First Presidency, Correspondence, 1916-1935

File — Box: 2, Folder: 15

Identifier: I

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

First Presidency, letter to Thomas J. Yates, 6 February 1917, in answer to the question, namely, "Where a mother and father have joined the Church and are doing work in the temple, we take it that the father is heir for his line and the mother is heir for her line. Question: Does the mother lose her heirship when her oldest son receives the Higher Priesthood, if he is a good and faithful man, or does she retain it, having commenced the work for her line?" says in answer: "The mother does not lose her heirship when her oldest son receives the Higher Priesthood. If prevented by death or otherwise from further acting as proxy in behalf of her own line of ancestry it will be in order for her heirs to continue the work commenced by her and to see that done by her personally or at her instance, thus recognizing her right of heirship."

Dates

1916-1935

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