I can't tell if this came from the list or not. I know the person meant to send it to the list, because she asks for comments/corrections from list members. acp replying to Kathie Donahue: >From bkdonahue@icehouse.net Tue Feb 9 13:52:09 1999 >X-Sender: "Bkdonahue" <bkdonahue@icehouse.net> >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 >To: collene@jump.net (Collene Pearce) >From: bkdonahue@icehouse.net (Kathie Donahue) >Subject: Re: LDS FHC why?? >Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 12:06:40 -0800 >Message-Id: <19990209120640.037b678a.in@mail.icehouse.net> >Dear Collene: > >I am a worker in an FHC and have been for over 14 years. The scripture upon >which the LDS gnealogy effort is based is in the Old Testament Malachi, >chapter 4...to paraphrase: And I will send you the prophet Elijah before >the great and terrible day of the Lord and he will turn the hearts of the >fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers, lest >the earth be smitten with a curse. > >Meaning, Elijah the prophet of ancient times will return to the earth >(actually has already returned) and bring with him the keys for the sealings >of families to each other in holy temples of the earth. The promises made >to Abraham are made to all those baptized members of the House of Israel of >all time who have been baptized according to holy ordinance....that is what >is meant by the hearts of the fathers turning....the promises are there for >their children. The turning of the hearts of the children is their >acceptance of these promises and holy ordinances as they enter into sacred >covenants which will encable them to be sealed to their parents, their >children, their spouses and their family lineages for all time and >eternit....that their family relationships will exist in God's Celestial >kingdom as they have had on earth. > >But these links are dependant upon proper recorded information upon the >earth...hence the effort to collect and store data on the part of faithful >LDS members since the 1830's. > >I hope I have increased your understanding. Other LDS members may wish to >correct me on certain points and I hope they will, if I am in error in any >way here. > >By the way...the Indigenous races of the world, particularly the American >Indian peoples, both North and South, are of special interest to the LDS >church. The LDS scripture, the Book of Mormon, is the early history of many >of the tribes in the Western Hemisphere. > >Hope this helps. > >Kathie Donahue > >P.S. A friend passed this on to me: Diana Hanson, CEO and Dean of Faculty >and Staff - Iowa Digital Education Association, Professional Genealogist, >Listowner GENCLASS-L@rootsweb.com writes that she will be starting an >on-line American Indian Genealogy class in a few weeks. Being only a year >old in on-line genealogy, I haven't seen this before. Sounds interesting so >I think I will tune in and see what is said. > >> >>Years ago, when I first started my genealogy research, >>someone introduced me to the material the Church of >>the LDS had compiled. At the time, I was told the >>whole story of why they compiled it, but now my >>memory is dim. ;-) I remember they search to find >>ancestors to "seal" to themselves, thereby being able ot >>be with them in heaven, but I don't remember how they >>believe that works or what this sealing process involves. >>Can someone please refresh my memory? >> >> >>:-) >>acp >>******* "Too many stupid people. Too few comets." ******** >>*********************************************************************** >>* A. Collene Pearce * Austin, TX, USA * >>* email: collene@jumpnet.com * http://www.jumpnet.com/~collene * >>*********************************************************************** >> >Kathie Donahue, Spokane, WA > > :-) acp ******* "Too many stupid people. Too few comets." ******** *********************************************************************** * A. Collene Pearce * Austin, TX, USA * * email: collene@jumpnet.com * http://www.jumpnet.com/~collene * ***********************************************************************