Family History Corner by Jeanne Peugh, Director
Many of our deceased ancestors will have received a testimony that the message of the missionaries is true. When you received that testimony, you were baptized. But those who are in the spirit world cannot. The ordinances you so cherish are offered only in this world. Someone must go to a holy temple and accept the covenants on behalf of the person in the spirit world. We are under obligation to find the “correct” names of our ancestors and ensure that they are offered by us what they cannot receive there without our help. “Remember that the names which will be so difficult to find are of real people to whom you owe your existence in this world and whom you will meet again in the spirit world. When you were baptized, your ancestors looked down on you with hope. Perhaps after centuries, they rejoiced to see one of their descendants make a covenant to find them and to offer them freedom. In your reunion, you will see in their eyes either gratitude or terrible disappointment. Their hearts are bound to you. Their hope is in your hands. You will have more than your own strength as you choose to labor to find them.”
Henry B Eyring, “Hearts Bound Together,” Ensign May 2005
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