Temple Information Revealed to Members without Records
Published October 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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Millennial Star Research
President Merrill of the Logan Temple advised members who had no genealogical records of their ancestors to work on what they knew. He promised that God would open the way for them to obtain information about their grandparents and others. As they followed this advice, many members later testified that the prediction was fulfilled, and some received books containing thousands of names of their ancestors.
Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 5 January 1905 (Vol. 67, No. 1)):
President Merrill of the Logan Temple advised members who had no genealogical records of their ancestors to work on what they knew. He promised that God would open the way for them to obtain information about their grandparents and others. As they followed this advice, many members later testified that the prediction was fulfilled, and some received books containing thousands of names of their ancestors.
In Their Own Words
“I well remember persons talking with President Merrill and telling bim they would like to work in the Temple, but they had no records. They simply knew a little concerning their parents and their brothers and sisters, but back of that they could not go. President Merrill advised them to do the work for those they knew about, and God would open the way for them to obtain information pertaining to their grandparents and others. They have done as advised, and the information promised has come to them, and they have come to President Merrill and others testifying that the prediction of Brother Merrill has been fulfilled. In some cases they have received books containing thousands of names of their ancestors. — Millennial Star 67:1”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 5 January 1905 (Vol. 67, No. 1). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1905-01-05_67_1 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high) Complete account: The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, 5 January 1905 (Vol. 67, No. 1) https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1905-01-05_67_1
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