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(1/25/98)
"It is your duty now to rise up, all of you, and
trace your genealogies, and begin to exercise the powers
which belong to saviors of men, and when you do this in
earnest, you will begin to comprehend how widespread, how
numerous your ancestors are, for whom Temple work has to
be performed, in order that they may be brought into the
fold; and when you get stopped, the Lord will reveal
further information to you; and in this way the work of
salvation and redemption will be accomplished, even from
Father Adam down to the last one; or to speak more
properly, down to the Prophet Joseph, who was the first
of this dispensation."—George Q. Cannon, Journal
of Discourses, Vol.22, p.128 - 130
(1/26/98)
"There is born unto every man in the Church a
responsibility to his kindred dead, to find them out by
genealogical search, and then to do the temple work for
them, or have done, all gospel ordinances necessary for
the living, being alike necessary for the
dead."—George F. Richards, Conference
Report, April 1945
(1/27/98)
"Temple work is for the redemption of the dead. The
scriptures and the doctrine, however, refer more
specifically to a particular group of the dead. Malachi
spoke about 'binding' fathers to children and children to
fathers. (See Malachi 4:6.) Joseph Smith emphasized
temple blessings for our kindred dead, our dead. (See
D&C 124:32-36, 127:5-6; 128:8, 14-15.) The emphasis
is on the family. The priority is to seek out our own
deceased relatives."—Elder Wm. Grant Bangerter, What Temples Are For, April 1982
(1/28/98)
"Many suppose that they are discharging their
responsibilities by simply 'going to the temple.' But
that is not wholly true. We must go to the temple, of
course, and often. It we do not as yet have the records
of our own dead kindred, then while we search for them,
by all means let us help others with theirs. But be it
understood that if we go to the temple, and not for our
own dead, we are performing only a part of our duty,
because we are also required to go there specifically to
save our own dead relatives and bind the various
generations together by the power of the holy
priesthood."—Elder Mark E. Petersen, The
Message Of Elijah, April 1976
(1/29/98)
"The Prophet Joseph taught that you and I are to
become saviors on Mount Zion. We are to gather, build
temples, seek after our dead, and perform all the vital
ordinances. This work welds eternal links that bind us to
each other and to our fathers. We are exalted as family
units."—Elder A. Theodore Tuttle, Eternal
Links That Bind, April 1980
(1/30/98)
"Note that we are to become saviors for our own
direct ancestors or progenitors and not for collateral
relatives who are direct-line ancestors of somebody else.
Note that it is our line of ancestry that is to be
preserved, for the promises of Abraham come to us through
these lines of lineal."—Elder Theodore M.
Burton, Genealogy: A Personal Responsibility,
October 1972
(1/31/98)
"Let us lay our hand to and never cease our labors
until the Temples of our God are erected, and our
fathers' hearts are warmed into their knowing that their
children are laboring for their
redemption."—Elder Angus M. Cannon, Journal
of Discourses, Vol.20, p.51 - 52