Comments on: Technology in Service of the Gospel, 1926

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:34:14 +0000

My grandfather was born in 1890 in St. Johns, and the family moved to Round Valley about a year later.

So, although the odds are that our great grandfathers aren’t the same person, they may well have known each other.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:04:25 +0000

Mark B., that sounds like the story of the high councilman whose teenage son used the horse for his date on Saturday night and forgot to fill him up with oats when he put him in the stable, so Pa had to walk to church in order to avoid working on the Sabbath …

If either of you wants me to put you in touch with the other in order to find out whether your eastern AZ great-grandfathers were the same, let me know.

By: Amy T

Amy T — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:18:44 +0000

Eastern AZ is a big place. I’m sure between the two (?) stakes there were a lot of high councilmen riding horses during the horse riding period. My family is from the Little Colorado area.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:12:25 +0000

Hey, Researcher, so was my great-grandfather. Maybe they were the same guy.

Of course, there was the story about the Sunday morning when the horse, needed for plowing Monday, was a bit lame, so my great-grandfather walked the 20 miles to the next town to fulfill his high council assignment (and, of course, walked the 20 miles back home afterwards).

By: Amy T

Amy T — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:08:57 +0000

My great-great grandpa was a high counselor in his eastern AZ stake. He spent a lot of time on a horse.

It’s easy to forget how much things have changed.

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:02:27 +0000

Ah, the good old days – when a car was technology. My 5-year-old doesn’t even see the internet as technology.

By: Mark IV

Mark IV — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:52:05 +0000

I remember carrying a heavy case around all day that contained a film projector and cassette recorder, in addition to books and pamphlets.

We showed our investigators a silent filmstrip that was accompanied by sound and voice from the tape. Also, the tape had an audible beep that told us when to advance the film one frame. Now my son passes out DVDs on his mission.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:51:59 +0000

When my parents served a mission in New Jersey in the mid-1990s, their mission president seemed convinced that the one thing that would help the work move faster there was to get more cars.

Plus ça change . . .