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Show HOUSE op e LORD I The Loving Labor of Forty Eventful Years I is Finished. I HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIVE SKETCH I From April 6, i8jj lo April 6, 1895 Complete Guide I to the Interior, and Esplanatory Notes Other A Temples of the Saints. I Corner atr.no lalj April C b, HUB, by 9 I'lmlitont Ilrlgbam 'tonng. niala'cil by M lilt counsel ra, llobor C. Kimball, Wll- 9 lard HIchariR H Dedicate I April Clli, lwu, by President HI llforiUN oodrulT asslatcd by Ida cuunso- lora, (lcort,o ll Cannon.Joaeph 1". Mnllti Buch la the liUtory of lliu Halt Lako Temple Irltflj lolJ la u boautlluUrt window ol uno ot Ita upper roomi, tlm two Inscriptions ilanking alargecen-tcr-i leco devoted to an accurate representation repre-sentation or tha iplondld tlrucluip, over whoao eplrcr, aud extending out IjiaohJ, apt turn the motto, "Hollneaa lo tbe Lord." When Zlon it filled Willi Ttra let when, lusttad of four, lior bordera may Include a hundred, erhsps Iho succinct record wu have quoted will te enough to aitlify the Imiulrlng mind. Not no, however, In this groat ear of graoi, 1693. The reader would fain llngtroverlhoeacred theme; loratthla wilting, April Stlii there iteluthcso mountains but tline of these holy edifices edi-fices dedicated unto tho Lord end In operation among Hla peojle! tho Tern- liaat Bt. Ueorgc, Legun In November, 11)71, and dedicated January 1, 1877; at Logan, begun In 1877 (the ground Ulng dedicated May 13, and the lorntretouiabelnglald September 17 President Young liavlug died In the Interim), and dedicated May 17, 1681, and at Mantl, begun April 1,1877, by tfcu dedication ut the ground, thu corner atonoa being laid A rll 1 I, 1670, aud dedicated May 21, 18S8. Tliu purposes of thla narrative riqulre no extended re'ereuce to tbuTiniploa ktJCirllaiid uud Jaauvoo, which wire cont lcled, nor to the p.e.arlloHe for like atrue.uria at Adaui.Ondl-Ahmati and Far Waal. Htlll, the Historical t-urtof thutketoli would not bocciu-pleto bocciu-pleto without a reminder of thetn. ThuTeniplu at Klrtland, Ohio, which 'tood Uou a hill and waa the molt conspicuous olject vltlblu for miles," waa 1 rejected In 1813 and deJIvated March '.7, ISM III coat waa between tlxly aud aeventy thoutvid dollars. It had occupied only three jcara In coualruollou, though part of the Interior at the time of the dedication waa In an untlulibed itate. I he corner ttouea ol the Tcm le at Nauvoo were laid and dedicated April 0, 1811. ltwaareand nmldlhu dlreat lulltrlng and hardships of thu reoile, yet Ita progrcta waa characterized by their most will, lug toll. Parting services wore held III the all but completed building In I'ebruary, 184(1, aud It waa privately dedlcaluJ the i following April, afer thu ixpulslon. aTlio fouudatloua of a Temj le at 1'ar Writ were laid on the Uh of July, lt.3, and leaa than a year afterward, after-ward, beforo daybreak on A rll 1.0th, 1819, the Afottlca met on the Tunrlu ground, ordained WIN ford Woodrull, who l now the I'real dent of the Church, and (Jeorgu A. Hmlth to the Apcelleshlp. The Tern-Iloalto Tern-Iloalto at Iudeendonce, which waa i secured la obedience to a command of Ood, waa dedicated August 1st, 1611, by "tho hand of Joseph Hmlth, Jun , and otheia with whom the Lord waa well leased " Thla much to refresh the mlnda of the people who have come up from far and near to attend and take part In the dedication of IhlaTeniple at Halt 1ftko City, thla inostsplcwildof all similar structures, thla rophetlcally foretold Heme of the Lord whloli ebould be reared In the toja of thu mountains, moun-tains, and which now, thanki lo tho dovotlon, Industry, aud genertslty of the Halnts, and the prtacrvljg care ol tho Lord of Hosts, rears Ita towera majestically Into heaven'a blue from the chief city of Zlon. To It, during tho generation of tlmo that hua been vontumed in ita irrcllon, the cyie of tho Latter-day Hilnla In over laud havo be-on turnej Willi loving aollclluile. It hit been the oljeot of their foil lct liopea and de. aire, the atout nuchor of their faith, the lncentle to their mott reaohitu en. deavon. In momenta of darkneta and advertlly Dim thought of It aud Ita s ellvlneurooa aorved ovoraiabuoy I to I lit, droolng Bplrlt, When luy , I und uuicrupuluua foej aought lirovoea-I lirovoea-I I lion agalnat theHalnti, and In their I 1 uiocklngjoy vowed the destruction of ajajjjjjap,, tho elect, tllll wero tho latter until inayed, and Hie work on their I cloved fcnipl,, went on. when de trolng Iniecla wllh threatened fail. Inn la their train came down from the cloud and covered tho Ian la with u blight, the tople'j icnuty ra. lion, wero larceHed out with addltlonil care, ) that thole who labored on the building, either In the quarry or on thu walla, ml jht not have to Interrupt their work. Hilt hua corn-on corn-on during foity yeart markliu their Eladiiiaa In proapcrlly, eanolllled h) their fallli lit udverait but ever and Bliraj. a drawing nearer and nearer the occailon on wluaatliloiholl woatnuJ lodayl Doea It not typify In U' con. ttructlon the record of Ihe Lhutch whoae mernlera liavo lullt It with Ha feucidatlon broad and deep, with alow yrt eteady atep marching for. warJ and upward to icrficllon, Willi ptnnuolea uatilng ctvir higher, crowned with the Imvjo of one who Lrought tldlnga of great Joy, the everlaatlug Uoapel to pleach to them that dwell Uou tile earlhT I)jc II not 111 Ha rlou atageo repreaent the condlllon mid clrcuraatancea of thoio who'o namta and toll have built 117 I la lil.lnr) fully toll would be In grrat nuiaurr their hltlory; and ilnco tiny came to these mountalna theru nro but frw pagea that cannot be real lulheendur. ing atone of Ha wall.'. Looking upon It ua another mighty link that tuall connect them with the ugea that are paat and tbe elerultlia that ore to come, what wonder that lu the breatta of the Latter day HalatalheiUht, the name, the thought even, of the glorl oua building arjuaea a Hood ol ludea crlbablo emotion.! In view of all lhat la paat can one wonder that they litve awaited llti gUJ aullelnlliiu tlm meaaare that nuw poei fortl : 'riiellouaaof tho Lird In the chief city of Zlon la coin lite, and la now to im dedicated to our CloJ, come, ye faithful, aud Im pariakera ol the WcsiIul, to be given theieli I" Lelua glance back forty )cir, tj IhatOlh of April, IS51, thu twont). third unntveiaaiy or thu Churcb,wlien the corner atonea of thu Temile weru lild. Or rather, let us i,o bick alx eara further, to lhat bloxln day In Jul, 1817, when the wolry leetof tho l'loueera llrat prtsaei the toll of tho Halt Laku Valley, lu puaaluir note thrie coincide uceal llrigham Youog lay tick of a levi r, I ut he wai tender! trantoited down thu hlllalde In Wll-ford Wll-ford Wcodrutl'a carriage. Twu iliiya later a party eaaayed to e limb the hlllt to thu uoitnwarJ, and llrigbam Young rude a horao to tho top of Luelgu Peak, being preceded by WllforJ Woodrull on foot. rvu daya moru elapin ami on the avenlng of Ihe .4th llrlgham Young, walking upon what wuuuwkuowaa thu leuiple lllock, ttrlkea the xrouud with lilt cane, ex. claiming, "Hero will be tho lenq le of our Uou," and Wllford Woodrull forthwith drlvea a ataku Into thu ground at thu ejwt dealgnated, which lr, Indeed, tha ceuter ut the I'emile today. April II, 1S')3, arrive, aud llrlghaui Yoilli,' aialrlod by Ida couunelora piealdea at thu laying ot the corner at nca, thlrty.nlnu yeart later Wllford Woodrull laya the fn-atone fn-atone of lliu building, aud one yar atterwardr, ataialed by lift uouuaeloro, dedlcatei the building uuto the Lord. Hurely thero has heeu more than human Uealgn In the connection of our venerable I'rcaldont with the work no at Ita consummation! Deserving of detailed description a la the tceue that naa wltueiael lhat lovely April day forty yeare ago, wu are ermltted todwell upon itl ulllghtly mwoi. It la a rare, aweotaiory, but It haa been many timet told. "Tlie auu, thu tky, the atiuott here, thu earth," wiltea ouu who wni preeent, "appeun d neither too cold nor too not nor lukewarm; all aeemed filled with lile, adapted to each aoul, to cheer aud malio hajpy every Indlviuual of the many Ihouaindaol agel, middle aged mil Joulh, who had aasembled from thu near and remolu pirta of tho In-liabltud In-liabltud valley," Thero waa uiuelo In plenty from the three banda luut. tendance, there were llaga aud luunera, military eoruanleaaud guardf, j real delicy and I atrlarclm, awatlea anJ eeveutlia, liahoa and eldert, urclil-teete urclil-teete nud workmen. The roceatlou moved from the laUernaclu (the old bull Jlng long tlnce removed) eaaln ard ucruaa tho biocf, and, (aaalug through lluei of uuardi, halted at thuaoutheaat lorntrofthe lemple ground, l'realdeut Youug uud couuaelora with I'uttlaroh John Hmlth laid thu corner atone, the former delivering the orattjn an 1 l'reeldent Ucber 0. Kimball uttering Ihe irajer. The aouthweat corner itouu waa luld by Presiding Hlahop Ldard Hunter, hl countulors and the presiding authorities of thu leaser irlcslhood, Hlahop Hunter delivering the oration aul lllihop Alfred Uordou olleriu,; thu irajer. Ihe northwect comer stone waa next ut lu place by lliu irtaldcmy ol Ihe Jllgli Trusts' quorum, and Ihe prraldonoy and llljli Council of the slake John Youug de)leird tho oration and Ueorgo II. Wallace ollered the prater. Ihe Twelve Apoallca, Hie I rtaldeoo', of Ihe Heventlra and lliu Llders' qutrunis orllclaled at thu fourth corner, the northeaat,aud Parley P.Prattdfllvetol the oration and Orson Jlyde ulleled the ray i r. Thu work e- well begun that da.' has gone on with but lew serious Inter s. . lUilun, until the present ( lr u.ii I "nices I uvu nuuarirtd at Unix t rilarJ It, and uur lu tho eatllur jenn ni unit laejinralile oiw ucl-' mai- In irorfs, slow. Hut when In pi o' ot llllireiir tour J OliU 0 useubtlug IIMJ'. sirylo the tinntporlailoti of a etnejle atons) from thu iuarry twiulj mlui dltfint, theru cime the cu u.e londltlon, wrought ny the rnilroid, thu walls grew wllh grealcr npldit), ami wl,e i at length the time carpe lor the ta In j of thu uitoec, thu rvout o nuap cloudy relcbratiil u year no, Hie anxiety m thu pcule tj uimphtn the atrucltitu ti enmd tu burst forili llku i unt up , iu Hliic the llth of Apill, Ho;, llicre Ins aouro ly lpe , n liuutehiillinallliraelln which IhoM ho no. been dally thnuihta nnJ pra)iraconcernlngtb ionilitlan o' the Tempi . rtie whole poi ill, IIOTI Ihe hlglut to thu lowist, from Ihe oldetttolhe yoiiUKcst, from tile ricti. est to the pj.rrst, took tl o linlt.T i urn, illy to husil,aiil to tho faith an I energy of a uultel (eopln Hi.. liullJInttiandi forth tiJay n liultlied and time Ucijlng monument. Wemi into nit liari un allusion to the c-remonles of April lut, when ly unanlniius vote Hie unemblni thouaanls ledgol thematlvet lo fur ulihtiie mam tor tho oimplotlon of the T. mil. thu the dejloatloii mlht t in, j isco a year later. At on the (line latelhlrl ulnujeira luiore, tho dnv was In lutlliil, and thu servloea were liu ; rn ,n 0 1 tlio hlgheat legreo. The I ,u lace lu (lie, rcw-nco ol the lar.ut avt ntlao over gitlieto I In tlio renltory, tli uuniVr uuttiegrau i la helnt; climate I nt nlwut 4j,tHU, bra dra many thousands more who cnaded thu idlolulng streela and ixiveieileviryluiln In the vlclnllj. At brrort, tlm Pdralhoo I In p'ocajluu moved uut utiward Irjni tho film, naclnand look Imei upou aud arutind tho ttan 1 arratue J lor ilium. A copper cop-per plate, Inn-til. J with lilitorlc.il data, waaexhlilted to the multitude: and lhl, with vul lutt'.iuruti pulill. oallons and h jtugraph, waa laid In with the rn atoi o Prealdi lit Joreph I'.bmlih ollVri I rair, after whlo'i there w as runalr- lr mi the ell ilr. Prest. dent Woodrull turn trie ji e I fornard nnJeail: "Atteullou, all o h-xl'e of larael, uud all yn nations ot tho earth We will uon lay the tiptuuoof the Templed cur (lad. thu louudalloii of wbicli waa laid an 1 dedicated by tho Prophet, Heer and Ilsvelator. ilrljham Young" President Wnidrull thin pressLcl a buitou, opening an uleotrlu current to a oontrlvance onietled with Ihucapitonr, the latter being thus rcUatol and p'aced In maitlon oil the top of me centril east lower. The Inv nitnte cone mrso of peo le.lo J by Pna. dent Loreno Hnow, shouted thu ho-aanna ho-aanna lu eoiuerlt ullotanua, hasanna, hosanua, lo (lod and thu Lmu, Amou, Amen, Amen " This wasdonolhrou times, each ahout Luliit acosinjiauled by a waving of hanlkerobiofs exi.el when the nimea of (Jo I aud tho L nub weru uttered. Then thoru waa moro singing hy choir und congregation aud tiv tliu gleo cluh, reuiarka by l.lder L)man, muslo I'J the lund, un anthem b) tlioeholr, nul IhebeneJIa. Hon by President (leorge Q (Jstiuoii. Immediately after theso ceremonies the wurk of turmoiintlug the oj stonu with the figure ropreseutlng Ihe augel Mcronl was prociedol with, lie ore night tho figure had been placed lu puKlllon, aud Ha drapery, the Itiz which envelofed It as It was liolstad Into place, was removed. The laulug of the ornamental tpres ou the other lowers was continued until all wuro 111 place, each being provided with electric lights, tho loner walls were waihej, pointed and received the finishing fin-ishing touches, aud grnluilly tho scalloldimi was removed, leaving tho I ullJIngcjlili li'loj oul with nothing to mar tho sight mil ttuly of Ha magnlflceut beauty. With tho followlug figures we uloae our acuauut of t iu exterior of tho building, rii" whole length, Inolud. Ing towera, le 160 feet, and thu wl Itll UJ. There are alx lowers, III roe on Hie east on 1 three on the west uud of the structure. Other meaaurementa may buaurnuiar.xedaafolloas. Tt ra I Tu top ,t a; I ai Meljltol central oaltocr ll.i le n; ,1L llusiilulienlialMoilloKor ill tl. 3IJ re HclsDIor alloea.tlmer -I" le ivn It lleisllot aKleMO.IIexiri II It. Ul IC lteul.nr nil I .IC leteliouaaer wail, si Mjttuiu M o lu Itll toeaaor aalliall a Ik llucaavsauf Luttre,ai.i w.- 7 It. Ihe whole reslitu a"" a footing wall IB feet thick aul 111 fest deep. Tho building cavers an aruaot t.1,850 f,et. The llgure of the inii.el Moroni, which aurmuuutt the central east tower, la or glitaullo proportl ma, being twelvo fuel live an 1 u hair Inches In height, The Ideaoonvejod by the tlalue It that uf a betald or meisUgur, In tho act of blowing a trumpet, an embodiment of tho lad of Moroul bringing theUispel lo Hie e irlh u Ibis Ltter day dispeuia. tlou, TlilgU(all almlrably protor. IhiuedutiJItx I0'0 graceful. It U male of hatnmerel copier, It glided with pure gold loif, and turmouiillng Ittcrjwn Is nil Incandescent lamp of UK) csii.Ho power are of heavy, solid oak, with beveled ' in i. ". - -qytaY(r i |