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Show i Your "...ye are they of whom I said: OlKer sheep I have vjhich are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd . Book of Mortnon, III Nephi 15:21 Line? By DOUGLAS D. PALMER Archivist to Lecture Xz Frederick G. Emmison, a noted archivist la Great Britain and a specialist In Old English and Latin handwriting, will speak in Salt Lake City April 26, 27 at the Assembly Hall. Mr. Emmison, whose trip to Utah is being sponsored by The Genealogical Society, is the county archivist of Essex, England. He was recently honored by Queen Elizabeth with membership in the Honorable Order of the British Empire. lecture both In Salt Lake he will give a days at 7 :30 p.m. They are free to the public. Mr. Emmison will give illustrated lectures on Old English handwriting and on the practical approach to genealogy in local records in the British Isles, according to Paul F. Royall, general secretary of the Society. Mr. Emmison is an author of many texts, His most including How To Read Local Archives. recent book is Archives and Local History, a required text for seniors in high school and in universities for those learning how to use the records of England and Wales for history and family ancestral research. For more than 40 years he has made an extensive study of the registers and records most valuable to genealogists, according to David E. Gardner, systems analyst for the Society. Dirty, musty records from many centuries have been gathered in Mr. Emmisons Essex County office where they have been cleaned, boxed and catalogued. Indexes have been prepared which enable amateur or professional genealogists to find references with less difficulty. Considered the dean of county archivists in Britain, Mr. Emmison will also lecture at Harvard the University of Buffalo in New York, and at the University of Colorado at Boulder. While at Harvard he will address the Society for the Preservation of Antiquities. two-ho- . . . I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its preeenu, than any other book. History Joseph McKay and Martha Blair With Their book Progenitors and Posterity, a covering a period of 832 years, was recently pub- lished. It was written by Ila May Fisher Maughan, 105 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City. e volume on the Mormon handcart The pioneer couple includes special charts which show at a glance the genealogy and relationship of the three most recent generations in the family. The fourth and fifth generations include photographs and biographical sketches. Mrs. Florence C. Leishman, 868 N. 14 th West, Salt Lake City, says material for the book was carefully checked and verified. Many months were spent in compiling and correcting family group sheets of descendants. The McKay line is documented for 10 generations, extending back to and Including John McKay of Edenordinary, County Down, Ireland, in 264-pag- 1674. The book is unique, Mrs. Leishman said, inasmuch as it contains 24 generations. Association Formed "Here is the Book of Mormon. We believe it contains the history of die aborigines of our continent, just as the Old Testament contains the history of the Jewish nation. In that book we learn that Jesus visited this continent, delivered His gospel and ordained Twelve Apostles. We believe all this, but we do not ask you to believe it. What we do ask is that you will believe what is recorded in the Holy Bible concerning God and his revelations to the children of men. Do this in all honesty and sincerity, then you will know that the Book of Mormon is tru. Brigham ENDING APRIL 20, 1968 ii " 4 V Whom I Said This country is not only the choicest of all lands, but the preserver of true liberty, and the hope of civilized man. However, a country may be ever so great and fruitful, yet a nation subsisting upon it be impotent and decadent. God has made America beautiful; men must make and keep . . this continent, after His resurrection from the dead, when He came to this land to visit His other sheep, to unite them in the one fold, that they might also be His sheep and He their great shepherd. Besides the conviction that the book itself carries with it, we have the collateral testimony of him vho translated it, who sealed his testimony with his blood; also that of other witnesses, who testify to the whole world that they saw the plates and the engravings thereon, from whiah the Book was translated, these plates were shown them by an angel of God, who declared that the Book had been translated correctly by the gift and power of God; and in obedience to divine command these witnesses bear record of what they saw and heard. naHn great." This record (the Book of Mormon) contains an account of the ancient inhabitants of this continent and of the cities with which they overspread this land from sea to sea, the ruins of which still remain as standing monuments of the arts, science, power, and greatness of their founders. It also points out the establishing of this our own nation, with the conditions for its progress and those predictions . . . will as truly be fulfilled as those contained in Bible . . . Wilford Woodruff "Stephens and Catherwood, after examining the ruins that were found at Guatemala in Central America, and gazing upon magnificent ruins, mouldering temples, stately edifices, rich sculpture, elegant statuary, and all the traces of a highly cultivated and civilized people, said, Here are die works of a great and mighty people that have inhabited these ruins; but they are no more. History is silent on the subject, and no man can unravel this profound mystery. Why there was a young man in Ontario County, New York, to whom the angel of God appeared and gave an account of the whole- - These majestic ruins bespeak the existence of a mighty people. The Book of Mormon unfolds their history. O, yes, but his was of too humble an origin, like Jesus of Na7''-- h. Lake Center for Continuing Education. research German genealogy or in American-Germa- n problems may join. Officers are red W. Htlbig, president, 4246 S. 3100 East, Salt Lake City; Justus Erast, first vice president; Joy L. Adams, second vice president, and Herbert E. Hegemelster, secretary. 'YeAreThey'Or: Yot John Taylor To continue to learn the intricacies of German genealogical terminology and research, class memGenealogical Asbers formed the American-Germa- n sociation. Free research consultation will be given members at quarterly meetings. Anyone interested in WEEK ! Joseph P. Smith course in German geneaThe first college-cred- it logical research was recently completed at the BYU-Sa- lt RCH l v book like the Book of Mormon as a novel, hoping to sell it to the people." the ur Uni-versit- y; McKay-Bla- ir 1, Matties: What's " i I rejoice in the wonderful spirit of the Book of Mormon. I believe that it is one of the greatest missionaries in the hands of the elder that it is possible for him to have. It is claimed by some that this book was written as a novel. I maintain that a man ought to have his head tapped for the simples who would undertake to say that any one would be idiotic enough to write a We have the Book of Mormon, the stick of Ephraim, which has come to us by the gift and power of God, which also testifies of Him, and which reveals an account of His mission to and dealings with the inhabitants of In the Book of Mormon, The American volume of Scripture, the Lord has given us information pertaining to this land upon which we dwell and called it a land favored above all other lands. I recommend Saints that not only you Latter-da- y read the Book of Mormon, but that our Fathers other children read it They will find that it contains, in addition to what the Bible has said about this Western hemisphere that it should be a land of liberty unto the gentiles and that no king should dwell upon this land, but that he, the God of Heaven, would be our king and would fortify this land against all the nations, and that this should be a land of peace and happiness, on condition that we would honor die God of this earth, the Father of us alL George Albert Smith umiiiiiiiiiHiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iii!iiiiiiiiiiiitiiii!iitiiiiiiiiii!"i .John Cummock, a senior at Sunnyvale (California) High School, has been elected student body president for the spring semester. He is a son of John B. and Beverly Cummock and is a priest in the Second Ward and an Eagle Scout. The California youth is a member of the California Scholastic Fraternity and serves as chief justice of the student court. He also participates in the A Cappella Choir, is active in public speaking and dramatics. He will attend BYU this fall where he will course. enroll in a pre-laFour Scouts of Pasadena (California) Stake were recently presented their Eagle Scout Awards. ilium They are Dong Berry, 14, son of Dr. and Mrs- - A. K. Berry; Alan Barker, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reed B. Marker; Ronald Pett, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Lee Pett; and Deaa Jamison, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Jamison. Doug Is a member of the Las Flores Ward and had as a project, helping to landscape his ward chapel grounds. Alan is a member of ihe Pasadena Ward and put in lawn curbing and did woodwork at the chapel; Ronald, East Pasadena Ward, worked on a stake sound crew in installing a new sound system. Dean is a member of the South Pasadena Ward, and he refinished and painted park benches at Almansor Park. He also planted two ash trees. |