Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-25

sacrament OF baptism hath not at any
time ocvn deferred longer IMAM uu
tnc next SUNDAY or nolyuay immcdi-
atDiy following the hirtn OF the child"
Again. our minister uOtn admonish the
people mat tney ucfer not The baptism
oi cniiuren any longer aftcr thcy are
born imam is prescribed ur is proper
anu aiiU~cu presumably by the Con-u-
tutlons ana clnons ecclesiastical oil
ltU5) nor that tncy procure them TO uu
baptized al home without great neces-
sity.
Parish registers are usually kept az
the church. or az the rcctory or ,tcdr-
age bclonbiug, ana NOS az somerset
house, i-04iUo.l, as many suppose. No
patolniai REGISTERS are 90 tno luttcr
placc earlier man 1884, WncA state reg
lstlati0n began, but thure atc utncr
d, sistcis, Nnicn 4 Wiu speak OF later
Inc events we're. ana are atin entered
uAlCidh. ~ ,ut minister Ut mas deputy
aud tae bucks nclu pea custody by MINI
Otner denominations kept them owa
unoiiciuiy, ana even secretly in bV-
gone unts. however II must not b.
Thought mat ala the ontiies n On, state
chuiLn rccOrds refer To ats own meme
bois exclusively tor very long period
OF time puoplc were compelled 60 cease
work and 60 to church. NOT only ON
"a sunday pat every saints day. holy
gay, and other special Gay during the
week, of which there were some 40
(more or less) IN the year ana 10 act
according To- the dictates OF IFS au-
tholitlcs, no matter what their religious
principles were, or they suffered the
consequence. Many refused, and
were constantly being presented to the
ecclesiastical court and punished Min
listers. churchWardcns ana people could
and did present each other. and were
10 frequent conflict and litigation.
These matters were recorded. aud lt
VIII prove 10 be important eventually
as afording Information probably not
To be- found ia any other documents
Entries affecting dissentcrs are usu-
ally recorded ON separate RACES OF the
register before the nineteenth century.
when the laws respecting other re-
iigious bodies were becoming less So
we're. ana Il was not accounted q crime
90 keep an Independent record An
account OF these win follow later
Several county parish registers So
cicties have been formed 10 Cony print
and index these old MSS from tho
earliest dates down to tho year 1912:
not a few have been taken I'm hand by
other societies. who are printing them
in magazines and periodicals; and some
arc being printed privately by inter-
ested persons. either wholly or by IN
stalmcnts
One particular bulky record is being
issued on the latter plan. but in such
small doles that il is calculated TO take
1000 years to complete, unless some
one takes the matter mp and finances
It. An appeal for this financial aid has
been made. This and the publication
of other genealogical works prove that
there Is a great desire TO further the
good cause. and the amount Of activity
and energy which is brought to bear
upon il. and the splendid results which
follow. should crafty all who have a
love FOR kindred, and a heart and mind
to honor their rrogenitOrs. II is hoped
that an the registers will i'm time have
their valuable contents preserved in
this way. Until then recourse must
be had to the originals at the parish
churches, where some VIII be found
brown with age, i'm a state of decay,
faded and mutilated; infinitely written
in strange characters, with an almos.
infinite variety Of spellings. with
dates and events mixed and scattered
over the volumes. and generally for the
first $50 or 200 years. In Latin. Others
are rough to the touch. having been
blotted with sand covered with tiny
fungi and microbes. and exhaling a pc