Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-07

fol history OF all the stakes of Zion. 90
iar as We know Through hi report To
mc as historian, / am informed that
there are wards organized and going on
iOt quite a length vt Time. that have no
semOiance Of any record kept among
thcm To this fact ! wish TO call the
attention not Only % the presidents OF
stakes, the Bishops ui wards. prcsi pnts
o quOrums aud councils and the heads
Of families. bu, Of all the people and
wish them 10 know and understand that
u : time they were turning their iuds
upOl this subject They should keep
more carefully the Church records while
they also institute fanny history You
that have been IN thgCuufch many years
ana are raising up sons and daughter,
around you, .houd teach and instruct
them IN this m iitcr aud impress them
while in their schOUlbov days 10 keep
some notation OF all IN genera. doiugs
% the earth, keep 800 account Of them.
selves. know thy Will feel lust as you
aud ! lclG what Is me use % wuuug that
! went 10 the brigham Young Academy
to learn. VIVA; ii the a.. gi telling that
] went OIL q couple Ui year, To- the Slut
on mission, Or TO England. ur any.
where else' Ii may seem ui small moo
mDnt TO them now, lut when
your sons are old. their hair
white, aud they look back upon
half or thrgc.iourths Of century
a. experience, perhaps q Bishop, trsi.
den; Of stake, founder Of a colony vt
president of a Temple. then they would
give treasure for a faithful record vi
the experience they had passed through,
who they had blessed, bapuaaj, confirm.
81, ordained. and 10 what counties aud
languages they had done a. 10 IS
time that tle,c brethren who are
bald and gray with age were iustiutIug
TIN, order of things iu their hou.cholls.
that they ds the heads oil their families.
their tribes OF their general ON. may
establish q history that shall 10 down To
the generation, after them Subsequent
generations wili want to know what part
their father, their grandfather Uf their
gtcat.gIugaihuf took In estah hing
tuis tuurch-i he was a HIGH puest,
an Elder. president OF a stake. q Bish.
op OF q Bishops counselor or held any
other office IN the Priesthood. Tie ought
not unly To Keep IN account Of tins Tor
his own present bcneuI as long as DE
euIures, Hui also see 10 DO before ne de.
parts that he leaves good record Of the
events OF hi, life 90 ms sudrrd-ul the
WORK that hc has perform il 10 the Fem.
u.as aud Of the missions that he has iul.
q led that Do may 10 down 20 his child.
rgu, tgat thcy may realize that they are
under obligations o. hw lot the h,y,t
inss % the 60 pei tina, Doe has caused ~
descend upon iUu.r heads TO tatab ish
them in the midst OF GoIsp,ople in the
last days. 4 request you my brethren
the Bishops, tina, you LOOK CafrUIIy
after the interests Of your people In tn,
regard. see tNat yoIr rletss keep ruuI
aud perfect records ui every birth 10
your ware, certainly Di tuy bIrtn ul every
child that bee ongs TO the Saints.
Some OF the children that are nov
DJrn Ui those wuu arc unJtlic .fs may
Tss up aud through yuuT Instruction d
mHisr aUon become Elders and minI,.
,crs ui GJI ~ the Church while tnry
are ln tue flesh, and may bless you u
the benefits you have bestowed upon
them. wish to urge the presidents