Show interesting ITEMS THE manifestations AT ITS dedication names ami addresses of those ahio were eje the following interesting statements appeared in the millennial star of aug isab they were written to apostle george teasdale president of the european mission 0 o doubt you have heard from the brethren of your quorum of the good times experienced inthe dedi cation of this temple and of the enjoyable times of the and of may of the services held here Ene lobed yon will find a register of the daily labor from ahe opening to the end of june you will perceive the gradual increase of work and our prospects are bright for future labor in redeeming the dead already over have been baptized for in the st george and logan temples up to may I 1 know this fact is interesting to you feeling as you do the great benedit that is derived from this labor and the results that proceed but since my labors here I 1 have been writing up the dedicatory services and in addition thereto shave gathered some very interesting items pertaining to this holy mountain of the lord and 1 feel to give some of them to you in an early day when President young and party were making the location of a settlement here president heber C cimball prophesied that the day would come when a temple would be built on this hill some disbelieved and doubted the possibility of even making a settlement here brother kimball said well it will be boand more than that the rock will ba quarried from that hill to build it with and some of the stones from that quarry will bs taken to help complete the salt lake temple on july two largo ing respectively and pounds were taken from the manti stone quarry hauled by team to york terminus then and shipped to salt lake city to bo used for tho tablets in the east and west ends of the salt lake city temple you no doubt have seen them yourself and know Brother aebers prophecy has been literally fulfilled at a conference held in ephraim county june nearly all the speakers expressed their fellings to have a temple in sanpete county and gave their views as to what point and where to build it and to show the union that existed elder daniel H wells said mantl geo Q cannon brigham young Jr John taylor orson hyde erastus snow franklin D young and A ML musser said manti stone quarry I 1 have given tho names in the order in which they spoke at 4 p m that day president brigham young said the temple should be built on manti stone quarry early on the morning of april pres dent brigham young asked brother warren S snow to go with him to the temple hill brother snow says we iwo were alone president young took me to the spot where the temple was to stand we went to the southeast comer and president young said here is the spot where the Prophet Moroni stood and dedicated this piece of land for a temple site and that is the reason why the location is made here and we can i move it from this spot and if you and I 1 are t ue only persons that come here at high noon today to day we will dedicate this ground you no doubt have taken a lively interest in the events that have ct tended the building of this temple until its completion and the full flow of the spirit ol 01 god that was doured out upon the speakers and at its dedicatory services will be things long to be remembered there were many manifestations of gods power and pleasure seen and heard on those memorial days the following testimonies were casually obtained on the of may before the opening exercises commenced brother A 0 smith the chorister seated himself at the organ and rendered a piece of sacred music a selection from mendelssohn at the conclusion of which persons I 1 sitting in the centre of the hall and also on the stand on the west end heard most heavenly voices and singing it sounded to them most angelic and appeared to be behind and above them and they turned their heads in the direction of the sound wondering if there was another choir in some other part of the temple the following persons and no doubt many more present heard the singing and voices mary A freeze salt lake city maggie C shipp salt lake city bishop culbert king marion ward garfield Count yiM B shipp salt lake city christina Wildard som ephraim president job a D T mcallister st george win H folsom manti amelia P young salt lake city elizabeth folsom salt lake city sarah A petersen ephraim Ep braim henry beal ephraim henry gardner sal eake city peter madsen brigham city and edwin lehl A bright halo of light was seen by a number of over and around thu heads of the following speakers viz alorenzo snow jacob gates hobert campbell Oam john henry smith francis M lyman john W taylor and A M cannon brother canute W petersen of ephraem Ephr alm observed this halo around the hands of all the speaker while the dedicatory was boing offered by brother lo 10 middle of the patas the words hallelujah hallelujah the be praised by aloice in a very soft melodious lone hoard by brother lewis andersen one of our assistant recorders here on the of may when brother john W taylor was speaking a bright halo surrounded him and in that halo the personages oi president brigham young john taylor and a third personage whom she believed to be the prophet joseph were seen by sister emma 6 bull of salt lake also the personage of brother jedediah M grant was seen by her standing by his son brother heber J grant looking towards him while he was speaking they were surrounded by a bright halo sister i jane S eichardt Eich ards wife of brother i franklin D saw five personages but she could not tell who they were A bright halo was seen by sister emma G bull ellen B matheny and elizabeth EL shipp around brothers john henry smith and francis M lyman while they were speaking on the the singing aca voices were heard by a number of the members of the choir and the halo of light was seen by brothers john W taylor and heber J grant by sisters amelia P young and elizabeth folsom I 1 was sitting at the foot of the east stand taking notes of the services I 1 looked up while brother heber J grant was speaking and saw a bright halo surrounding him which swayed to and fro as he moved his body I 1 laid down my pencil and gazed steadily at him for a few moments sister cehoda W smith writes me the following under the date of may our beautiful temple has been dedicated to the lord the long anticipated time has come and gone how my heart swelled ana beat with gratitude as I 1 entered the holy walls and took my seat in front of the stand the many manifestations of the holy spirit that I 1 saw and heard will never no never be forgotten when apostle lorenzo snow arose a beautiful heavenly light enveloped his head and shoulders he looked angelic in the same manner did the holy spirit fall on brothers wells lyman grant and others that I 1 did not know their names particularly was the spirit made manifest through apostle john W taylor when he first airoso to speak the same light surrounded him as it did the others then a bright light brighter than surrounded him froin the tips of the fingers on the right hand up the arm over the head and shoulders and down the left arm it was a glorious bright yellow light add stood out from three to five inches wide and the rays from the light formed a glorious soth halo of milky white light all around him there was also a column of light receding obliquely from the back of his head toward the ceiling it appeared like a beautiful bright sunbeam his formaa reflected on the wall behind like the sunlight pouring into a closed room through a window and when he was relating his vision at his fathers deathbed there were two other bright reflections on the wall I 1 saw not the substance but the bright reflections were there and appeared to bo reclining toward him in fact he appeared to be transformed into a heavenly being and not leave him when he took his seat or removed about the stand I 1 asked sister squire who sat beside me if she saw it she said she saw the cloud of white vapor but not the bright light when apostle lyman was speaking I 1 heard strains of beav i coming from above sometimes soft sometimes louder as though it might be a choir with music hafting wafting to and fro in tho air these manifestations I 1 saw and heard during the dedicatory services wednesday may now my dear brother yon can realize the great and rich blessings that poured put upon us here and that full free flow of the spirit of god has been with us ever since and I 1 trust may always remain here |