Indolence, the latter Industry. , Tyron Edwards lleve It i GHlltke. 1 1 Mann thorn of experience 4 worth a whole w lldei new. of warning. Oiip |
