Show VISIT THE TEMPLE the salt lake tribune of thursday contains the following A genbi genuine in surprise was sprung on the city yesterday afternoon people to the number of about mostly gentiles visited the temple yesterday evening by special invitations issued by the mormon church authorities it was given out that after april ath no one but members or professors of membership in the church would be permitted to outer enter the tern pie and this caused everyone with one of these invitations to take lake ad advantage vantage of the privilege if possible tible the visitors went through the temple in a continuous line beginning at the west entrance the interior was a revelation of beauty gorgeousness arid and grandeur from tho the first first to the last apartment the floor of a reception room in the second story of the structure is laid in utah red granite and attracted much attention it took eighteen months of labor to lay that floor the general reception room wa etlie the marvel of all its draperies furnishings nish nigh ings decorations mirrors and artistic arrangement were ivere enchanting in their exquisite beauty beamut so much so that visitors stopped still involuntarily totally en engrossed 0 roesel in ill their surroundings A b bronze ronze bust of president brigham young adorns a niche over one of the immense mirrors and plaster casts of presidents woodruff george Q cannon and joseph F smith adorn similar niches in the same room some soine of the paintings are yet unfinished the painters brushes and materials lying near his work altogether alto gether tho the richness and elegant workmanship of the interior of the temple was a wonder to the visitors the herald of the same date says yesterday a large b number of the prominent gen gentile tile citizens of the city were ples pleasantly antly surprised by the receipt of cards of admission presented with the compliments of the first presidency decy five was tbell the hour our set et for admission ad to the temple and from that hour until G the building was open to the guests the privilege 0 accorded by this gracious n courtesy was enjoyed by nearly six hundred ladies and gentlemen 0 ent lemen including nearly all the public officials and the favor was thoroughly 0 appreciated every portion of the building guilding tuil ding was thrown open to the iettie action n of oatlie the visitors q who h 0 wanderer wan deiM from tro m one scene of enchanting splendor to another in dumb amazement and ant delight 0 it is doubtful if any one present had ever witnessed creven or even dreamed of such glorious vi visions ions of beauty arid and magnificence the grandeur of tile the buil building din and the chaste splendor of at the embellish merits ments were indeli indelibly bli impressed upon the minds and hearts heart of those who attended and each cacti left th the edifice with the foiling feeling that he had bad enjoyed such a privilege as seldom falls to the lot of mortal to benj enjoy oy |