Show alere is nothing more instructive in travels than the study d ture I 1 he buildings buil dinga ct a rac raco o bear the imprints of a pj oples character nd by iho ruiah of egypt greece and bodao we learn as much of the character of the that built tebesa structures as in any other way the pyramids aud oblians ks of egypt batar tokens of the strict society regulations gu lations of that ancien people even the heavy burdensome gosorn ment they lived under to ba told by tha massive sturdy pyramids coching to the civilization of the greeks and we find their architectural buim bespeak their intellectual freedom they frere not tied down to ona strict rule but many different were adopted however there is R certain similitude running through all their designs which clearly tella they were built by a leopla with common characteristic it is hard to tell what this similitude is but it ia quits apparent to all ors wherever the greeks though in some cases quite far remote from their nativa shores there is about the ruins tabt fiksak louder than written history that it ia greek we see in these ruine nit tha heavy hand of tyranny but the treed jm of republican sentiments A greek soldier unlike the roman took a greater pride in dexterity than in great strength and heavy armor so likewise the greek architecture rained its strength not from massile wills but columns well placed and roofs well adjusted look at the heavy demaa archand you can there eee depicted the same characteristics which made the roman cohort powerful in warfare strength and solidity were the main features of the roman arch and everything was made to ibele ends on like principles the itoman cohorts termed to withstand any attacks caama upon thorn with shield touching shield a chariot might run over he head of the men without doing a single one any in jury later came the move manta and malonff their lines of march were left on their light minarets mina the character of the people subtleness subtle at the base was strength while the minaret combined symmetry and beauty A minaret might be mistaken for a frail thins when a instance awny trum it but once near by and it presents strength and grandeur to the view it is aa deceitful as aba people that built if and who once threatened to overrun the whole of europe so wa might continue to name the architecture of the different nations of europe and find it bearing the imprints of human r but enough has bean said wo to make plain the point 0 o wish to make in regard to the mormon temples all bourl ats notice the architecture ia cuilo distinct from anything found r they sae in it at marks tho latter day saints as to a remarkable e i fervor with every portion of a beema to luve it special purpose designed with great forethought even BOW he Mormon architecture calls furth rent u aten iou hat hov wil it bo some few nora tos tirui it beama to as that a history of tha latter day being liaa on h stones of their temples which will endure for ages ahai of badding has scarcely corn nie and with alio aau leiu at salt laka the latter day saints haya received an envia lile reputation in all civilized jaaes will it bo when a shall their howera toward the bright dome of heaven it to ua aliat our alone must mark the latter day saints as a peculiar to say nothing of the ri cs d in 3 |