Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-23

ELIZABETH CLARlDGE M'CCNE,
Chairman,
EDITH A. SMITH
MINNIE HORNE JAMES
JOSEPHINE BEATTE BURTON.
A number OF requests have tea ehed
this department FOR some articles wlth
instruC tiolss for those who desire 10 get
thlir genealoey while they are in for
ciEu countries rs weI as how to pro.
coed, If at home I'm Utah, We are very
glad 10 comply with these numerous re.
quests, for We realize that the saints
pte all more or Less interested In this
work. and that the earnest onas need
Gnly 10 have the way pointed out, they
VIII soon follow IN the good path.
oar missionaries go out into the world
an6 spend hundreds of dollars TO preach
The gospel to u few scattered inqNirerrs
they are often sent back to the homes
% thelt parents. and work IN and
around the birthplace Of their forefath.
crs, for years, However, it Otter hap
pens that they are either not Interested,
or they don't feel competent 10 search
Ouf the genealOgy of their progenitors
and they come home without one scrap
pf information OH the subject, While
II they were acquainted With one or
two underlying principles OF senealogIc.
al research. they could spend a couple
cf months after their mission Is finished
In that work. and would come home
with this means OF bringing thousands
of souls into the fold, instead Of the
Very few they may baptike OF the living
scekers for truth, Again: the saints
arc baptized In foreign country, or IN
Some of our large elites In this country
and II they We're encouraged IN this
branch OF our work or knew how 10
seat AE q
gehsalosies before ernigratIng 10 Zion
Instead of that, n few years after they
reach Utah. they get the spirit OF tsln-
pie work. and then they save money tor
years and finally 60 back and search
out theIr genealogy.
An incident well illustrates this fact
one of our sisters who was In London
ysItiug felt impressed al one OF the
regular fast meetings held in that great
city, 10 speak TO the saints on
the necessity of securing all the infor-
nation possible about their foreiathers
while they were In tho land Of their
birth One gentleman, very wealthy
and prominent member or she Church,
happened to be present at that fast
meeting. He said nothing to anyone
at the time. but three years later he
came 10 Utah and bega~ the work Tor
HIS dead in the Salt Lake temple At
a religious service he repeated the story
Of tht fast m Getting held In London three
years before, and he said that the SIS
ter's remarks about temple work had
so impressed him thai he resolved to
80 to work at once on his senealogy,
and newer to rest until he had colnplet
ee the work. The sister, in her re-
marks In London, had told the saints
that when they lacked information or
clues, and found thernselvs at loss 10
know what to do next to go 10 the
Lord, and He would show them where
to go and what 10 DO The brother, I'm
relating his experience in searching out
| his genealogy. said that there was one
| clue lacking, between his own line. to
| connect him With an ancient and we'll
| marked family. He searched long and
| diligently for that clue AT length. he
| was impressed to go To- a certain grave
/ yard, where there are a number of the
| family buried for whom he WAS search
l Ing. He felt sure the clue was near
i there, and he searched the parish rec-
/ ords In vain, Omission and other diff
| culttes prevented his finding what he
| sought. He went out In the old grave-
| yard itself, and looked long and anx-
| IO,7sIy; but he could not ind the one
| particular clue, Finally. he re-
| called the sisters words, and he
| resolved to put them to the
| test. He was alone In the dim. country
| cilurchyard, and stepping aside, he
| kneeIed down and besought the Lord