Temple Mirrors

I liken ones effort in family history work to the faith required with the Lord, as the brother of Jared in a dish lit by his stones of transparent glass (like temple mirrors) which guided his family eventually to the promised land (helping one to number”th” generations- see next). 

Ether 3:1; 2:13

Elder Gerrit Gong demonstrates this through his effort in family history- “in temple mirrors of eternity, I reflected on First Dragon Gong, born a.d. 837 (late Tang dynasty) in southern China and the succeeding Gong family generations to my father, our family’s 32nd recorded generation. My brother, sister, and I are in our family’s 33rd generation; my sons and their cousins, the 34th generation; our grandson, the 35th recorded Gong family generation. In temple mirrors of eternity, I could not see a beginning or end of generations.”

The Jaredites most likely traveled this late Tang dynasty region in China, the west to east, to the finding of stones at Mount Shelem (perhaps Mount Toa in China).